University of Kentucky Baseball

Nick Mingione – who was named Kentucky's head coach on June 13, 2016 – has made his mark after just nine seasons in Lexington, becoming a respected piece of the UK Baseball program and local community, while guiding the Wildcats to three Super Regionals and a first-ever College World Series appearance in school history. In his rookie season as a head coach, Mingione proved a quick study as the 2017 Wildcats etched their name all over the school's record books. The program made a trip to the NCAA Tournament Super Regionals for the first time and finished ranked in the Top 10 of every major college baseball poll. In year seven, Mingione repeated the feat by returning to the Super Regional and climbing into the Top 10 during the season. A year later, Big Blue Nation took over Omaha. Mingione took over the Kentucky program after serving as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator under Cohen at Mississippi State starting before the 2009 season. Prior to his time at Mississippi State, Mingione spent two seasons at UK as an assistant under Cohen in 2006-07. UK won 33 SEC games in those two seasons, including in 2006 when UK claimed its first SEC championship. Mingione has a sterling reputation as a recruiter and an unmatched track record of player development, coaching 90 players selected in the MLB Draft, as well as 47 All-Americans and six conference players of the year. Mingione graduated from Embry-Riddle in 2000 with a degree in aerospace studies and was a four-year letterma

Austin Cousino is a former Kentucky All-American and USA Baseball alum who was named assistant coach/recruiting coordinator in summer 2023. He returned to UK after a successful scouting career for Major League Baseball's Detroit Tigers and Tampa Bay Rays organizations, and has collegiate coaching experience at both Mississippi State and Xavier. Cousino was a Freshman All-American and Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Year in 2012, starring at UK from 2012-2014 before being selected in the third round of the 2014 draft by the Seattle Mariners. He reached Triple-A in just two seasons before injury short-circuited his career. As a scout for the Detroit Tigers, he was the main scout for six drafted players and two free agent signees, with prospects from his territory receiving nearly $3 million in signing bonus money. Overall, he has coached 45 players who have played in MiLB, including 10-15 Top 10 rounders and four big leaguers. During his three seasons as a player at UK, he batted .295 in 859 at-bats with 216 hits, 47 doubles, seven triples, 19 home runs and 106 RBI. He was named to the SEC All-Defensive Team in each of his three seasons and was a three-time USA Baseball alum.

Brock Doud is in his sixth season as Kentucky baseball's Director of Operations/Chief of Staff. He has been a part of a championship team at nearly every level of baseball and been to the NCAA tournament at all three levels Division I, II, and III. Doud has extensive experience in coaching and education, having made six different coaching stops. Before arriving at Kentucky he had most recently served as an assistant coach at Western Carolina where he spent three seasons. Prior to that he spent time on the staffs at Kalamazoo (Mich.) Valley Community College, Valdosta State, the Lake Erie Monarchs and Hope College. Doud was an all-conference selection as a player at Lake Michigan College. He earned a B.A. in Physical Education with a minor in history from Hope College and a Master of Education, Health and Physical Education from Valdosta State. He earned a Master of Science, Sports Leadership from Kentucky.

Kentucky hired Wright State Associate Head Coach and Hitting Coach Chase Slone as assistant coach after he played a pivotal role in the Raiders breaking four school records during his short tenure there. He will now be tasked with helping continue Kentucky's impressive offensive versatility that either led or ranked near the top of the Southeastern Conference in most major statistical categories in 2024. His debut season with the Wildcats in 2025 saw Tyler Bell earn Freshman All-SEC and Freshman All-America honors. As a team, UK ranked fourth nationally in hit by pitch with a school-record 151 and 30th in stolen bases with 132. In Slone, UK is hiring a rising star in the coaching community who presided over a Raiders offense that was 10th in scoring in Division I in 2024 at nine runs per game. The balanced attack broke the school record for home runs with 112, RBI (473) and runs scored (505). In 223 games under Slone's guidance, Wright State's offense has batted .300 overall, smacked 349 home runs, scored 8.5 runs per game and stolen 357 bases. Slone began his collegiate playing career at Southern Illinois, transferred to Dyersburg State Community College where he hit over .400 and eventually completed his final two seasons at Wright State. With the Raiders, he was a First-Team Horizon League shortstop his first season and Second Team his final season. He played a year of professional baseball before entering the coaching ranks.

Dan Roszel came to Lexington after nearly two decades of high-level success at four programs, including nine seasons at East Carolina where the Pirates finished in the nation's top 50 in earned run average seven times. East Carolina advanced to six NCAA Regionals during his nine years on staff and Kentucky advanced to its second-ever Super Regional in 2023, in large part due to the strength of his pitching staff. The Wildcats then followed up with a College World Series appearance in 2024 and another NCAA Regional in 2025. In 2025, despite having an undermanned pitching staff, Roszel helped guide UK to the NCAA Tournament despite 30 new players on the roster. A year before, his staff dominated as the Cats went undefeated in the regional and super regional rounds for their first-ever College World Series appearance. In 2023, Kentucky's staff provided stability and became a strength as the Wildcats roared to 40 victories and the No. 12 overall national seed in the NCAA Tournament. In his 21 seasons as a coach, Roszel has seen 43 of his pitchers sign professional contracts, headlined by MLB all-star Chris Sale, who he coached while at Florida Gulf Coast. Sale, who has finished in the top five of the American Cy Young Award vote six times, was selected 13th overall by the Chicago White Sox in the 2010 draft. After completing his playing career at the University of North Florida, Roszel broke into the coaching ranks and within three seasons had joined Gardner-Webb University, wher

Morrow joined the UK staff in summer 2025 after a heralded playing career at Wright State and successful coaching stops in the JUCO and D-I ranks. He's a two-time All-Horizon League and Freshman All-American player whose 2023 offense at Wabash led the nation in hits, runs and RBI on the way to a NJCAA World Series runner-up finish.

Fitts, who started on the mound in Game 1 of the 2013 College World Series, brings a wealth of pitching knowledge. Counting his year as State's Director of Ops he has had 42 total pro players, including 16 who have made it to MLB.