Paul Kostacopoulos

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Kostacopoulos in 2017
Biographical details
Born (1964-11-28) November 28, 1964 (age 59)
Playing career
1984–1987 Providence
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1988–1989 Providence (assistant)
1990–1996Providence
1997–2005 Maine
2006–2023 Navy
Head coaching record
Overall1,017–705–6 (.590)
TournamentsNCAA: 2–10 (.167)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards

Paul Kostacopoulos (born November 28, 1964) is an American college baseball coach. He was the head coach of the Navy Midshipmen from 2006 until 2023. Prior to Navy, he was the head coach at both Maine and Providence. With the three programs, Kostacopoulos has appeared in a total of five NCAA tournaments.

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Kostacopoulos played college baseball at Providence from 1984 to 1987. [1]

Coaching career

Providence

Kostacopoulos spent two seasons as an assistant at Providence, and became the head coach for the start of the 1990 season. [1] In 1988, he was an assistant coach for the Chatham Anglers, a collegiate summer baseball team in the Cape Cod Baseball League. [2]

Kostacopoulos's first postseason appearance came in the 1991 Big East tournament. Providence then won the tournament in 1992 to advance to the 1992 NCAA tournament, where it went 1–2 and won its second-round game against South Alabama. In 1995, Providence won the Big East regular season title and received an at-large bid to the 1995 NCAA tournament, where it went 0–2. Kostacopoulos was named the 1995 Big East Coach of the Year, New England Coach of the Year, and ABCA Northeast Region Coach of the Year. [1] [3] [4]

Three future Major League Baseball players played under Kostacopoulos at Providence. Lou Merloni (1990–1993) was named conference co-Rookie of the Year in 1990 and conference Player of the Year in 1993. John McDonald (1995–1996) and Keith Reed (1996) also played under Kostacopoulos. [3] [5]

Maine

Kostacopoulos left Providence to become the head coach of Maine for the start of the 1997 season. He replaced John Winkin, under whom Maine had appeared in six College World Series. [4] [6] In his first four seasons as head coach (1997–2000), Maine finished higher than fourth in the America East only once. In his last five (2001–2005), the team did not finish lower than second and qualified for two NCAA tournaments (2002 and 2005) by winning the America East tournament in those seasons. [7] [8] [9]

Kostacopoulos was named America East Coach of the Year for second-place conference finishes in 1997 and 2001. [7]

Kostacopoulos was hired as the head coach of Navy for the start of the 2006 season. [10] As of the end of the 2013 season, Navy has appeared in one NCAA tournament under Kostacopoulos. The appearance came in 2011, when Navy won both the Patriot League regular season and tournament championships. [11] [12] He was named the 2011 and 2015 Patriot League Coach of the Year. [13]

Head coaching record

Below is a table of Kostacopoulos's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach. [3] [7] [13] [14]

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Providence Friars (Big East Conference)(1990–1996)
1990 Providence 27–2111–105th
1991 Providence 35–1612–8T–2nd
1992 Providence 29–2312–84th NCAA Regional
1993 Providence 21–248–127th
1994 Providence 32–2113–82nd
1995 Providence 44–1516–51st NCAA Regional
1996 Providence 32–17–115–10T–1st (American)
Providence:220–137–1 (.616)87–61 (.588)
Maine Black Bears (America East Conference)(1997–2005)
1997 Maine 24–2716–82nd
1998 Maine 24–2612–165th
1999 Maine 28–2814–14T–4th
2000 Maine 25–2414–125th
2001 Maine 26–1520–82nd
2002 Maine 40–1716–61st NCAA Regional
2003 Maine 38–1817–72nd
2004 Maine 34–2114–7T–2nd
2005 Maine 35–1914–7T–2nd
Maine:274–195 (.584)137–85 (.617)
Navy Midshipmen (Patriot League)(2006–2023)
2006 Navy 32–21–18–125th
2007 Navy 35–2012–83rd
2008 Navy 32–25–111–9T–2nd
2009 Navy 20–26–18–125th
2010 Navy 30–217–13T–5th
2011 Navy 33–25–112–81st NCAA Regional
2012 Navy 23–299–113rd
2013 Navy 28–2313–72nd
2014 Navy 23–289–114th
2015 Navy 37–2013–71st
2016 Navy 43–16–115–51st NCAA Regional
2017 Navy 37–1716–41st
2018 Navy 38–1618–7T–1st
2019 Navy 39–1718–71st
2020 Navy 14–10–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Navy 17–1511–122nd (South) Patriot League tournament
2022 Navy 19–2610–156th
2023 Navy 23–2714–11T-3rd Patriot League tournament
Navy:523–373–5 (.583)204–141 (.591)
Total:1,017–705–5 (.590)

      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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