Bob Fornelli
Fornelli during a game in the 2016 season.
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| Sport(s) | College baseball |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Head Coach |
| Team | Emporia State |
| Conference | MIAA |
| Record | 523–229 |
| Annual salary | $86,023 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
August 9, 1966 Lenexa, Kansas |
| Playing career | |
| 1988–1991 | Emporia State |
| Position(s) | Catcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1991–1996 | Butler CC (Pitching) |
| 1996–2003 | Fort Hays State |
| 2004–present | Emporia State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 829–342 (.708) |
| Tournaments | 21–22 (.488) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 3 MIAA Regular Season Championships 2 MIAA Tournament Championships 4 RMAC Regular Season Championships 1 RMAC Tournament Championship |
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| Awards | |
| 2 RMAC Coach of the Year (1997, 2000) 1 West Region Coach of the Year (2000) |
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Robert Fornelli (born August 9, 1966) is an American college baseball coach and has been the head baseball coach at Emporia State University since the start of the 2004 season. Under Fornelli's leadership, the Hornets have made 11 trips to the NCAA Tournament, 2 World Series appearances and a national runner-up finish. Fornelli was the coach at Fort Hays State from 1996–2003.
After graduating from Emporia State in 1991 and playing four years at Emporia State, Fornelli spent five seasons as Butler County Community College's pitching coach.
In 1996, Fornelli became head coach of the Fort Hays State Tigers. During his seven years, Fornelli compiled a 306–113 record. In 2003, the Tigers won the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference regular season and postseason tournament titles. Fornelli is the winningest coach in FHSU history and led the Tigers to the RMAC championship four times in his seven years. Fornelli led FHSU to the NCAA Division II national championship game in 2000 and was in the NCAA regional tournament six times.
National champion Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion
In May 2003, Fornelli left Fort Hays State for his alma mater. former Emporia State player under Embery, was named the head coach. Since 2004, Fornelli has taken the Hornets to the NCAA Tournament 10 times, have made 2 World Series appearances and a national runner-up finish in 2009. The Hornets finished the 2006 season by winning the MIAA Regular Season Championship and NCAA Central Region Championship, as well as advancing to the school's first NCAA World Series appearance.
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