Mike Kennedy (baseball)
American baseball coach and catcher (born 1969)
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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.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Elon |
| Conference | CAA |
| Record | 902–749–3 (.546) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | May 21, 1969 Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1988–1990 | Elon |
| 1990 | Modesto A's |
| 1990 | Arizona League Athletics |
| 1991 | Southern Oregon A's |
| Position | Catcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1993–1996 | Elon (asst.) |
| 1997–present | Elon |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 902–749–3 (.546) |
| Tournaments | NCAA: 4–10 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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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]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elon Fightin' Christians (South Atlantic Conference) (1997) | |||||||||
| 1997 | Elon | 34–16 | 16–5 | NCAA Regional | |||||
| Elon: | 16–5 | ||||||||
| Elon Fightin' Christians (Independent) (1998–1998) | |||||||||
| 1998 | Elon | 26–22 | |||||||
| 1999 | Elon | 20–35–1 | |||||||
| Elon: | |||||||||
| Elon Phoenix (Big South Conference) (2000–2003) | |||||||||
| 2000 | Elon | 33–25 | 11–10 | t-4th | Big South Tournament[a] | ||||
| 2001 | Elon | 30–27 | 12–9 | 4th | Big South Tournament[a] | ||||
| 2002 | Elon | 34–23 | 13–8 | 2nd | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2003 | Elon | 34–23–2 | 12–7 | t-2nd | Big South Tournament[a] | ||||
| Elon: | 48–34 | ||||||||
| Elon Phoenix (Southern Conference) (2004–2014) | |||||||||
| 2004 | Elon | 31–28 | 17–13 | 4th | SoCon tournament | ||||
| 2005 | Elon | 32–25 | 18–12 | t-3rd | SoCon tournament | ||||
| 2006 | Elon | 45–18 | 21–6 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2007 | Elon | 32–29 | 15–12 | 3rd | SoCon tournament[b] | ||||
| 2008 | Elon | 44–18 | 19–8 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2009 | Elon | 41–18 | 23–4 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2010 | Elon | 38–24 | 19–11 | t-3rd | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2011 | Elon | 36–21 | 23–7 | 1st | SoCon tournament | ||||
| 2012 | Elon | 33–26 | 20–10 | 3rd | SoCon tournament | ||||
| 2013 | Elon | 34–30 | 18–11 | t-2nd | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2014 | Elon | 27–26 | 12–15 | 7th | SoCon tournament | ||||
| Elon: | 205–109 | ||||||||
| Elon Phoenix (Colonial Athletic Association) (2015–present) | |||||||||
| 2015 | Elon | 25–28 | 13–11 | 4th | CAA tournament | ||||
| 2016 | Elon | 25–29 | 13–10 | 3rd | CAA tournament | ||||
| 2017 | Elon | 24–32 | 12–12 | 6th | CAA tournament | ||||
| 2018 | Elon | 36–23 | 16–8 | 2nd | CAA tournament | ||||
| 2019 | Elon | 33–24 | 19–5 | 1st | CAA tournament | ||||
| 2020 | Elon | 7–10 | 0–0 | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | |||||
| 2021 | Elon | 22–22 | 10–8 | 2nd (South) | CAA tournament | ||||
| 2022 | Elon | 27–28 | 9–14 | 7th | CAA tournament | ||||
| 2023 | Elon | 33–22 | 19–9 | 2nd | CAA tournament | ||||
| 2024 | Elon | 21–32 | 10–17 | 10th | |||||
| 2025 | Elon | 25–32 | 13–14 | 6th | CAA tournament | ||||
| 2026 | Elon | 20–33 | 10–20 | 9th | |||||
| Elon: | 902–749–3 (.546) | 144–128 (.529) | |||||||
| Total: | 902–749–3 (.546) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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