Bob Fornelli

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Bob Fornelli
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Fornelli during an ESU game in 2016
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Pittsburg State
Conference The MIAA
Record31–21 (.596)
Annual salary$81,318 [1]
Biographical details
Born (1966-08-09) August 9, 1966 (age 57)
Lenexa, Kansas
Playing career
1988–1991 Emporia State
Position(s) Catcher [2]
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1991–1996 Butler CC (pitching)
1996–2003 Fort Hays State
2004–2018 Emporia State
2019–present Pittsburg State
Head coaching record
Overall1011–445 (.694)
Tournaments22–26 (.458)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
5 MIAA regular season
2 MIAA Tournament
4 RMAC regular season
1 RMAC Tournament
Awards
2× RMAC Coach of the Year (1997, 2000)
West Region Coach of the Year (2000)

Robert William Fornelli (born August 9, 1966) is an American college baseball coach and current head baseball coach at Pittsburg State University. Previously, Fornelli coached at his alma mater Emporia State University from 2004 to 2018 where he guided the Hornets to five Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association regular season championships and two conference tournament championships, 13 trips to the NCAA Tournament, two World Series appearances and a national runner-up finish. [3] Fornelli was the coach at Fort Hays State from 1996 to 2003.

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Career

After graduating from Emporia State in 1991 and playing four years at Emporia State, Fornelli spent five seasons as Butler Community College's pitching coach. [4]

Fort Hays State

In 1996, Fornelli became head coach of the Fort Hays State Tigers. During his seven years, Fornelli compiled a 306–113 record. In 2003, the Tigers won the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference regular season and postseason tournament titles. Fornelli is the winningest coach in FHSU history and led the Tigers to the RMAC championship four times in his seven years. Fornelli led FHSU to the NCAA Division II national championship game in 2000 and was in the NCAA regional tournament six times. [5]

Emporia State

In May 2003, Fornelli left Fort Hays State for his alma mater. [6] former Emporia State player under Embery, was named the head coach. [7] Since 2004, Fornelli has taken the Hornets to the NCAA Tournament 10 times, have made 2 World Series appearances and a national runner-up finish in 2009. [8] The Hornets finished the 2006 season by winning the MIAA Regular Season Championship and NCAA Central Region Championship, as well as advancing to the school's first NCAA World Series appearance. [9]

In 2009, the Hornets advanced to the school's first NCAA national championship game in Cary, North Carolina. [10] In 2014, the Hornets won the MIAA Tournament, and earned another trip to the NCAA Tournament. In 2016, Fornelli picked up his 800th overall win. [11]

On April 25, 2018, Fornelli became the winningest head baseball coach in Emporia State history with 558 wins. [12] A week later on May 6, 2018, Fornelli captured his 900th win overall. [13]

Pittsburg State

On June 4, 2018, local radio station KVOE (AM) reported that Fornelli had accepted the head coaching job at in-state MIAA rival, Pittsburg State University, after 15 seasons at his alma mater. [14] He was formally introduced the next day, June 5. [15]

Head coach record

Head coach record (1996–present) — Year-by-year record
Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Fort Hays State Tigers (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference)(1997–2003)
1997Fort Hays State 48–15NCAA Tournament
1998Fort Hays State 44–14NCAA Tournament
1999Fort Hays State 35–22NCAA World Series appearance
2000Fort Hays State 54–12NCAA Runners-up
2001Fort Hays State 37–19NCAA Tournament
2002Fort Hays State 43–16
2003Fort Hays State 45–15
Fort Hays State:306–113 (.730)
Emporia State Hornets (Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association)(2004–2018)
2004Emporia State 36–2218–11NCAA Tournament
2005Emporia State 41–2019–11NCAA Tournament
2006Emporia State 48–1325–4NCAA World Series appearance
2007Emporia State 41–2424–12NCAA Tournament
2008Emporia State 50–1032–4NCAA Tournament
2009Emporia State 49–1429–7NCAA Runners-up
2010Emporia State 42–1631–9NCAA Tournament
2011Emporia State 43–1237–7NCAA Tournament
2012Emporia State 26–2220–18
2013Emporia State 27–2224–18
2014Emporia State 42–1926–14NCAA Tournament
2015Emporia State 39–1623–12NCAA Tournament
2016Emporia State 39–1927–12NCAA Tournament
2017Emporia State 42–1329–6NCAA Tournament
2018Emporia State 34–2420–16NCAA Tournament
Emporia State:599–266 (.692)384–161 (.705)
Pittsburg State (Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association)(2019–present)
2019Pittsburg State 31–2120–13
2020Pittsburg State 14–84–2
2021Pittsburg State 30–1621–12
2022Pittsburg State 31–2122–11
Pittsburg State:106–66 (.616)67–38 (.638)
Total:1011–445 (.694)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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