Nick Mingione

Biography

Nick Mingione – who was named Kentucky's head coach on June 13, 2016 – has made his mark after just nine seasons in Lexington, becoming a respected piece of the UK Baseball program and local community, while guiding the Wildcats to three Super Regionals and a first-ever College World Series appearance in school history. In his rookie season as a head coach, Mingione proved a quick study as the 2017 Wildcats etched their name all over the school's record books. The program made a trip to the NCAA Tournament Super Regionals for the first time and finished ranked in the Top 10 of every major college baseball poll. In year seven, Mingione repeated the feat by returning to the Super Regional and climbing into the Top 10 during the season. A year later, Big Blue Nation took over Omaha. Mingione took over the Kentucky program after serving as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator under Cohen at Mississippi State starting before the 2009 season. Prior to his time at Mississippi State, Mingione spent two seasons at UK as an assistant under Cohen in 2006-07. UK won 33 SEC games in those two seasons, including in 2006 when UK claimed its first SEC championship. Mingione has a sterling reputation as a recruiter and an unmatched track record of player development, coaching 90 players selected in the MLB Draft, as well as 47 All-Americans and six conference players of the year. Mingione graduated from Embry-Riddle in 2000 with a degree in aerospace studies and was a four-year letterma