Sport(s) Baseball Positions Catcher Record 557–322–1 Name Mike Bianco | 1986–1987 Indian River CC Role Coach | |
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Education Louisiana State University Profiles | ||
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Mike Bianco (born May 3, 1967) is an American college baseball coach, currently the head coach of the Ole Miss Rebels baseball team. He has held the position since the start of the 2001 season. Bianco is the longest active head coach in the SEC among the three major sports of baseball, men's basketball and football. With 662 victories at Ole Miss, Bianco is the winningest active coach in the SEC and ranks sixth on the conference's all-time wins list.
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Ole Miss head coach Mike Bianco - 3/2/19
Championships
Under Bianco, Ole Miss has hosted seven NCAA baseball regionals and three NCAA baseball Super Regionals. The program won three SEC Western Division Championships under his guidance (2005, 2009, 2014), the 2006 SEC Baseball Tournament, the 2009 Southeastern Conference Co-Championship, and five NCAA regional championships (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, and 2014). In 2005, 2006, and 2009, his teams hosted Super Regionals. In 2014 Bianco led the Rebels to victory in the Lafayette Super Regional, defeating the #1 ranked Ragin' Cajuns, and advanced to the College World Series.
Playing career
Bianco played two seasons (1988–89) at LSU after transferring from Indian River Community College in Florida. He was the Tigers' starting catcher and team captain on the 1989 team that finished third at the College World Series.