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Matt Senk
Senk in 2014
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamStony Brook
ConferenceAmerica East
Record840–569–4
Biographical details
Alma materCortland State University
Adelphi University
Playing career
1977–1980Cortland State
Position(s)Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
198?Elwood (NY) John Glenn (Asst.)
198?–1987Rockville Centre (NY) Saint Agnes
1988–1990Uniondale (NY) Kellenberg Memorial
1991–presentStony Brook
Head coaching record
Overall840–569–4
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • 5× America East Regular Season Championships (2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2019)
  • 6× America East Tournament Championships (2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2019)
  • NCAA Regional Champion (2012)
  • College World Series Appearance (2012)
Awards

Matt Senk is an American college baseball coach, currently the head coach of the Stony Brook Seawolves. Senk has held the head coaching position at Stony Brook since prior to the 1991 season.[1][2][3][4] Under Senk, Stony Brook has won America East Conference Baseball Tournaments in 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, and 2019, appearing in the NCAA tournament each of those seasons.[5] In 2012, Stony Brook won the Coral Gables Regional and advanced to the Baton Rouge Regional to face LSU.[4] After defeating LSU two games to one, the team moved on to the College World Series for the first time in program history. It was the first time that a school from the Northeast had reached the College World Series since 1986.[6]

Senk won the 2012 America East Conference Coach of the Year Award[7] and went on to win the NCBWA National Coach of Year Award.[8]

In September 2019, Senk was given an extension through the 2024 season.[9]

Career

Senk graduated from John Glenn High School in 1976 and attended Cortland State for college, where he played catcher.[10] In college, Senk started for three years and was a two-time All-SUNYAC selection and the team's Most Valuable Player in his senior year.[11][12] He earned his master's degree in physical education at Adelphi University.[11]

Senk coached high school teams at St. Agnes Cathedral and Kellenberg Memorial on Long Island before leaving his position to start coaching Stony Brook's Division III baseball team in 1991.[10] Senk recruited shortstop Joe Nathan of Pine Bush, New York to play for Stony Brook through a Pine Bush assistant coach that was a former college teammate of his.[13] Nathan would become Senk's first recruit to reach the major leagues when he debuted for the San Francisco Giants as a pitcher in 1999.[13]

In 2004, Senk won his first America East tournament to advance to the NCAA Tournament regionals for the first time in the program's Division I history.[14] Senk won his first America East Coach of the Year in 2011 after guiding the Seawolves to their first conference regular season championship and ending the season 42–12 while going 22–2 in conference play.[15] In 2012, Senk guided the Seawolves to their fourth NCAA Tournament regional after earning the most wins in the country; the Seawolves would win the Coral Gables Regional as the four-seed and then upset the LSU Tigers in the Baton Rouge Super Regionals to reach the first College World Series in program history, while also becoming the first Northeast school to accomplish the feat since 1986 and the first New York school since 1980. Finishing the season at 52–15, Senk won the NCBWA National Coach of the Year award.[16]

Head coaching record

Below is a table of Senk's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.[1][2][3][5][17][18][19][20][21]

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Stony Brook Patriots (Skyline Conference (Division III)) (1991–1994)
1991 Stony Brook 16–9
1992 Stony Brook 17–12–1 ECAC Tournament
1993 Stony Brook 13–14–1
1994 Stony Brook 26–9 ECAC Tournament
Stony Brook Patriots (Independent (Division III)) (1995–1995)
1995 Stony Brook 30–8 NCAA Regional
Stony Brook Seawolves (New England Collegiate Conference (Division II)) (1996–1998)
1996 Stony Brook 27–14 ECAC Tournament
1997 Stony Brook 15–19
1998 Stony Brook 23–11–1 ECAC Tournament
1999 Stony Brook 36–12 ECAC Tournament
Stony Brook Seawolves (New York State Baseball Conference (Division I)) (2000–2001)
2000 Stony Brook 30–11
2001 Stony Brook 35–16 10–0
Stony Brook Seawolves (America East Conference) (2002–present)
2002 Stony Brook 27–24 11–11 T–3rd America East Tournament
2003 Stony Brook 33–21 15–9 3rd America East Tournament
2004 Stony Brook 29–27 11–10 4th NCAA Regional
2005 Stony Brook 23–28 10–11 T–5th
2006 Stony Brook 25–29 13–8 2nd America East Tournament
2007 Stony Brook 31–24 16–7 2nd America East Tournament
2008 Stony Brook 34–26 14–10 2nd NCAA Regional
2009 Stony Brook 29–23 14–10 T–3rd America East Tournament
2010 Stony Brook 30–27 15–9 3rd NCAA Regional
2011 Stony Brook 42–12 22–2 1st America East Tournament
2012 Stony Brook 52–15 21–3 1st College World Series
2013 Stony Brook 25–34 15–15 4th America East Tournament
2014 Stony Brook 35–18 18–5 1st America East Tournament
2015 Stony Brook 35–16–1 18–4–1 1st NCAA Regional
2016 Stony Brook 27–27 11–8 3rd America East Tournament
2017 Stony Brook 26–26 12–10 3rd America East Tournament
2018 Stony Brook 32–25 12–12 4th America East Tournament
2019 Stony Brook 31–23 15–9 1st NCAA Regional
2020 Stony Brook 6–9 0–0 Season canceled because of COVID-19
Total: 840–569–4 (.596)

      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. ^ a b "2010 Stony Brook Seawolves Baseball Media Guide". Issuu. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  2. ^ a b "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2010". BoydsWorld.com. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  3. ^ a b "America East Conference 2012 Season Preview". CollegeBaseballToday.com. 11 February 2012. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  4. ^ a b "LSU to Host Stony Brook in Super Regional". KSLA.com. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  5. ^ a b "America East Baseball Record Book" (PDF). AmericaEast.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  6. ^ "Stony Brook Defeats L.S.U. to Advance to College World Series". NYTimes.com. The Associated Press. 11 June 2012. Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  7. ^ "2012 Coral Gables Regional". CollegeBaseballInsider.com. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  8. ^ "Senk named 2012 NCBWA Coach of the Year". goseawolves.org. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  9. ^ Tam, Ethan (2019-09-29). "Athletics announces extension for Senk through 2024". The Statesman. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  10. ^ a b https://www.newsday.com/sports/college/stony-brook/senk-loves-being-big-fish-in-sbu-s-small-p. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ^ a b "Matt Senk - Head Coach - Staff Directory". Stony Brook University Athletics. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
  12. ^ "'40 for 40' Celebrates Div. III Week - SUNY Cortland". www2.cortland.edu. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
  13. ^ a b Oakes, Tim. "Matt Senk: the steady hand in the swift growth of Stony Brook Baseball". The Statesman. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
  14. ^ "Seawolves Crowned America East Champions". Stony Brook University Athletics. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
  15. ^ "Regular-Season Champion Stony Brook Sweeps Individual Awards". americaeast.com. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
  16. ^ "NCBWA > Awards > National Coach of the Year". www.sportswriters.net. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
  17. ^ "2012 America East Baseball Standings". AmericaEast.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  18. ^ Marcus, Steve (12 May 1994). "Haag Leads Seawolves". Newsday. Long Island, NY. p. A92. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  19. ^ Pelzman, J.P. (19 December 1994). "Stony Brook in a League of Its Own". Newsday. Long Island, NY. p. A40. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  20. ^ "Bruce Kirsh". Athletics.FranklinPierce.edu. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2012. He served as the assistant commissioner to the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC), one of the most competitive all-around NCAA Division II conference in the nation before its run ended after the 1999–2000 season.
  21. ^ "2013 America East Conference Baseball Standings". AmericaEast.com. Archived from the original on May 25, 2013. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
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