Jamie Pinzino
| Sport(s) | Baseball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Pitching coach |
| Team | Virginia Tech |
| Conference | ACC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | 1970s |
| Alma mater | Tufts '97 |
| Playing career | |
| 1994-1997 | Tufts Jumbos |
| Position(s) | 3B |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1998 | Pomona-Pitzer (asst.) |
| 2002 | Holy Cross (asst.) |
| 2003-2004 | Tufts (asst.) |
| 2005 | Assumption |
| 2006-2010 | Bryant |
| 2011 | Northeastern (asst.) |
| 2012 | William & Mary (asst.) |
| 2013 | William & Mary |
| 2014–2016 | Oklahoma (asst.) |
| 2017-present | Virginia Tech (asst.) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 212-174 |
| Tournaments |
CAA: 2-2 NCAA: 2-2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
|
Northeast-10 Conference: 2008 Northeast Conference: 2010, 2012, 2013 NEC Tournament: 2013 | |
| Awards | |
|
Northeast-10 Conference Coach of the Year: 2007 NEC Coach of the Year: 2010 CAA Coach of the Year: 2013 | |
Jamie Pinzino (born 1970s) is an American college baseball coach, currently an assistant coach with the NCAA Division I Oklahoma Sooners. Pinzino has held the position since the start of the 2014 season. Prior to Oklahoma, Pinzino was the head coach at William & Mary for the 2013 season, in which the Tribe made the NCAA Tournament.
Playing career
Pinzino attended St. John's High School in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, where he played high school baseball.[1] He also attended Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, where he played college baseball for the Jumbos from 1994-1997. With Tufts, Pinzino appeared in one NCAA Division III Tournament.[2]
Coaching career
Early career
Pinzino coached several high school and American Legion baseball programs from 1997 through 2004. He began his college coaching career as an assistant at Pomona-Pitzer during the 1998 season. His first Division I coaching experience came as an assistant at Holy Cross during the 2002 season. He was then an assistant at Division III Tufts from 2003-2004.[3]
Pinzino received his first collegiate head coaching position with Division II Assumption for the 2005 season. Under Pinzino that season, Assumption had an 11-28 record and finished ninth in the Northeast-10 Conference.[3][4]
Bryant
Prior to the 2006 season, Pinzino became the head coach at Bryant, at the time also a member of the Division II Northeast-10 Conference. After an 18-33 season in 2006, Bryant appeared in two consecutive NCAA Division II Tournaments in 2007 and 2008. For the 2009 season, Bryant's athletic programs began a transition to Division I, and the baseball program competed as an Independent. Bryant joined the Northeast Conference (NEC) for the 2010 season and won the regular season conference championship. It did not qualify for the NEC or NCAA Tournament, however, because it was ineligible during its transition from Division II.[3][5] During his tenure at Bryant, Pinzino was twice named conference Coach of the Year– once for the Northeast-10 (2007) and once for the NEC (2010).[2]
Following the 2010 season, Pinzino was involved in an incident that led to his resignation. At a postseason athletic department barbecue in late May, Pinzino became intoxicated, started an altercation with an assistant baseball coach on Bryant's baseball field, and was confrontational with police when they arrived at the scene. Pinzino was arrested and charged with three misdemeanors (simple assault, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest). As a result, he was forced to resign as Bryant's head coach.[6][7]
William & Mary
Following his resignation at Bryant, Pinzino spent two seasons as a Division I assistant. During the 2011 season, he served as the pitching coach at Northeastern. In 2012, he was an assistant to Frank Leoni at William & Mary.[2]
When Leoni was fired as William & Mary's head coach following the 2012 season, Pinzino was hired to replace him. In 2013, Pinzino's first season, William & Mary set program records with 39 wins and 17 conference wins. The team received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, where it went 2-2, losing to NC State in the finals of the Raleigh Regional.[8][9] Pinzino was named a 2013 Colonial Athletic Association Co-Coach of the Year.[10]
Oklahoma
In October 2013, Oklahoma named Pinzino its pitching coach. He resigned as the Sooners coach in June 2016.[11]
Virginia Tech
In July 2016, he was named the next pitching coach at Virginia Tech.
Head coaching records
Below is a table of Pinzino's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.[4][5][12][13][14][15]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assumption Greyhounds (Northeast-10 Conference (DII)) (2005–2005) | |||||||||
| 2005 | Assumption | 11-28 | 10-18 | 9th | |||||
| Assumption: | 11-28 | 10-18 | |||||||
| Bryant Bulldogs (Northeast-10 Conference (DII)) (2006–2008) | |||||||||
| 2006 | Bryant | 18-33 | 16-14 | 6th | Northeast-10 Tournament | ||||
| 2007 | Bryant | 35-24 | 21-9 | 3rd | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2008 | Bryant | 43-21 | 25-5 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| Bryant Bulldogs (Independent (DI)) (2009–2009) | |||||||||
| 2009 | Bryant | 32-22 | |||||||
| Bryant Bulldogs (Northeast Conference) (2010–2010) | |||||||||
| 2010 | Bryant | 34-22 | 29-7 | 1st | |||||
| Bryant: | 162-122 | 91-35 | |||||||
| William & Mary Tribe (Colonial Athletic Association) (2013) | |||||||||
| 2013 | William & Mary | 39-24 | 17-10 | 2nd | NCAA Regional | ||||
| William & Mary: | 39-24 | 17-10 | |||||||
| Total: | 212-174 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Personal life
Pinzino is married to Cheryl Milligan, head softball coach at Tufts.[16]
References
- ↑ "Alumni in the Game". St. John's High School. Archived from the original on June 5, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- 1 2 3 "Jamie Pinzino". TribeAthletics.com. William & Mary Sports Information. Archived from the original on June 5, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- 1 2 3 "Jamie Pinzino Named Head Baseball Coach at Bryant University". BryantBulldogs.com. Bryant Sports Information. August 16, 2005. Archived from the original on June 5, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- 1 2 "Overall Baseball Records". AssumptionGreyhounds.com. Assumption Sports Information. Archived from the original on June 5, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- 1 2 "Bryant Baseball Won/Loss History". BryantBulldogs.com. Bryant Sports Information. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 5, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ↑ Fitt, Aaron (June 13, 2010). "Bryant's Pinzino Resigns". BaseballAmerica.com. Archived from the original on June 5, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ↑ "Taking Chances, Second Chances at W&M". DailyPress.com. July 24, 2012. Archived from the original on June 5, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ↑ Fairbank, Dave (June 3, 2013). "Tribe Baseball Proved It Belonged in NCAA Tournament". DailyPress.com. Archived from the original on June 5, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ↑ Fitt, Aaron (July 23, 2012). "William & Mary Names Jamie Pinzino Head Coach". BaseballAmerica.com. Archived from the original on June 5, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ↑ "Delaware's Yezzo, UNCW's Batts Headline 2013 All-CAA Baseball Team". CAASports.com. Colonial Athletic Association. May 21, 2013. Archived from the original on June 5, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ↑ Aber, Ryan (December 2, 2013). "OU Baseball: Sooners Hire New Pitching Coach". NewsOK.com. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
- ↑ "Weekly Release". Northeast-10 Conference. May 20, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 5, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ↑ "2009 Division I Independents Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy and Cynthia Mills. Archived from the original on June 5, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ↑ "2010 Northeast Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy and Cynthia Mills. Archived from the original on June 5, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ↑ "2013 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy and Cynthia Mills. Archived from the original on June 5, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ↑ Marrapese-Burrell, Nancy (May 30, 2007). "Marriage Has Good Game Plan: Local College Coaches Make Their Union Work". Highbeam.com. Boston Globe. Archived from the original on June 5, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.