Joe Kinney (baseball)

Joseph A. Kinney III is an American baseball coach and former outfielder. He played college baseball at Lehigh for coach Stan Schultz from 1985 to 1988. He then served as the head coach of the Lafayette Leopards (2000–2020).

Joe Kinney
Playing career
1985–1988Lehigh
Position(s)Outfielder
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1989Maplewood (NJ) Columbia (JV)
1990–1992Lehigh (asst)
1993–1999Navy (asst)
2000–2020Lafayette
Head coaching record
Overall358–593–5
TournamentsPatriot: 7–16
NCAA: 0–2
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • Patriot League (2007)
  • Patriot League tournament (2007)

Playing career

Raised in Maplewood, New Jersey, Kinney attended Columbia High School, where he played baseball and football before graduating in 1984. Upon graduation from high school, Kinney enrolled at Lehigh University and majored in economics.[1]

As a freshman at Lehigh University in 1985, Kinney had a .332 batting average, a .402 on-base percentage (OBP) and a .441 SLG.

As a sophomore in 1986, Kinney batted .274 with a .387 SLG, 2 home run, and 6 RBIs.

In the 1987 season as a junior, Kinney hit 2 home runs and had 10 hits.[2]

Kinney served as a team captain as a senior.

Coaching career

On September 19, 1999, Kinney was named the head coach of the Lafayette Leopards baseball program.[3]

Kinney's 2007 team won the Patriot League as well as the 2007 Patriot League Baseball Tournament, the team's first NCAA Regional berth since 1990.[4]

Kinney announced the fall of 2019, that the 2020 season would be his last before retiring.[5]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Lafayette Leopards (Patriot League) (2000–2020)
2000 Lafayette 12–276–166th
2001 Lafayette 10–305–156th
2002 Lafayette 23–2212–83rdPatriot Tournament
2003 Lafayette 16–247–136th
2004 Lafayette 23–2511–92ndPatriot Tournament
2005 Lafayette 18–26–16–104th
2006 Lafayette 27–2411–93rdPatriot Tournament
2007 Lafayette 34–2017–31stNCAA Regional
2008 Lafayette 25–238–125th
2009 Lafayette 24–299–114thPatriot Tournament
2010 Lafayette 15–307–135th
2011 Lafayette 18–30–110–10T-3rdPatriot Tournament
2012 Lafayette 14–37–17–13T-4thPatriot Tournament
2013 Lafayette 10–406–145th
2014 Lafayette 15–265–135th
2015 Lafayette 14–27–19–114thPatriot Tournament
2016 Lafayette 14–297–135th
2017 Lafayette 8–444–176th
2018 Lafayette 16–34–14–20–16th
2019 Lafayette 19–3312–134thPatriot Tournament
2020 Lafayette 4–100–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
Lafayette: 358–593–5163-243-1
Total:358–593–5

      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

References
  1. Logic, Jack. "Kinney Wants To Add Trophy To Lafayette Baseball History", The Morning Call, September 19, 1999. Accessed November 12, 2018. "Kinney, who hails from Maplewood, Essex County, N.J., was influenced by his father, Joe Jr., an avid baseball fan who followed the exploits of the old Newark, N.J., Bears in the International League.... Baseball was the only sport played by Kinney until he entered Columbia High School. There he added football to his sports resume as a tight end and a cornerback.... After graduating from CHS in 1984, Kinney entered Lehigh, majoring in economics."
  2. "Joe Kinney". www.lehighsports.com. Lehigh University. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  3. Jack Logic (September 19, 1999). "Kinney Wants To Add Trophy to Lafayette Baseball History". www.mcall.com. The Morning Call. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  4. "Lafayette's First Appearance in NCAA Regional Since 1990 Begins with a 5-1 Loss to No. 7 Ranked Virginia". www.patriotleague.com. Patriot League. June 1, 2007. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  5. Keith Groller (April 23, 2020). "Longtime Lafayette baseball coach Joe Kinney didn't expect to go out this way". www.mcall.com. The Morning Call. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
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