Mike Kennedy (baseball)

Mike Kennedy

Sport(s)	College baseball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Elon
Record	604–434–3
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1997–present	Elon
Head coaching record
Overall	604–434–3
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 SoCon Tournament (2008) 4 SoCon Regular Season (2006, 2008, 2009, 2011)

Mike Kennedy is the head college baseball coach of the Elon Phoenix. He has held the position since the start of the 1997 season. His record, entering the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season, is 510–352–3. Under Kennedy, the Phoenix have won four Southern Conference regular season championships, one Southern Conference Baseball Tournament championship, and made five NCAA Regional appearances.^[1]

Kennedy was a two-time honorable mention All-American at Elon, then competing at the NCAA Division II level, playing catcher from 1998–1990. He was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the ninth round of the 1990 draft.^[2]

Head coaching records

The following is a table of Kennedy's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.^[3][4][5][6]

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Elon Phoenix (South Atlantic Conference (DII)) (1997–1997)
1997	Elon	34–16	16–5		NCAA Regional
Elon Phoenix (Independent (DI)) (1998–1998)
1998	Elon	26–22
1999	Elon	20–35–1
Elon Phoenix (Big South Conference) (2000–2003)
2000	Elon	33–25	11–10	t-4th	Big South Tournament[lower-alpha 1]
2001	Elon	30–27	12–9	4th	Big South Tournament[lower-alpha 1]
2002	Elon	34–23	13–8	2nd	NCAA Regional
2003	Elon	34–23–2	12–7	t-2nd	Big South Tournament[lower-alpha 1]
Elon Phoenix (Southern Conference) (2004–2014)
2004	Elon	31–28	17–13	4th	SoCon Tournament
2005	Elon	32–25	18–12	t-3rd	SoCon Tournament
2006	Elon	45–18	21–6	1st	NCAA Regional
2007	Elon	32–29	15–12	3rd	SoCon Tournament[lower-alpha 2]
2008	Elon	44–18	19–8	1st	NCAA Regional
2009	Elon	41–18	23–4	1st	NCAA Regional
2010	Elon	38–24	19–11	t-3rd	NCAA Regional
2011	Elon	36–21	23–7	1st	SoCon Tournament
2012	Elon	33–26	20–10	3rd	SoCon Tournament
2013	Elon	34–30	18–11	t-2nd	NCAA Regional
2014	Elon	27–26	12–15	7th	SoCon Tournament
Elon:		604–434–3	269–148
Total:		604–434–3
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

Notes

1. In this season, all members of the Big South Conference qualified for the conference tournament.
2. In this season, all members of the Southern Conference qualified for the conference tournament.

References

1. "2012 Elon Baseball Quick Facts" (PDF). ElonPhoenix.com. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
2. "2012 Baseball Coaching Staff". ElonPhonix.com. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
3. "2013 Elon Baseball Year-by-Year Records". Elon Sports Information. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 11, 2013. Retrieved May 11, 2013.
4. "2013 Big South Conference Baseball Record Book". BigSouthSports.com. Big South Conference. Archived from the original on May 11, 2013. Retrieved May 11, 2013.
5. "2013 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide". Issuu.com. Southern Conference. Archived from the original on May 11, 2013. Retrieved May 11, 2013.
6. "2013 Southern Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy and Cynthia Mills. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2013.