Nick Derba
American baseball coach and catcher (born 1985)
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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.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Maine |
| Conference | America East |
| Record | 174–251 (.409) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | September 9, 1985 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 | Catcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2010–2011 | NJIT (Asst.) |
| 2013 | Manhattan (Asst.) |
| 2014–2016 | Maine (Asst.) |
| 2017–present | Maine |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 174–251 (.409) |
| Tournaments | NCAA: 0–2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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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.
| 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 | 20–31 | 13–11 | 4th | America East Tournament | ||||
| 2026 | Maine | 2–14 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Maine: | 174–251 (.409) | 108–93 (.537) | |||||||
| Total: | 174–251 (.409) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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