Mike Stone (baseball)
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| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | April 29, 1955 |
| Playing career | |
| Baseball | |
| 1974 | Gulf Coast Cardinals |
| 1974–1976 | St. Petersburg Cardinals |
| 1976 | Arkansas Travelers |
| 1977 | St. Petersburg Cardinals |
| 1978 | Lodi Dodgers |
| Football | |
| 1978–1981 | UMass |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1983–1987 | Vermont |
| 1988–2017 | UMass |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 751–785–5 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| A-10 tournament: 1995, 1996 | |
| Awards | |
| A-10 Coach of the Year: 1994, 1995, 1996 | |
Mike Stone (born April 29, 1955) is an American college baseball coach. He recently served as the head baseball coach for the UMass Minutemen. He was named to that position prior to the 1988 season.[1][2][3][4] Stone retired after the 2017 season.[5]
Stone played high school baseball at Taft School, and was drafted in the third round of the 1974 MLB draft by the St. Louis Cardinals. He played four seasons in the Cardinals organization, primarily as a catcher, and reached Class-AA, and spent one season in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.
After ending his baseball career, Stone played football for UMass while pursuing a degree in physical education.[1]
Coaching career
Stone began coaching at Northfield Mount Hermon School, serving as head baseball coach for the 1982 season. He then earned a position as head coach at Vermont, where he remained for five seasons, succeeding Jack Leggett. In his time at Vermont, the Catamounts struggled but finished above .500 in his final season. Stone also earned a master's degree while at Vermont.
During his tenure at UMass, the Minutemen have won eight Atlantic 10 Conference regular season crowns, a pair of Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament titles, and seen 36 players sign professional contracts. Stone was named Atlantic 10 Conference Coach of the Year three times in a row from 1994 through 1996.[1]