Mark Calvi

Last updated
Mark Calvi
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team South Alabama
Conference Sun Belt
Record367–286
Biographical details
Born (1969-11-05) November 5, 1969 (age 55)
Marco Island, Florida, U.S.
Playing career
1988–1991 Nova Southeastern
Position(s)Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1994–2004 FIU (Asst.)
2005–2010 South Carolina (Asst.)
2011 South Alabama (Asst.)
2012–presentSouth Alabama
Head coaching record
Overall367–286
TournamentsSun Belt: 19–10
NCAA: 7–8
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
College World Series National Championship (2010)
Awards
  • Collegiate Baseball Pitching Coach of the Year (2010)
  • ABCA Regional Head Coach of the Year (2013)
  • 3× Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2013, 2015, 2021)
  • 2× Alabama Baseball Coaches Association D1 Coach of the Year (2015, 2016)

Mark P. Calvi (born November 5, 1969) is an American college baseball coach who currently serves as the head baseball coach for the South Alabama Jaguars. He was named to that position prior to the 2012 season. [1] [2]

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Playing career

Calvi lettered three times in baseball as a catcher at Nova Southeastern, and signed with the Seattle Mariners after completing his college career in 1992. He played the 1992 season with the Bellingham Mariners of the Class-A Northwest League. He then served the 1993 season as a scout for the Mariners. [1]

Coaching career

After ending his time as a scout, Calvi accepted a position on the staff of FIU, where he would remain for 11 years. He became a highly regarded pitching coach, helping to lead the Golden Panthers to seven NCAA tournaments and a Super Regional in 2001. During his time at FIU, his pitching staffs placed among the top nationally in shutouts, strikeouts, and ERA, including the 1995 campaign in which the Golden Panthers recorded 16 shutouts, tied for 6th most all-time in NCAA history. [1]

In 2005, Calvi moved to South Carolina, where he most notably helped lead the Gamecocks to the 2010 National Championship. [3] In that same season, he earned the Collegiate Baseball Pitching Coach of the Year Award. In 2010, Calvi’s Gamecock pitching staff led USC to the national championship, ranking in the top 10 in earned run average (seventh, 3.45), strikeouts (sixth, 8.9) and hits allowed per nine innings (third, 7.48), after posting a 2.15 ERA in seven College World Series contests, which was nearly a point lower than the next best team in Omaha. The Gamecocks led the Southeastern Conference in ERA and innings pitched, but also allowed the fewest hits in the conference. Calvi's staffs again ranked among the nation's best during his time in Columbia, finishing among the top teams in ERA, strikeouts, innings pitched, hits allowed, and many other statistical categories.

In his career, which spans 21 years at the collegiate level, including an 11-season stint at fellow Sun Belt Conference member Florida International, Calvi has recruited and worked with over 40 pitchers who have either been drafted or signed with Major League Baseball teams – that includes seven who have reached the majors – along with position players Jackie Bradley Jr. and Christian Walker.

After then South Alabama head coach Steve Kittrell announced his intention to retire after the 2011 season, the Jaguars hired Calvi as associate head coach, with the intention to elevate him to head coach the following season. In his second season at the helm of South Alabama, Calvi led the Jaguars to their 14th Sun Belt Conference championship and 25th NCAA Regional appearance after recording the program’s first 40-plus win season since 2003 and was named the Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year and American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)/Diamond South Central Region Coach of the Year. Seven Jags earned all-conference honors in 2013, and Jordan Patterson was named the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year becoming just the sixth Jaguar in the program’s history to earn the honor. Patterson and Kyle Bartsch also earned ABCA South/Central all-region honors. Bartsch, Patterson, Nolan Earley and Dylan Stamey were selected in the 2013 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. Patterson (4th round, 109th pick) became South Alabama’s highest draftee since Adam Lind was taken by the Toronto Blue Jays in the third round of the 2004 MLB Draft. Calvi led USA to its 15th Sun Belt crown in 2015 en route to his second SBC Ron Maestri Coach of the Year award. He was also named the Large College Division-Division I Coach of the Year by the Alabama Baseball Coaches Association. Right-hander Kevin Hill was named the Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Year, and became the program’s 27th All-American at the conclusion of the season. Center fielder Cole Billingsley was named first-team all-SBC, and received a 2015 American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings Division I Gold Glove Award as one of three outfielders named to the team. Right-hander Ben Taylor also earned first-team all-SBC honors as a relief pitcher, and was selected in the seventh round of the 2015 MLB Draft by the Boston Red Sox. [4] [5]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
South Alabama Jaguars (Sun Belt Conference)(2012–present)
2012 South Alabama 23–3415–15T–4th Sun Belt tournament [a]
2013 South Alabama 43–2020–10T–1st NCAA Regional
2014 South Alabama 22–3311–18T–6th Sun Belt tournament [b]
2015 South Alabama 37–2019–91st Sun Belt tournament [c]
2016 South Alabama 42–2221–9T–1st NCAA Regional
2017 South Alabama 40–2122–82nd (East) NCAA Regional
2018 South Alabama 32–2518–11T-3rd (East) Sun Belt tournament
2019 South Alabama 30–2616–14T-3rd (East) Sun Belt tournament
2020 South Alabama 8–100–0(East)Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 South Alabama 36–2215–91st (East) NCAA Regional
2022 South Alabama 31–2217–135th
2023 South Alabama 23–3111–1911th
2024 South Alabama 31–2514–164th (West) Sun Belt tournament
South Alabama:398–311199–151
Total:398–311

      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

  1. ↑ The top 8 finishers of the Sun Belt's 10 teams qualified for the tournament in 2012.
  2. ↑ The top 8 finishers of the Sun Belt's 10 teams qualified for the tournament in 2014.
  3. ↑ The top 8 finishers of the Sun Belt's 10 teams qualified for the tournament in 2015.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Staff Directory". South Alabama Jaguars. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Mark Calvi Profile". South Carolina Gamecocks. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
  3. ↑ "College baseball: Neumann grad Calvi, BC grad Schaus part of College World Series". Naples Daily News . June 18, 2010. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
  4. ↑ Neil White (July 16, 2010). "Success breeds opportunity for Calvi". The State. Columbia, SC. Archived from the original on September 12, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
  5. ↑ Tommy Hicks (February 17, 2012). "South Alabama baseball begins new era under Mark Calvi, getting to Omaha is the goal". Mobile, AL: Press Register . Retrieved December 14, 2013.
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