Mark Kingston (baseball)

Mark Kingston (born May 16, 1970) is an American college baseball coach. He is currently the head coach at the University of South Carolina. He was previously the head coach at the University of South Florida and Illinois State University.[2][3][4][5]

Mark Kingston
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamSouth Carolina
ConferenceSEC
Record77–58 (.570)
Annual salary$600,000[1]
Biographical details
Born (1970-05-16) May 16, 1970
Buffalo, New York
Alma materUniversity of North Carolina
Playing career
1989–1992North Carolina
1992Helena Brewers
1993Peoria Chiefs
1993Geneva Cubs
1994Daytona Cubs
1995Orlando Cubs
1995Daytona Cubs
1996Orlando Cubs
1997Grays Harbor Gulls
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996–1998Purdue (Asst.)
1999Illinois State (Asst.)
2000–2001Miami (FL) (Asst.)
2002–2008Tulane (Asst.)
2009Illinois State (Asst.)
2010–2014Illinois State
2015–2017South Florida
2018–presentSouth Carolina
Head coaching record
Overall338–234–1 (.591)
TournamentsNCAA: 6-6 American: 2-4 MVC: 13-6 SEC: 1-2
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
MVC Coach of the Year (2010, 2013)

Playing career

Kingston played high school baseball at Potomac High School in Dumfries, Virginia where he was a Collegiate Baseball Top 50 recruit, and was drafted out of high school by the New York Yankees in the 35th round of the 1988 MLB Draft. Choosing instead to play college ball at North Carolina, he played four seasons, helping the team to an Atlantic Coast Conference regular season title and berth in the 1989 College World Series in his freshman year. He was drafted in the 45th round of the 1992 MLB Draft by the Milwaukee Brewers. After playing rookie ball in the Brewers organization, he played four additional seasons in the Chicago Cubs organization, reaching Class-AA, and one season with the independent league Grays Harbor Gulls.

Coaching career

After his playing days were over, Kingston earned a position as an assistant coach at Purdue. He earned the top assistant position after two seasons, and then served one year at Illinois State. He then served two seasons at Miami (FL), where he helped guide the team to the 2001 College World Series title, produced two All-Americans, and saw 18 players sign professional contracts. He then moved to Tulane as recruiting coordinator, where six of his seven classes were ranked in the Top 25 nationally by Collegiate Baseball. The Green Wave reached the 2005 College World Series as the top seed, and earned academic honors in Omaha. In 2009, Kingston served as associate head coach at Illinois State before being elevated to the top job the following season.

Kingston was named the head coach at South Florida ahead of the 2015 season. Kingston coached at USF from 2015 to 2017 and led the Bulls to a pair of NCAA Regional appearances.

On June 30, 2017, Kingston was named the head baseball coach at South Carolina, becoming the 30th head coach in program history. Despite inheriting a team that failed to reach the postseason the year before, Kingston led the Gamecocks to an NCAA Regional crown and an NCAA Super Regional appearance in his first year at the helm.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Illinois State Redbirds (Missouri Valley Conference) (2010–2014)
2010 Illinois State 32–2415–6T–1stNCAA Regional
2011 Illinois State 36–1813–83rd
2012 Illinois State 33–1910–94th
2013 Illinois State 39–1916–51st
2014 Illinois State 33–2210–115th
Illinois State: 173–102 (.629)64–39 (.621)
South Florida Bulls (American Athletic Conference) (2015–2017)
2015 South Florida 34–26–113–11T–3rdNCAA Regional
2016 South Florida 24–338–16T–7th
2017 South Florida 42–1914–10T–3rdNCAA Regional
South Florida: 100–78–1 (.561)35–37 (.486)
South Carolina (Southeastern Conference) (2018–present)
2018 South Carolina 37–2617–133rd (East) NCAA Super Regional
2019 South Carolina 28–288–225th (East)
2020 South Carolina 12–40–0(East)Season canceled due to COVID-19
South Carolina: 77–58 (.570)25–35 (.417)
Total:350–238–1 (.595)

      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

See also

References

  1. https://athleticdirectoru.com/2018-baseball/
  2. "Mark Kingston Bio". Illinois State Redbirds. Archived from the original on December 24, 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
  3. "Mark Kingston Bio". Tulane Green Wave. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
  4. Aaron Fitt (July 24, 2008). "Illinois State Hires Kingston". Baseball America. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
  5. "Kingston, Razo and Kay lead MVC honors for Illinois State baseball". WJBC. May 21, 2013.
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