Jim Carone

Title

Head Coach
Email

jim.carone@wagner.edu
Phone

(718) 390-3154

Two-time Northeast Conference (NEC) Coach of the Year Jim Carone completed his 10th year as the head coach of the Wagner baseball program. Carone became just the second coach in program history to surpass the 200-win plateau during the season.

Carone has proven to be one of the top coaches in the Northeast in producing professionals, having seen five players selected in the annual Major League Baseball (MLB) First-Year Player Draft since 2013, including four that had eligibility remaining.

Three of those players have gained admission into the prestigious Arizona Fall League, including two in 2018 (Nolan Long & Ian Miller), with four of his players advancing to at least the Double-A level.

Two of Coach Carone's former standouts, Nick Dini and Ian Miller, both earned their first promotions to their respective big league clubs, as Dini was called up by the Kansas City Royals, while Miller was promoted to the Minnesota Twins in 2019. The Seahawk alums met in a weekend series from September 19-22 and became the first pair of Wagner alums to ever play in the same major league game, as both were on the same playing field on September 28 in Kansas City.

Carone is the chair of the NEC Coaches' committee and recently concluded a four-year stint on the NCAA Baseball Rules Committee from 2015-2019, serving as Committee Chairman in 2018 and 2019.

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Season	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
2012	22-33	15-17	Sixth Place in NEC
2013	24-31	16-16	Tied-Fifth Place in NEC
2014	19-35	11-13	NEC Tournament Berth \| No. 4 Seed
2015	27-23-1	15-9	NEC Tournament Berth \| No. 2 Seed
2016	19-33	13-19	Sixth Place in NEC
2017	22-28	13-12	NEC Tournament Berth \| No. 3 Seed
2018	38-18	21-7	NEC Co-Regular Season Champions NEC Tournament Berth \| No. 2 Seed NEC Tournament Runner-Ups
2019	19-32	11-13	NEC Tournament Berth \| No. 3 Seed
2020	6-8	N/A
2021	11-25	8-22	Tied-Sixth Place in NEC
TOTALS	207-266-1 (.438)	123-128 (.490)

First Career Coaching Win - March 3, 2012 | Wagner 11, Charlotte 4
First Career NEC Coaching Win - March 16, 2012 | Quinnipiac 0, Wagner 1
50th Career Coaching Win - April 4, 2014 | Wagner 6, LIU Brooklyn 2
50th Career NEC Victory - April 26, 2015 | Central Connecticut 1, Wagner 4
First Northeast Conference Tournament Berth - May 22, 2014
100th Career Coaching Win - March 26, 2016 | Wagner 2, Mount St. Mary's 0
100th Career NEC Coaching Win - May 12, 2018 | Wagner 4, Bryant 2 (10 innings)
150th Career Coaching Win - April 6, 2018 | Wagner 5, Mount St. Mary's 3
200th Career Coaching Win - March 21, 2021 | Wagner 6, Fairleigh Dickinson 4

2015 & 2018 Northeast Conference (NEC) Coach of the Year
2018 Co-NEC Regular Season Champions
2015 & 2018 Northeast Conference (NEC) Sportsmanship Award
College Baseball Insider.com Northeast Region Team of the Week (March 13, 2012)

40 Northeast Conference (NEC) Weekly Award winners
30 All-Conference Selections (15 All-NEC First Team | 15 All-NEC Second Team)
23 Players Drafted By Major League Baseball Clubs | Five as Head Coach of Wagner)
8 All-Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Selections (3 All-ECAC First Team | 5 All-ECAC Second Team)
7 Northeast Conference (NEC) All-Tournament Team selections
4 Johnny Bench Award Watch List nominees
3 ABCA/Rawlings All-Northeast Region Second Team
2 Louisville Slugger NCAA Division I Freshman All-Americans
2 ABCA/Rawlings All-Northeast Region First Team
1 Louisville Slugger NCAA Division I All-American Third Team
1 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division I Third-Team All-American
2018 Northeast Conference (NEC) Scholar-Athlete For Baseball
2015 Northeast Conference (NEC) Player of the Year

2018 - Phil Capra (15th Round | 440th Overall | New York Mets)
2016 - Ben Ruta (30th Round | 908th Overall | New York Yankees)
2015 - Nolan Long (16th Round | 492th Overall | Los Angeles Dodgers)
2015 - Nick Dini (14th Round | 429th Overall | Kansas City Royals)
2013 - Ian Miller (14th Round | 417th Overall | Seattle Mariners)

2021

Carone earned his 200th win at Wagner when the Seahawks knocked off Fairleigh Dickinson, 6-4, on March 21
Freddy Sabido became the 13th player in program history with 200 hits.
Ryan Lauk's 86 strikeouts were the second-most by a Wagner hurler in a single-season in program history.
Jared Gillen finished with a .396 batting average, eighth-best in a season in program history, and the highest average by any Seahawk in 20 years.

2019

For the 14th time in program history and the fifth time in the last six years under Coach Carone, the Seahawks qualified for the NEC Championship.
The Green & White finished the regular season with a three-game sweep of Fairleigh Dickinson and got the help they needed in earning the No. 3 seed in the tournament.
Individually, several Seahawks achieved personal milestones, as Neil Abbatiello became the fifth Seahawk pitcher to reach the 200 career strikeout milestone.
Freddy Sabido clubbed his way into the record books, becoming the tenth player in program history with 20 or more career home runs, and the 14th member of the 100 career RBI club.
The Seahawks paced the NEC with a league-high 21 triples, which was good for 19th in the entire NCAA.
On the mound, Wagner allowed the fewest hits (486) while posting the second lowest batting average to the opposition (.283).
Additionally, the Seahawks picked off the second most amount of potential base stealers (15) and finished third in the conference with 369 strikeouts.

2018

Was a special season for Carone and his team, as Wagner accomplished numerous accolades while rewriting the record books. After beginning the season with a 3-8 record over the first eleven contests, the team rattled the first of two, nine-game winning streaks, after outscoring their opponents 83-to-34, from March 10 through March 25. Following back-to-back setbacks, Carone’s squad embarked on its second, nine-game winning streak, this one stretching from March 29 through April 11, in which Wagner outscored its opposition, 68-to-32.
On the heels of a seven-game win streak, Wagner concluded the regular season winning 13 of its final 17 contests, finishing the year with a new-program record of 38 wins (38-18) while racking up a new school-record for Northeast Conference (NEC) victories, with 21 (21-7).
Carone’s team was crowed Co-NEC Regular Season champions at the conclusion of the season, the first time the program has won a regular season crown since 2009, after going 6-4 over the final ten games to secure the No. 2 seed in the NEC Tournament.
Wagner went 13-1 in home games (7-0 at Richmond County Bank Ballpark) while leading the entire NCAA with 23 road triumphs. The 2018 Seahawks finished among the top-30 in the nation in winning percentage (.679) and ranked 75th out of 297 Division I programs in the final RPI ranking.
In the Northeast Conference (NEC), Wagner led the league in ERA (4.15) while finishing the regular season with a league-leading fielding percentage of .974. At the plate, the Seahawks ranked among the top-three in eight statistical categories. The Green & White finished second in the circuit in hits (505), total bases (751) and stolen bases (61). The club ranked third in the following categories: slugging percentage (.401), on-base percentage (.363), runs scored (318), RBIs (284), and walks (239).
Individually, Wagner had a program-high six All-NEC selections, four of which being named to the First Team (Neil Abbatiello, Sean Mazzio, Nick Robino and Freddy Sabido) while Kyle Cala and Phil Capra garnered Second Team honors. For the second time in a two-year span, Coach Carone was named NEC Coach of the Year. In doing so, he becomes the first baseball coach in program history to win Coach of the Year honors multiple times.

2017

The 2017 Seahawks qualified for the postseason for the third time under Coach Carone and first since the 2015 campaign. Wagner went 4-1 over the last five games in clinching the No. 3 seed in the tournament.
At the plate, the Green & White placed among the top-three in several offensive categories, which included slugging percentage, triples, while leading the Northeast Conference (NEC) in home runs with 42.
On the mound, the Seahawk hurlers ranked second in opposing batting average (.257), strikeouts (341) and earned runs allowed while giving up the fewest hits (413).
For the third consecutive season, the Seahawks matched a then program-record in having five players earn All-NEC honors, three of whom were selected to the First Team.
2017 also marked Coach Carone’s first NEC Tournament victory, as his Seahawks upset the No. 1 seeded, Bryant University Bulldogs, 6-5, in walk-off fashion, as Anthony Pecora drove in two eliminating the Bulldogs from the tournament.

2016

The 2016 Seahawks closed out the year winning six of their final nine games. Offensively, the Green & White placed among the top-three in the league in several statistical categories, which include team batting average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, hits.
On the mound, the Seahawks ranked in the top-three in opposing batting average, fewest runs and earned runs allowed.
For the second straight season, the Seahawks matched a then program-record in having five players earn All-NEC honors, four of whom were selected to the Second Team.
Carone also became the first Seahawk coach to have a player be drafted by the organization in which Wagner plays their home games, as Ben Ruta ['16] was selected in the 30th Round by the New York Yankees and became the first Seahawk to play for the Staten Island Yankees at Richmond County Bank Ballpark.

2015

Carone’s squad posted 20-or-more victories for the third time in four years.
In leading the Seahawks to this feat, Carone was recognized by his coaching peers, as he was named the 2015 Northeast Conference (NEC) Coach of the Year.
After overcoming a rough start to the season, Wagner won 17 of its final 28 games while clinching the No. 2 seed in the 2015 NEC Tournament, marking only the second time that the Green & White clinched the No. 2 seed and first since the 2004 campaign.
In addition to overseeing the entire baseball program, Carone serves as the team’s pitching coach and the hurlers flourished. The Wagner arms significantly lowered their ERA’s, finishing the 2015 season with a 4.37 ERA, which led the NEC and is the second-lowest team ERA since 1999.
The Seahawks pitchers held batters to a .257 batting average while striking out 322 batters. Within the conference, Carone’s squad ranked first in nine statistical categories, including opponent’s batting average, fewest hits & runs allowed and fielding percentage.
Offensively, the Green & White rewrote the history books. For the first time in program history, Wagner had a player named NEC Player of the Year as Nick Dini put up a prolific 2015 season. In becoming just the second Seahawk in program history to lead the conference in hitting (.400 batting average), Dini became then Wagner’s all-time leader in games played (215) and consecutive starts (215).
Dini, along with Steven Bloodworth, Nolan Long, Anthony Godino, and Ben Ruta were each named to the All-NEC First Team, the highest number of honorees in program history, surpassing the three such selections back in 1991 and 1993.
Both Dini and Long were each drafted in the 2015 MLB First-Year Player Draft, as Dini was selected in the 14th round to the Kansas City Royals and Long was drafted two rounds later to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
For Godino, he became Carone’s second Louisville Slugger NCAA Division I Freshman All-American after finishing second to Dini in the batting title race with a .362 average and an on-base percentage of .478.

2014

In 2014, Carone helped Wagner return to the postseason following a four-year drought.
Under his watch, Chris Smith repeated on the All-NEC Second Team after batting .302 with a team-leading 29 runs, 14 doubles, five home runs and a .485 slugging percentage.
On the mound, his pitching staff lowered its ERA over a full run to 4.76.

2013

In 2013, coach Carone tutored left-hander Paul Mammino to one of the finest seasons by a rookie pitcher in school history. The crafty lefty was named a to the Louisville Slugger NCAA Division Freshman All-American team after going 6-2 with 41 strikeouts against 27 walks and a team-low 3.53 ERA over 71.1 innings of work.
Mammino was named CBI Louisville Slugger National Pitcher, NEC Co-Pitcher and NEC Rookie of the Week for the week of April 21st after falling two outs short of a no-hitter in an 8-1 win over Central Connecticut (4/21).
At the plate, Ian Miller hit .329 with a NEC-record 46 stolen bases before being drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 13th round of the MLB First-Year Player Draft.

2012

As a first-year head coach in 2012, Carone mentored Ryan Van Spronsen cap off his career with a Second Team All-NEC selection as the senior hurler posted an 8-1 record with a 2.07 ERA to go along with 65 strikeouts in over 100.0 innings worked.

Prior to accepting the head coaching position at Wagner, Carone spent three seasons as pitching coach and recruiting coordinator for Villanova. Carone helped revitalize a pitching staff that in return had seven hurlers selected by Major League teams, highlighted by right-handed pitcher Kyle McMyne, who was selected in the fourth round by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2011 MLB Draft.
In 2010, Carone’s pitching unit posted Villanova’s lowest ERA in over a decade while ranking 32nd nationally at 4.37, despite the fact that 10 of the squad’s 14 hurlers were underclassmen. Two of his upperclassmen, Mike Francisco and Brian Streilein were chosen in the MLB Amateur Draft as Francisco was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in 2010 and the Milwaukee Brewers in 2011 while Streilein was picked by the Houston Astros in 2010.
Before working for the Wildcats staff, Carone enjoyed two seasons with Rider University, capped off by a storybook season that saw the Broncs win the 2008 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Championship after entering the four-team playoff field as the fourth seed.
During their run to the MAAC title, his pitching staff yielded an average of fewer than three runs per game over the three victories in helping the Broncs to the school’s first NCAA Regional berth in 14 years. Three of Carone’s hurlers, which include James Hayes, who earned 2008 Relief Pitcher of the Year.
Carone’s first Division I coaching stint started on Staten Island, helping the Seahawks to a then school-record 15 Northeast Conference (NEC) victories and a spot in the conference tournament. All three members of the Seahawks weekend rotation (Andrew Bailey, Joe Testa, Andrew Huebner), during his lone season on Grymes Hill would go the professional ranks and were aided in their development by Carone, who helped the pitching unit record a school-record 342 strikeouts.
During the summer of 2006, Carone served as the pitching coach for the Concord Quarry Dogs, a member in the prestigious New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL). As pitching coach of the Quarry Dogs, Carone mentored 2007 Big East Pitcher of the Year and 2008 St. Louis Cardinals draft pick, Zack Pitts.

A standout, right-handed pitcher himself, Carone earned four letters from 2000-2003 under legendary skipper Dean Ehehalt. On the mound, he collected 17 victories while posting a 3.67 ERA over 245 innings. The highlight of his career as a student-athlete came in his junior season in 2002, when he posted a 10-3 record with seven complete games and a minuscule 2.21 ERA, en route to garnering NEC Pitcher of the Year honors.
After graduating from Monmouth, Carone worked at then-Division II member, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) in 2004 and moved to Stevens Institute of Technology for the 2005 season.

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