Introduction
Joseph A. Kinney III is an American college baseball coach and former outfielder. Kinney is the head coach of the Lafayette Leopards baseball team.
Playing career
Raised in Maplewood, New Jersey, Kinney attended Columbia High School, where he played baseball and football before graduating in 1984. Upon graduation from high school, Kinney enrolled at Lehigh University and majored in economics.
As a freshman at Lehigh University in 1985, Kinney had a .332 batting average, a .402 on-base percentage (OBP) and a .441 SLG.
As a sophomore in 1986, Kinney batted .274 with a .387 SLG, 2 home run, and 6 RBIs.
In the 1987 season as a junior, Kinney hit 2 home runs and had 10 hits.
Kinney served as a team captain as a senior.
Coaching career
On September 19, 1999, Kinney was named the head coach of the Lafayette Leopards baseball program.
Kinney's 2007 team won the Patriot League as well as the 2007 Patriot League Baseball Tournament, the team's first NCAA Regional berth since 1990.
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette Leopards (Patriot League) | |||||||||
| 2000 | Lafayette | 12–27 | 6–16 | 6th | |||||
| 2001 | Lafayette | 10–30 | 5–15 | 6th | |||||
| 2002 | Lafayette | 23–22 | 12–8 | 3rd | Patriot Tournament | ||||
| 2003 | Lafayette | 16–24 | 7–13 | 6th | |||||
| 2004 | Lafayette | 23–25 | 11–9 | 2nd | Patriot Tournament | ||||
| 2005 | Lafayette | 18–26–1 | 6–10 | 4th | |||||
| 2006 | Lafayette | 27–24 | 11–9 | 3rd | Patriot Tournament | ||||
| 2007 | Lafayette | 34–20 | 17–3 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2008 | Lafayette | 25–23 | 8–12 | 5th | |||||
| 2009 | Lafayette | 24–29 | 9–11 | 4th | Patriot Tournament | ||||
| 2010 | Lafayette | 15–30 | 7–13 | 5th | |||||
| 2011 | Lafayette | 18–30–1 | 10–10 | T-3rd | Patriot Tournament | ||||
| 2012 | Lafayette | 14–37–1 | 7–13 | T-4th | Patriot Tournament | ||||
| 2013 | Lafayette | 10–40 | 6–14 | 5th | |||||
| 2014 | Lafayette | 15–26 | 5–13 | 5th | |||||
| 2015 | Lafayette | 14–27–1 | 9–11 | 4th | Patriot Tournament | ||||
| 2016 | Lafayette | 14–29 | 7–13 | 5th | |||||
| 2017 | Lafayette | 8–44 | 4–17 | 6th | |||||
| 2018 | Lafayette | 16–34–1 | 4–20–1 | 6th | |||||
| 2019 | Lafayette | 19–33 | 12–13 | 4th | Patriot Tournament | ||||
| Lafayette: | 354–583–5 | 163-243-1 | |||||||
| Total: | 354–583–5 | ||||||||
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