The 2003 season again saw Ole Miss in the postseason as the Rebels earned a berth in the Houston Regional. ___ AP college sports: https://apnews.com/hub/college-sports and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25 Coaching Career Mike Bianco is the head baseball coach at Ole Miss, and he played at LSU as a catcher from 1988-89 and worked as an LSU . I love Ole Miss, and my dad. A $19 million project, completed right after the 2018 season, included a new Baseball Performance Center, a field level club, additional box seating, a rooftop plaza down the first base line and an expansion/realignment of the left field terrace, as well as an additional videoboard down the right field line to accommodate those enjoying the outfield seating. But the latest reminder, the one that came this week in the announcement that his son, Drew, has signed to play baseball at Ole Miss rival LSU, says a lot about Mike Bianco and family. Coming here they never get away from that. Nick Fortes signed with the Miami Marlins after they chose him in the fourth round in 2018, while Thomas Dillard (5th Round - Milwaukee Brewers) and Cooper Johnson (6th Round - Detroit Tigers) were quickly taken off the board in 2019. So they will, Ben to Louisville in July and Drew to his parents'alma mater LSU next summer. 1 recruiting class in the history of not only the baseball program but all of Ole Miss athletics. In 2010, Bianco was inducted into the Seminole High School Hall of Fame. Mike Bianco, the Ole Miss baseball coach, and his son Drew, the LSU third baseman, had an emotional and once-in-a-lifetime Sunday. On Monday, June 13, 2005, the Rebels' Super Regional game against eventual national champion Texas was the third-most watched television broadcast of a college baseball game in the history of ESPN. Cozart was named an All-SEC First Team selection, while Henry, Lance Lynn and Cody Satterwhite were named to the second team. Two more Rebels added their names to the MLB ranks in 2019 as pitchers Chris Ellis (Kansas City) and Jacob Waguespack (Toronto) toed the rubber in the bigs and former backstop Nick Fortes reachedthe majors in 2021, clobbering a home run in his debut with the Marlins. 2001-present:Head Coach, Ole Miss If baseball is the foundation this family was built on, Camie is the stitching that holds it all together. 12Rebels have competed internationally for USA Baseball in the Bianco Era. Right-hander Aaron Barrett (Washington) made his Major League debut on March 31, 2014. I miss graduations, proms, I miss a lot of stuff, he said, via Inside the Rebels. 6 in the national rankings following a series win at then-No. Hawkins will lead the pitching staff at the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) U-18 Baseball World Cup in Tainan, Taiwan, from September 1-10. The Chargers are on pace to win their third-straight region title and contend for another 5A state championship. Mike Bianco, the Ole Miss baseball coach, and his son Drew, the LSU third baseman, had an emotional and once-in-a-lifetime Sunday. A road SEC win at Texas A&M on May 8, 2021gave Bianco 900 for his career, including 800 in a Rebel uniform to become one of 16 active head coaches with 900 career victories and one of just two in the SEC alongside LSUs Paul Mainieri and Arkansas Dave Van Horn. Over the last ten seasons, Bianco has compiled a 198-110 head coaching record-percentage-wise the best in school history-and has also enjoyed a high degree of post-season success. Right-hander Brett Huber also claimed postseason accolades as he was also named an All-SEC selection and earned Freshman All-America honors. Join Alumni Network . Mike became the head coach at Ole Miss in June of 2000. Even if it means playing for a fierce rival. Click Here. He really just did that AGAIN. Placement; Recruitment; Roster; Alumni; Are you alumni of this team? Ole Miss fell to the Cavaliers to end the season with a third-place finish, tying the best finish in the CWS by an Ole Miss team with the 1956 Rebels. Hes a dad first, and a coach second. This is my kid and his senior day. @CoachMikeBianco x @DrewBianco8 pic.twitter.com/4j4hJ3E11a, Ole Miss Baseball (@OleMissBSB) May 15, 2022, Ill be honest with you, it was in the middle of (Tyler) McManus at-bat. Another Rebel shortstop made history in 2021 when Jacob Gonzalez became the programs first National Freshman of the Year, bestowed by D1Baseball. 1998-2000:Head Coach, McNeese State We always wanted them to have an experience like I did (in college), Mike Bianco said. They protect each other in the lineup Sam hits leadoff, Drew bats third and Ben is the cleanup hitter. Furthest seat to the right. Ole Miss also continued the trend of sending players to the professional ranks with five players drafted, marking the 10th consecutive season with at least five players taken in the MLB Draft. Its Tuesday night now and Oxford just finished adding another game to the win column. The SECs winningest active coach joined Ron Polk and Skip Bertman as the only coaches in conference history with 800 wins. Among those 166players, 32have made Major League rosters, including 21Rebels in the past 22 seasons. His time behind the plate as a player would later benefit him as he served as LSU's pitching coach during three World Series championship teams in the 1990s. Less than a month into the season, the Oakland Athletics called up Bobby Wahl as the next Rebel to make his MLB debut. State and LSU, Bianco received his first head coaching opportunity, taking over the reins of McNeese State. 2 seed. Additionally, the school district facilities are closed until January or when the schools choose to re-open. The Tigers' offseason continues to be one with questions and concerns as Drew Bianco becomes the eighth name to enter the transfer portal. Such has been the story of the 2022 Ole Miss baseball season. Mike was a transfer player coming in on scholarship. Theres no other way you become the starting catcher on a college baseball team that finished third in the College World Series (LSU, 1989) and go on the become the winningest coach in Ole Miss history with 662 victories. Its one of the many diamonds theyve grown up on. The Rebels defeated the eighth-ranked Aggies on the way to the program's sixth regional championship game in an eight-year span, a feat accomplished by only 15 teams nationally at the time. And Sam, 20, is a freshman infielder at Louisiana-Lafayette. Grae Kessinger added to the award-winning tradition in 2019. Younger brother Sam, still at Oxford, is a likely prospect as well. Its there, at the table, hell ask each one, Ok, whatd you do out there?. With five wins over teams ranked No. After running through the SEC Tournament, capped by a 9-1 win over LSU in the conference title game, the Rebels hosted an NCAA Regional for the first time since 2016 after missing a year in 2017. With 40 regular season wins, the Rebels tied a school record and eclipsed the victory mark for the sixth time under Bianco. He recorded zero home runs and managed to tally four RBIs. Youve got to respect Mike Bianco, the Ole Miss baseball coach. Braxton Lee earned MLB Reb when he earned a spot on the 2018 Opening Day roster for the Miami Marlins. Four Rebels earned spots as All-SEC selections on either the first or second team, while outfielder Burney Hutchinson earned second team All-America honors from Baseball Weekly. He was also named to the All-Alex Box Omaha Era Team by LSU in 2008. Hell join a Houston program that will be heading to the Big 12 following the 2023 season. LSU is a one of the nation's top programs and it's a prudent move for anyone trying to further their baseball career. 1 ranking in program history. The Rebels delivered an emphatic 13-5 victory in Game 2 at Baum-Walker Stadium but ultimately fell short of a trip to Omaha, dropping the finale to cap Biancos 19th season. Contact/Follow us@LSUTigersWireon Twitter, and like our page onFacebookto follow ongoing coverage of Louisiana State news, notes, and opinions. Michael was four years old, Ben was two, Drew was 10 months and the youngest Sam and Catherine werent even in the lineup yet. Its gotta be their love, Bianco said. When Drew played the Rebels for the first time, it was May 3, 2019 his dad's 52nd birthday. He has six homers this seasonbut is still struggling at.228 in 43 games and 25 starts. 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It was one of those hits that seemed destined for pay dirt, but Biancos heroic flop over the fence kept it from going in Incarnate Words favor. Henry also joined Nathan Baker and Zach Miller on the SEC All-Freshman team. LSU utility player Drew Bianco, son of Ole Miss coach Mike Bianco, officially entered the transfer portal last week and now will transfer to Houston. Stuart Turner and Bobby Wahl became All-SEC and All-America honorees, while Turner was named the winner of the Johnny Bench Award as the top collegiate catcher in the nation. He is the son of Ole Miss baseball coach Mike Bianco. Several players pulled in honors in 2007 as Ole Miss added a third SEC Freshman of the Year in Jordan Henry and seven Rebels took slots on All-SEC teams. Once in the postseason, the Rebels never looked back, cruising through three-straight wins to claim the Coral Gables Regional and topping Southern Miss in the Hattiesburg Super Regional to advance to Omaha for the second time under Bianco. The point is that's coach Bianco's boy. It's a family game. Sixteen years ago, Mike Bianco and his wife, Camille, made what could be considered a puzzling decision. The Rebels have also celebrated great academic success under Bianco. 4. I miss a lot of my kids. The elder Bianco did coach his sons in flag football, but he did not want to coach them at Ole Miss. 20 college football teams we aren't sold on in 2023, SEC Basketball Power Rankings: Mizzou shocks Tennessee, Alabama downs Auburn and more, SEC Basketball Power Rankings: Alabama stays unbeaten in SEC play, Tennessee outlasts Auburn and more, SEC Basketball Power Rankings: A new top team emerges, Alabama loses in blowout fashion, Mizzou lights it up again. Shes seen more baseball games than any scout, Mike said. The success continued in 2019 as Ole Miss notched yet another 40-win season, finishing 41-27 after a tremendous SEC Tournament run, an NCAA Oxford Regional Championship and a berth in the Fayetteville Super Regional. GEAUX TIGERS pic.twitter.com/tSkwlaVX5r. We make jokes about it all the time and how fun its going to be. It marked the first top-5 recruiting class for Bianco at Ole Miss. Following a 31-25 campaign in 1999, Bianco's 2000 team produced one of the most successful seasons in McNeese State history. In total, the Rebels have hosted 10 NCAA Regionals in the past 18 full season, further evidence that under Mike Bianco, Ole Miss baseball has truly become a national name. Trent Dilfer might want to rethink this hot take. After hitting just .176 as a freshman in 2019 and .074 in the COVID-19 season of 2020, Bianco entered the NCAA transfer portal. Following the season, six Rebels were taken in the 2016 MLB Draft to mark the 12th-straight year at least four Ole Miss players were chosen. Its easy to form a list of opinions about the parents decision to encourage their kids to build their own name and start their own legacy. OMAHA, Neb. The family'love for thegame started right there at Alex Box Stadium. The groundwork was laid for the future as the Rebels would reach even greater heights in the coming years. They will not play for their dad at Ole Miss. After advancing to the College World Series for the fifth time in program history during the 2014 season, Bianco had a young team with little experience take the field for the 2015 campaign. He's also the son of Ole Miss baseball coach Mike Bianco. More than 10,000 fans packed Swayze for all four of Ole Miss NCAA Regional contests in 2018 for a grand total of 42,437 over the weekend. The weekend proved to be historic for the Rebels. One member of that pitching staff, two-way player Stephen Head, was named SEC Freshman of the Year and also earned national Freshman of the Year along with All-America honors. 2 in the nation, highlighted by four prospects who were taken in the MLB Draft but chose instead to play in Oxford. Shes panic attack at every Ole Miss baseball game, Drew Bianco told Oxford Eagle sports writer Jake Thompson. I am a . This is kind of a situation of Dont count your chickens before they hatch. A lot of people probably assumed that Bianco may head back to Oxford and play his senior season for his dad and the Rebels, but he chose otherwise. Biancos Rebels have brought home a number of awards from the league office as well, including Stephen Heads SEC Player of the Year laurel in 2004, Drew Pomeranz earning SEC Pitcher of the Year honors in 2010 and the Rebels trio of SEC Freshman of the Year winners: Seth Smith in 2002, Head in 2003 and Jordan Henry in 2007. It was something he was always cautious of though, raising his family on a baseball field. Mike Bianco, however, has always wanted his sons to make their own way in baseball, so he won't recruit his son Drew, a Top 100 prospect out of Oxford HS, to play for him at Ole Miss. Want the latest in breaking news and insider information on the Rebels? The 1998 season also saw the Cowboys rise to third in the conference standings and qualify for the SLC Tournament. More: Here's what LSU's pitching rotation should be in SEC Tournament, More: LSU baseball will reach NCAA postseason if it stays hot | Guilbeau. In the fall of 2016, Rebel Baseball earned the No. The Rebels again found themselves in the national spotlight in the 2002 season as Ole Miss climbed as high as No. After all, hes part of the family. Yarbrough was tabbed as an All-SEC and All-America selection at the conclusion of the season and was one of six Rebels drafted in the 2012 MLB Draft. He sets his folding chair up in the box he built and listens to the Rebels on the radio as he watches Ben, Drew and Sam on the field in front of him. 6 ranking by Collegiate Baseball. The Bianco family planned its own spin on "Field of Dreams" before their four sons were old enough to wear spikes. Even with the loss to Iowa, LSU remains the No. What was originally going to be a career as a financial planner changed after Mike graduated from LSU. The 2019 Ole Miss class ranked No. He sits in the diamond suites at Swayze Field, on the third base side straight back behind the Ole Miss dugout. LSU utility player Drew Bianco, son of Ole Miss coach Mike Bianco, officially entered the transfer portal last week and now will transfer to Houston.The news was first reported by D1Baseball.com . Drew was The Oxford EAGLE area Player of the Year in 2017, so letting him get away to LSU still isnt that easy for Bianco and Ole Miss, of course. On Sunday, the teams returned to the field for the third and final game of the series. Andy Martinez 486 Total Connections. Gonzalez was also tabbed as a freshman All-American along with TJMcCants, giving Ole Miss two or more Freshman All-Americans for six consecutive seasons, a total of 14 in that span. Ole Miss made the NCAA Tournament in 2013 with a berth in the Raleigh Regional hosted by N.C. State after a 38-win season and advancing to the third day of play at the SEC Tournament. Scott Bittle brought home the program's third Ferriss Award as the state of Mississippi's top collegiate player and also earned First Team All-America honors. The 2019 group included four of Perfect Games top 50 prospectsthe only class in the country of its kind. In his first season with the Cowboys in 1998, he engineered an 11-game improvement from 1997, posting a 30-26 record - the first of three 30-win seasons. 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