Kevin Cooney (baseball)
Biographical details | |
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Born | Montclair State | August 12, 1950
Position(s) | Pitcher |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1975–1976 | Montclair State (asst.) |
1984–1987 | Montclair State |
1988–2008 | Florida Atlantic |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 880-530-10 |
Tournaments | NCAA D1: 10-13 Sun Belt: 4-4 TAAC/A-Sun: 21-20 NCAA D2: 1-2 NCAA D3: 21-7 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
NCAA D1 Regional: 2002 TAAC/A-Sun: 1999, 2003 A-Sun Tournament: 2004 NCAA D3: 1987 NCAA D3 Regional: 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 NJAC: 1985 | |
Awards | |
A-Sun Coach of the Year : 1999 | |
Kevin Cooney (born August 12, 1950) is an American former
Playing career
A
Cooney played two professional seasons, advancing as high as
Coaching career
Montclair State
Following his playing career, Cooney returned to Montclair State as an assistant under
When Montclair's next head coach,
During Cooney's stint at Montclair, three players were selected in the
Florida Atlantic
Division II
Prior to the 1988 season,
For Cooney's first six seasons, 1988–1993, FAU played as
Division I
For the 1994 season, FAU transitioned to
After being ineligible for the postseason in 1994, the program made its first Division I postseason in 1995, finishing fourth in the TAAC to qualify for the TAAC Tournament. As the fourth seed, the Blue Wave won their first game against top-seeded FIU, then lost consecutive games to Stetson and UCF and was eliminated.[15]
FAU reached its first
The Blue Wave returned to the NCAA tournament in
The 2002 appearance was the first of four consecutive NCAA tournaments for the program, but it did not advance past the regionals in 2003, 2004, or 2005. (Of Cooney's six Division I Tournament appearances at FAU, 2002 was the only year in which the Blue Wave were not placed at the Coral Gables Regional, hosted by nearby Miami.) In 2004, FAU won its only A-Sun Tournament under Cooney; Rusty Brown was named the tournament MVP.[13][15][20]
During Cooney's 21 seasons at FAU, the program had 58 selections in the
FAU moved to the
Head coaching record
The following is a table of Cooney's yearly records as a collegiate head baseball coach.[1][2][5][6][12][13][15][16][22]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Montclair State (New Jersey Athletic Conference ) (1984–1987)
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1984 | Montclair State | 32-12-1 | 11-5 | College World Series | |||||
1985 | Montclair State | 36-13-2 | 14-2 | 1st | College World Series | ||||
1986 | Montclair State | 36-11-1 | 13-3 | College World Series | |||||
1987 | Montclair State | 34-14-1 | 14-2 | College World Series | |||||
Montclair State: | 138–50–5 | 52–12 | |||||||
Florida Atlantic (Division II Independent) (1988–1993) | |||||||||
1988 | Florida Atlantic | 32-19-2 | |||||||
1989 | Florida Atlantic | 30-23-2 | |||||||
1990 | Florida Atlantic | 28-25 | |||||||
1991 | Florida Atlantic | 24-31 | |||||||
1992 | Florida Atlantic | 27-27 | |||||||
1993 | Florida Atlantic | 41-17 | NCAA Regional | ||||||
Florida Atlantic ( Division I[b] ) (1994–2006)
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1994 | Florida Atlantic | 31-23 | N/A[c] | ||||||
1995 | Florida Atlantic | 27-31 | 17-13 | 4th | |||||
1996 | Florida Atlantic | 39-23 | 9-9 | 3rd (South) | |||||
1997 | Florida Atlantic | 32-24 | 8-9 | 3rd (South) | |||||
1998 | Florida Atlantic | 29-30 | 6-14 | 4th (South) | |||||
1999 | Florida Atlantic | 54-9 | 26-4 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
2000 | Florida Atlantic | 43-19 | 20-7 | T-2nd | NCAA Regional | ||||
2001 | Florida Atlantic | 36-24 | 14-13 | 5th | |||||
2002 | Florida Atlantic | 46-21 | 22-8 | 2nd | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
2003 | Florida Atlantic | 41-16 | 25-8 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
2004 | Florida Atlantic | 47-17 | 20-10 | T-2nd | NCAA Regional | ||||
2005 | Florida Atlantic | 37-24 | 19-11 | T-2nd | NCAA Regional | ||||
2006 | Florida Atlantic | 30-28 | 14-16 | T-5th | |||||
Florida Atlantic (Sun Belt Conference) (2007–2008) | |||||||||
2007 | Florida Atlantic | 36-22 | 15-15 | T-6th | |||||
2008 | Florida Atlantic | 32-27-1 | 15-12-1 | 4th | |||||
Florida Atlantic: | 742-480-5 | 230-149-1 | |||||||
Total: | 880-530-10 | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Personal
Cooney has four children. His oldest son, Jim, pitched for Cooney from 1999–2002, was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles, and played three years of professional baseball.[24][25]
Since retiring from coaching, Cooney has moved to
In 2012, Cooney was inducted into the FAU Hall of Fame.[26]
Notes
- ^ a b From the start of Cooney's tenure through the end of the 2005 season, FAU's baseball team was known as the "Blue Wave." After that point, the school officially adopted the "Owls" nickname for all its sports teams.
- ^ a b c In Cooney's first eight season in the conference (1994–2001), the Atlantic Sun was known as the Trans America Athletic Conference.
- ^ In 1994, its first season as a member of Division I and the TAAC, Florida Atlantic was ineligible for the conference standings.
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Kevin Cooney". FAUSports.com. Florida Atlantic Athletic Communications. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
- ^ a b c d "2014 NCAA Division II Baseball Championship Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
- ^ "Career History". MontclairAthletics.com. Montclair Sports Publicity. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
- ^ "Kevin Cooney". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
- ^ a b c "Montclair State Baseball Year-by-Year Record". MontclairAthletics.com. Montclair State Sports Publicity. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
- ^ a b c "2014 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 6, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
- ^ "Baseball History Book". FDUKnights.com. Fairleigh Dickinson Athletic Communications. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
- ^ Fisher, Rich (February 20, 2014). "Fred Hill Retires from Coaching After 37 Years". Trentonian.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
- ^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks Who Came from "Montclair State University (Montclair, NJ)"". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on September 17, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
- ^ Camillone, Jude (July 29, 1987). "Traylor to Leave FAU". Sun-Sentinel.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
- ^ a b c "Former Baseball Coach Kevin Cooney Likes Life Down on the Farm". Sun-Sentinel.com. February 24, 2012. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
- ^ a b c "Florida Atlantic University Baseball Records: Year-by-Year Results". FAUSports.com. Florida Atlantic Athletic Communications. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f "Florida Atlantic University Baseball Records: History" (PDF). Florida Atlantic Athletic Communications. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
- ^ a b Cash, Rana L. (July 29, 1992). "FAU Schedule to Have Div. I Flavor". Sun-Sentinel.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
- ^ a b c d "2013 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). AtlanticSun.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
- ^ a b c "2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 6, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
- ^ Morgan, Marlon W. (April 18, 1999). "Florida Atlantic's Winning Streak Ends". Sun-Sentinel.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
- ^ Person, Joe (June 7, 2002). "Florida Atlantic Stands in Jackets' Way to World Series". SavannahNow.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
- ^ "Jackets Sweep Florida Atlantic to Advance to First College World Series Since 1994". AccessNorthGeorgia.com. June 9, 2002. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
- ^ "'Canes Blast into Coral Gables Title Game". ESPN.com. Associated Press. July 12, 2014. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
- ^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks Who Came from "Florida Atlantic University (Boca Raton, FL)"". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on July 11, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
- ^ a b "2014 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Media Guide". Sun Belt Conference. Archived from the original on March 25, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
- ^ "FAU Head Baseball Coach Kevin Cooney Announces Retirement". FAUSports.com. Florida Atlantic Athletic Communications. April 24, 2008. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
- ^ Hutton, Ted (June 6, 2002). "Baseball in the Blood". Sun-Sentinel.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
- ^ "Jim Cooney". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
- ^ "Kevin Cooney and Shontavia Williams Inducted into Athletics Hall of Fame". FAU.edu. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
External links
- Cooney's 2008 weekly column for CollegeBaseballInsider.com
- Parts One and Two of Cooney's FAU Hall of Fame Induction Speech at Youtube.com