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Michael F. Bianco (born May 3, 1967) is an American college baseball coach and former catcher, who is the current head baseball coach of the Ole Miss Rebels. He played college baseball at Indian River Community College before transferring to LSU where he played for coach Skip Bertman from 1988 to 1989.
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| Current position | |
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| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Ole Miss |
| Conference | SEC |
| Record | 906–543–1 (.625) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | May 3, 1967 Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1986–1987 | Indian River CC |
| 1988–1989 | LSU |
| Position(s) | Catcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1991–1992 | Northwestern State (GA) |
| 1993–1997 | LSU (asst.) |
| 1998–2000 | McNeese State |
| 2001–present | Ole Miss |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 1,006–614–1 (.621) |
| Tournaments | 47–40 (NCAA) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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| Awards | |
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Bianco served as the head coach of the McNeese State Cowboys (1998–2000) before being named head coach at Ole Miss.[1] He has led the Rebels to two College World Series appearances (2014 and 2022), with Ole Miss winning their first national championship in 2022.
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Bianco attended Seminole High School in Seminole, Florida[2] where following the conclusion of a senior year, he was drafted in the 13th round of the 1985 Major League Baseball draft by the Boston Red Sox.[3] Bianco played two seasons at Indian River Community College in Florida before transferring to LSU from 1988 to 1989.[4] He was the Tigers' starting catcher and team captain on the 1989 team that finished third at the College World Series.
On June 8, 2000, Bianco was named the head baseball coach of Ole Miss. During his tenure, Ole Miss has hosted nine NCAA baseball regionals and three NCAA baseball Super Regionals. The program has won four SEC Western Division Championships under his guidance (2005, 2009, 2014, 2018), the 2006 SEC Baseball Tournament, the 2018 SEC Baseball Tournament, the 2009 Southeastern Conference Co-championship, and eight NCAA regional championships (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2021, 2022). In 2005, 2006, and 2009, his teams hosted Super Regionals.
Ole Miss reached the College World Series for the first time under Bianco in 2014, advancing to the semifinals. Eight years later at the 2022 College World Series, Bianco and the Rebels won their first national championship with a two-game sweep of Oklahoma.
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| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| McNeese State Cowboys (Southland Conference) (1998–2000) | |||||||||
| 1998 | McNeese State | 30–26 | 13–10 | 3rd | |||||
| 1999 | McNeese State | 31–25 | 12–15 | 8th | |||||
| 2000 | McNeese State | 39–20 | 20–7 | T–1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| McNeese State: | 100–71 (.585) | 45–32 (.584) | |||||||
| Ole Miss Rebels (Southeastern Conference) (2001–present) | |||||||||
| 2001 | Ole Miss | 39–23–1 | 17–13 | T–2nd (West) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2002 | Ole Miss | 37–19 | 14–16 | 6th (West) | |||||
| 2003 | Ole Miss | 35–27 | 17–13 | 4th (West) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2004 | Ole Miss | 39–21 | 18–12 | T–2nd (West) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2005 | Ole Miss | 48–20 | 18–12 | T–1st (West) | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
| 2006 | Ole Miss | 44–22 | 17–13 | 3rd (West) | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
| 2007 | Ole Miss | 40–25 | 16–14 | 3rd (West) | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
| 2008 | Ole Miss | 39–26 | 15–15 | 3rd (West) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2009 | Ole Miss | 44–20 | 20–10 | T–1st (West) | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
| 2010 | Ole Miss | 39–24 | 16–14 | 3rd (West) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2011 | Ole Miss | 30–25 | 13–17 | T–5th (West) | |||||
| 2012 | Ole Miss | 37–26 | 14–16 | 4th (West) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2013 | Ole Miss | 38–24 | 15–15 | 4th (West) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2014 | Ole Miss | 48–21 | 19–11 | 1st (West) | College World Series | ||||
| 2015 | Ole Miss | 30–28 | 15–14 | 4th (West) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2016 | Ole Miss | 43–19 | 18–12 | 4th (West) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2017 | Ole Miss | 32–25 | 14–16 | 6th (West) | |||||
| 2018 | Ole Miss | 48–17 | 18–12 | T–1st (West) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2019 | Ole Miss | 41–27 | 16–14 | 5th (West) | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
| 2020 | Ole Miss | 16–1[a] | 0–0 | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | |||||
| 2021 | Ole Miss | 45–22 | 18–12 | 3rd (West) | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
| 2022 | Ole Miss | 42–23 | 14–16 | 5th (West) | College World Series Champions | ||||
| 2023 | Ole Miss | 25–29 | 6–24 | 7th (West) | |||||
| 2024 | Ole Miss | 27–29 | 11–19 | 6th (West) | |||||
| 2025 | Ole Miss | ||||||||
| Ole Miss: | 906–543–1 (.625) | 359–330 (.521) | |||||||
| Total: | 1,006–614–1 (.621) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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- The season was not played past March 11 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.
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