Nick Derba

Nick Derba

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Maine
Conference	America East
Record	156–83 (.653)
Biographical details
Born	(1985-09-09) September 9, 1985 (age 39) College Point, New York, U.S.
Playing career
2004–2007	Manhattan
2007	Batavia Muckdogs
2007	Swing of the Quad Cities
2008–2010	Palm Beach Cardinals
2009–2012	Springfield Cardinals
2010–2012	Memphis Redbirds
Position(s)	Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2010–2011	NJIT (Asst.)
2013	Manhattan (Asst.)
2014–2016	Maine (Asst.)
2017–present	Maine
Head coaching record
Overall	156–83 (.653)
Tournaments	NCAA: 0–2
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2× America East regular season (2022, 2023) America East tournament (2023)
Awards
2× America East Coach of the Year (2022, 2023)

Nicholas Joseph Derba (born November 9, 1985) is an American baseball coach and former catcher, who is the current head baseball coach of the Maine Black Bears. ^[1] He played college baseball at Manhattan from 2004 to 2007, before playing professionally from 2007 to 2012.

Playing career

Derba played college baseball at Manhattan College. While at Manhattan, he played three years (2004-2006) of collegiate summer baseball for the Chatham A's of the Cape Cod Baseball League, ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} and returned to the A's as hitting and catchers coach in 2013. ^[6] He was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 30th round of the 2007 MLB Draft.

Head coaching record

This table depicts Derba's record as a head coach.

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Maine Black Bears (America East Conference)(2017–present)
2017	Maine	25–29	8–12	6th (7)	America East Tournament
2018	Maine	20–34	12–12	5th (7)	America East Tournament
2019	Maine	15–34	11–12	5th (7)	America East Tournament
2020	Maine	1–12	0–0		Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021	Maine	22–22	16–17	2nd (Division A)	America East Tournament
2022	Maine	27–22	21–9	1st (Division A)	America East Tournament
2023	Maine	32–21	19–5	1st	NCAA regional
2024	Maine	12–37	8–15	7th
2025	Maine	2–5	0–0
Maine:		156–83 (.653)	95–82 (.537)
Total:		156–83 (.653)
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

References

1. "UMaine names interim baseball coach". www.pressherald.com. Portland Press Herald. December 17, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
2. Adler, Eric (August 3, 2006). "Bronx Bulls: RBI Machine Matt Rizzotti and Defensive Dynamo Nick Derba are a Pair of Tough-As-Nails New Yorkers, Who Just Happen to Have a Sentimental Side". The Cape Cod Chronicle. Chatham, MA. pp. 65, 67.
3. "2004 Chatham As". thebaseballcube.com. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
4. "2005 Chatham As". thebaseballcube.com. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
5. "2006 Chatham As". thebaseballcube.com. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
6. Chris Jones (June 20, 2013). "Nick Derba, Former Chatham Player, Returns as Coach". chathamanglers.com. Retrieved September 25, 2019.

External links

• Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
• List of current NCAA Division I baseball coaches