Mike Sansing

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Mike Sansing
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Sansing in 2014
Playing career
1980–1981 Gordon
1982–1983 West Georgia
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1985–1986West Georgia (asst.)
1987–1988 Southern Poly (asst.)
1989–1991 Shorter (GA)
1992–2021 Kennesaw State
Head coaching record
Overall1,163–669 (.635)
TournamentsNCAA D1: 3–3
A-Sun: 14–16
NCAA D2: 36–19
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NAIA World Series (1994)
Awards
GIAC Coach of the Year (1990, 1991)

Mike Sansing is a former American college baseball coach, who a majority of his career served as head coach of the Kennesaw State Owls baseball team. He was named to that position prior to the 1992 season, when Kennesaw State was an NAIA team. He led the Owls as they joined the NCAA's Division II in 1994, and in 2005 began the process to elevate the program to Division I, completed for the 2010 season. [1]

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Sansing played at Gordon College and West Georgia, being named all-conference all four years, and team MVP honors three times. He began his coaching career with the Wolves in 1985. He served two seasons as an assistant, then two seasons at Southern Poly before his first head coaching position at Shorter. In his final year with the Hawks, he led the team to the 1991 conference title; he was named the conference coach of the year in both 1990 and 1991. He then moved to Kennesaw State. In his time with the Owls, he led Kennesaw State to the 1994 NAIA World Series title in their final season in the NAIA. The Owls then claimed the 1996 NCAA Division II Baseball Championship and a pair of national runner-up finishes in 1998 and 1999. Nine of his teams have won 40 or more games, including six in a row and 61 in 1998, a national record. Baseball America named Kennesaw State the "Best Division II program of the 1990s." [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

After moving to Division I, the Owls joined the Atlantic Sun Conference. They were not eligible for the postseason until 2010, but then made four straight A-Sun Tournaments from 2011–2014. They went 0–2 in 2011, lost in the championship game in 2012 and 2013, and won the 2014 tournament to advance to their first NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. There, they had surprising success, going 3–1 at the Tallahassee Regional to advance to the Super Regional round, where they lost to Louisville.

On May 31, 2021, Keenesaw State announced Mike Sansing's retirement. [6]

Head coaching record

Below is a table of Sansing's records as a collegiate head baseball coach. [5] [7] [8]

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Shorter Hawks (Georgia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – NAIA)(1989–1991)
1989Shorter 29–22
1990Shorter 34–20NAIA District 25 playoffs
1991Shorter 39–131stNAIA District 25 playoffs
Shorter:102–55
Kennesaw State (Georgia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – NAIA)(1992–1994)
1992Kennesaw State 39–1919–9NAIA District 25 playoffs
1993Kennesaw State 36–1615–13NAIA District 25 playoffs
1994Kennesaw State 48–1420–81st NAIA World Series
Kennesaw State (Peach Belt ConferenceNCAA DII)(1995–2005)
1995Kennesaw State 43–1419–41stNCAA Regional
1996Kennesaw State 48–1717–62ndCollege World Series
1997Kennesaw State 48–1419–41stCollege World Series
1998Kennesaw State 61–527–11stCollege World Series
1999Kennesaw State 49–1421–92ndCollege World Series
2000Kennesaw State 38–2018–124thNCAA tournament
2001Kennesaw State 45–1521–92ndNCAA tournament
2002Kennesaw State 46–1325–51stNCAA tournament
2003Kennesaw State 40–1818–124thCollege World Series
2004Kennesaw State 32–2415–154thPeach Belt Tournament
2005Kennesaw State 37–2219–112ndNCAA tournament
Kennesaw State (Atlantic Sun Conference – NCAA DI)(2006–2021)
2006 Kennesaw State 24–3212–18T-8th
2007 Kennesaw State 32–2313–14T-5th
2008 Kennesaw State 30–2621–122nd
2009 Kennesaw State 30–2220–92nd
2010 Kennesaw State 23–3212–158th
2011 Kennesaw State 32–2518–113rd A-Sun tournament
2012 Kennesaw State 34–2515–113rd A-Sun tournament
2013 Kennesaw State 30–3013–14T-6th A-Sun tournament
2014 Kennesaw State 40–2417–93rd NCAA Super Regional
2015 Kennesaw State 28–2810–106th A-Sun tournament
2016 Kennesaw State 29–2717–41st A-Sun tournament
2017 Kennesaw State 25–3210–115th A-Sun tournament
2018 Kennesaw State 25–3011–103rd A-Sun tournament
2019 Kennesaw State 27–2911–137th
2020 Kennesaw State 10–8Remainder of season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [9]
2021 Kennesaw State 29–2213–82nd (North) ASUN tournament
Kennesaw State:1,061–641486–287
Total:1,163–669

      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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References

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