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Mike Stone (baseball)

Mike Stone
Sport(s) Baseball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team UMass
Conference Atlantic 10 Conference
Record 697–695–3
Biographical details
Born (1955-04-29) April 29, 1955 (age 62)
Playing career
Baseball
1974 Gulf Coast Cardinals
1974–1976 St. Petersburg Cardinals
1976 Arkansas Travelers
1977 St. Petersburg Cardinals
1978 Lodi Dodgers
Clinton Dodgers
Football
1978–1981 UMass
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1983–1987 Vermont
1988–Present UMass
Head coaching record
Overall 751–785–5
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
A-10 Tournament: 1995, 1996
Awards
A-10 Coach of the Year: 1994, 1995, 1996

Mike Stone (born April 29, 1955) is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as the head coach of the UMass Minutemen baseball team. He was named to that position prior to the 1988 season.

Stone played high school baseball at Taft School, and was drafted in the third round of the 1974 MLB Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals. He played four seasons in the Cardinals organization, primarily as a catcher, and reached Class-AA, and spent one season in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.

After ending his baseball career, Stone played football for UMass while pursuing a degree in physical education.

Stone began coaching at Northfield Mount Hermon School, serving as head baseball coach for the 1982 season. He then earned a position as head coach at Vermont, where he remained for five seasons, succeeding Jack Leggett. In his time at Vermont, the Catamounts struggled but finished above .500 in his final season. Stone also earned a master's degree while at Vermont.

Since taking over at UMass, the Minutemen have won eight Atlantic 10 Conference regular season crowns, a pair of Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament titles, and seen 36 players sign professional contracts. Stone was named Atlantic 10 Conference Coach of the Year three times in a row from 1994 through 1996.

This table shows Stone's record as a college head coach.

      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


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