Mike Kennedy (baseball)

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Mike Kennedy
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Elon
Conference CAA
Record857–684–3 (.556)
Biographical details
Born (1969-05-21) May 21, 1969 (age 55)
Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S.
Playing career
1988–1990 Elon
1990 Modesto A's
1990 Arizona League Athletics
1991 Southern Oregon A's
Position(s)Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1993–1996Elon (asst.)
1997–presentElon
Head coaching record
Overall857–684–3 (.556)
TournamentsNCAA: 4–10
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • 1× SoCon Tournament (2008)
  • 5× SoCon Regular season (2006, 2008, 2009, 2011)
  • 1× CAA Regular season (2019)

Michael D. Kennedy (born May 21, 1969) is an American baseball coach and former catcher, who is the current head coach of the Elon Phoenix.

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Career

Kennedy played college baseball at Elon for coaches Rick Jones and Mike Harden from 1988 to 1990. In 1989, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Hyannis Mets of the Cape Cod Baseball League. [1] [2] Kennedy played in Minor League Baseball (MiLB) for 2 seasons from 1990 to 1991. [3] Under Kennedy, the Phoenix have won four Southern Conference regular season championships, one Southern Conference baseball tournament championship, one Colonial Athletic Association and made five NCAA Regional appearances. [4]

Head coaching record

The following is a table of Kennedy's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach. [5] [6] [7] [8]

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Elon Fightin' Christians (South Atlantic Conference)(1997)
1997Elon 34–1616–5NCAA Regional
Elon:16–5
Elon Fightin' Christians (Independent)(1998–1998)
1998Elon 26–22
1999Elon 20–35–1
Elon:
Elon Phoenix (Big South Conference)(2000–2003)
2000 Elon 33–2511–10t-4thBig South Tournament [lower-alpha 1]
2001 Elon 30–2712–94thBig South Tournament [lower-alpha 1]
2002 Elon 34–2313–82nd NCAA Regional
2003 Elon 34–23–212–7t-2ndBig South Tournament [lower-alpha 1]
Elon:48–34
Elon Phoenix (Southern Conference)(2004–2014)
2004 Elon 31–2817–134th SoCon tournament
2005 Elon 32–2518–12t-3rd SoCon tournament
2006 Elon 45–1821–61st NCAA Regional
2007 Elon 32–2915–123rd SoCon tournament [lower-alpha 2]
2008 Elon 44–1819–81st NCAA Regional
2009 Elon 41–1823–41st NCAA Regional
2010 Elon 38–2419–11t-3rd NCAA Regional
2011 Elon 36–2123–71st SoCon tournament
2012 Elon 33–2620–103rd SoCon tournament
2013 Elon 34–3018–11t-2nd NCAA Regional
2014 Elon 27–2612–157th SoCon tournament
Elon:205–109
Elon Phoenix (Colonial Athletic Association)(2015–present)
2015 Elon 25–2813–114th CAA tournament
2016 Elon 25–2913–103rd CAA tournament
2017 Elon 24–3212–126th CAA tournament
2018 Elon 36–2316–82nd CAA tournament
2019 Elon 33–2419–51st CAA tournament
2020 Elon 7–100–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Elon 22–2210–82nd (South) CAA tournament
2022 Elon 27–289–147th CAA tournament
2023 Elon 33–2219–92nd CAA tournament
2024 Elon 21–3210–1710th
Elon:857–684–3 (.556)121–94 (.563)
Total:857–684–3 (.556)

      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

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 In this season, all members of the Big South Conference qualified for the conference tournament.
  2. In this season, all members of the Southern Conference qualified for the conference tournament.

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