Mik Aoki

Biography

Aoki joined Richmond in June 2023, bringing more than 20 years of head coaching experience and over 500 career wins to the Spiders. Aoki led the Spiders to a 27-32 record and 13-11 conference record in his first season at the helm of the program in 2024. UR clinched an Atlantic 10 Conference Championship tournament berth and as the four seed made it to the Championship Finals, going 3-2, suffering both losses to crosstown rival VCU. In the team’s three postseason victories, the squad defeated George Washington 12-4, top-seeded Saint Louis 13-10, and Saint Joseph’s 14-6. Against Atlantic 10 opponents, the Spiders won four series in 2024, including a series sweep of George Washington at Pitt Field, and captured a victory against every A-10 opponent avoiding being swept. In the second game against George Mason, the Spiders came back from a 15-run deficit to collect a 17-16 extra innings walk off victory. Spider starting pitcher Kyle Roche finished the season allowing just four walks, two during the regular season and two in the A-10 Tournament in 86.2 total innings on the hill. Roche led the nation averaging 18.0 strikeouts to every walk surrendered and 0.42 walks allowed per nine innings pitched. Six different Spiders collected hardware in 2024. Brian Reinke (pitcher), Aidan O’Keefe (rookie) and Aaron Whitley (player) all collected weekly A-10 regular season honors. Esteban Rodriguez was named to the A-10 Second Team, while Jackson Hinchliffe picked up Rookie Team honors and Wh