title: Nick Mingione
text: # Nick Mingione
  
  Nick Mingione (born September 10, 1978) is a baseball coach and former outfielder, who is the current the head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats. He played college baseball at Embry–Riddle University for coach Greg Guilliams from 1997 to 2000.
  
  ## Playing career
  
  Mingione played his college career at Embry–Riddle University. He graduated from ERU in 2000 with a degree in aerospace studies.
  
  ## Coaching career
  
  ### Kentucky
  
  After serving as an assistant college coach for 13 seasons, Mingione was named head coach of Kentucky for the 2017 season. In his first season as a head coach, he was named SEC Coach of the Year. He also led Kentucky to its first regional win and first super regional appearance in the program's history.
  
  ## Head coaching record
  
  Statistics overview :
  
  | Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Kentucky Wildcats (Southeastern Conference) (2017–present) ||||||
  | 2017 | Kentucky | 43–23 | 19–11 | 2nd (East) | NCAA Super Regional |
  | 2018 | Kentucky | 34–22 | 13–17 | 5th (East) | |
  | 2019 | Kentucky | 28–29 | 7–23 | 7th (East) | |
  | 2020 | Kentucky | 11–6 | 0–0 | | Season canceled due to COVID-19 |
  | 2021 | Kentucky | 29–23 | 12–18 | 6th (East) | |
  | 2022 | Kentucky | 33–26 | 12–18 | 6th (East) | |
  | 2023 | Kentucky | 40–21 | 16–14 | 4th (East) | NCAA Super Regional |
  | Kentucky: | Kentucky: | 218–150–0 (.592) | 79–101–0 (.439) | | |
  | Total: | Total: | 218–150–0 (.592) | | | |
  | 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 ||||||
  