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Biography
Mike Kennedy is the head college baseball coach of the Elon Phoenix. He has held the position since the start of the 1997 season. His record, entering the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season, is 510–352–3. Under Kennedy, the Phoenix have won four Southern Conference regular season championships, one Southern Conference Baseball Tournament championship, and made five NCAA Regional appearances.
Kennedy was a two-time honorable mention All-American at Elon, then competing at the NCAA Division II level, playing catcher from 1998–1990. He was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the ninth round of the 1990 draft.
Head coaching records
The following is a table of Kennedy's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elon Phoenix (South Atlantic Conference (DII)) (1997–1997) | |||||||||
| 1997 | Elon | 34–16 | 16–5 | NCAA Regional | |||||
| Elon Phoenix (Independent (DI)) (1998–1998) | |||||||||
| 1998 | Elon | 26–22 | |||||||
| 1999 | Elon | 20–35–1 | |||||||
| Elon Phoenix (Big South Conference) (2000–2003) | |||||||||
| 2000 | Elon | 33–25 | 11–10 | t-4th | Big South Tournament | ||||
| 2001 | Elon | 30–27 | 12–9 | 4th | Big South Tournament | ||||
| 2002 | Elon | 34–23 | 13–8 | 2nd | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2003 | Elon | 34–23–2 | 12–7 | t-2nd | Big South Tournament | ||||
| Elon Phoenix (Southern Conference) (2004–2014) | |||||||||
| 2004 | Elon | 31–28 | 17–13 | 4th | SoCon Tournament | ||||
| 2005 | Elon | 32–25 | 18–12 | t-3rd | SoCon Tournament | ||||
| 2006 | Elon | 45–18 | 21–6 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2007 | Elon | 32–29 | 15–12 | 3rd | SoCon Tournament | ||||
| 2008 | Elon | 44–18 | 19–8 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2009 | Elon | 41–18 | 23–4 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2010 | Elon | 38–24 | 19–11 | t-3rd | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2011 | Elon | 36–21 | 23–7 | 1st | SoCon Tournament | ||||
| 2012 | Elon | 33–26 | 20–10 | 3rd | SoCon Tournament | ||||
| 2013 | Elon | 34–30 | 18–11 | t-2nd | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2014 | Elon | 27–26 | 12–15 | 7th | SoCon Tournament | ||||
| Elon: | 604–434–3 | 269–148 | |||||||
| Elon Phoenix (Colonial Athletic Association) (2015–Present) | |||||||||
| 2015 | Elon | 25-28 | 13-11 | 4th | CAA Tournament | ||||
| 2016 | Elon | 25-29 | 13-10 | 3rd | CAA Tournament | ||||
| Elon: | 50-57 | 26-21 | |||||||
| Total: | 653–490–3 | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||