Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Penn State |
Conference | Big Ten |
Record | 29–24 |
Biographical details | |
Born | Cold Spring, New York, U.S. | July 9, 1977
Playing career | |
1997–2000 | Boston College |
2000 | Gulf Coast League Red Sox |
2000 | Augusta Greenjackets |
2001 | Lowell Spinners |
2001 | Augusta Greenjackets |
Position(s) | IF |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2003–2005 | Boston College (Asst.) |
2007–2010 | Virginia Tech (Asst.) |
2011–2023 | Boston College |
2024–present | Penn State |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 320–390 |
Tournaments | NCAA: 6–4 |
Michael L. Gambino (born July 9, 1977) is an American baseball coach and former infielder, who is the current head baseball coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions.[1] Prior to accepting the head coaching position at Penn State, he served as an assistant and head coach at Boston College, a position he held for 12 years. He scouted for the Detroit Tigers, and served as an assistant at Virginia Tech.[2]
Gambino played college baseball at Boston College from 1997–2000. In 1998, he played collegiate summer baseball for the Orleans Cardinals of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[3] In June 2000, he signed as an undrafted free agent with the Boston Red Sox and played two seasons of minor league baseball in their system.[4][5]