Matt Senk
Senk in 2014
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamStony Brook
ConferenceCAA
Record922–641–4
Biographical details
Alma materCortland State University
Adelphi University
Playing career
1977–1980Cortland State
Position(s)Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
198?Elwood (NY) John Glenn (Asst.)
198?–1987Rockville Centre (NY) Saint Agnes
1988–1990Uniondale (NY) Kellenberg Memorial
1991–presentStony Brook
Head coaching record
Overall922–641–4
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • 6× America East Regular season Championships (2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2021)
  • 6× America East Tournament championships (2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2019)
  • NCAA Regional Champion (2012)
  • NCAA Super Regional Champion (2012)
  • College World Series Appearance (2012)
Awards

Matt Senk is an American college baseball coach who is currently the head coach of the Stony Brook Seawolves. Senk has held the head coaching position at Stony Brook since prior to the 1991 season.[1][2][3][4] Under Senk, Stony Brook has won America East Conference baseball tournaments in 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, and 2019, appearing in the NCAA tournament each of those seasons.[5] In 2012, Stony Brook won the Coral Gables Regional and advanced to the Baton Rouge Regional to face LSU.[4] After defeating LSU in a three-game series, the team moved on to the College World Series for the first time in program history. It was the first time that a school from the Northeast had reached the College World Series since 1986.[6]

Senk won the 2012 America East Conference Coach of the Year Award and went on to win the NCBWA National Coach of Year Award.[7][8]

Career

Senk graduated from John Glenn High School in 1976 and attended Cortland State for college, where he played catcher.[9] In college, Senk started for three years and was a two-time All-SUNYAC selection and the team's Most Valuable Player in his senior year.[10][11] He earned his master's degree in physical education at Adelphi University.[10]

Senk coached high school teams at St. Agnes Cathedral and Kellenberg Memorial on Long Island before leaving his position to start coaching Stony Brook's Division III baseball team in 1991.[9] Senk recruited shortstop Joe Nathan of Pine Bush, New York, to play for Stony Brook through a Pine Bush assistant coach that was a former college teammate of his.[12] Nathan would become Senk's first recruit to reach the major leagues when he debuted for the San Francisco Giants as a pitcher in 1999.[12]

In 2004, Senk won his first America East tournament to advance to the NCAA tournament regionals for the first time in the program's Division I history.[13] Senk won his first America East Coach of the Year in 2011 after guiding the Seawolves to their first conference regular season championship and ending the season 42–12 while going 22–2 in conference play.[14] In 2012, Senk guided the Seawolves to their fourth NCAA tournament regional after earning the most wins in the country; the Seawolves would win the Coral Gables Regional as the four-seed and then upset the LSU Tigers in the Baton Rouge Super Regionals to reach the first College World Series in program history, while also becoming the first Northeast school to accomplish the feat since 1986 and the first New York school since 1980. Finishing the season at 52–15, Senk won the NCBWA National Coach of the Year award.[15]

In September 2019, Senk was given an extension through the 2024 season.[16]

In 2022, Senk was inducted into the Suffolk County Sports Hall of Fame.[17] The America East Conference suspended Senk for the first nine games of the 2022 season "in response to an incident that occurred during the 2021 season in which Coach Senk acted contrary to NCAA Baseball Rules and America East Bylaws governing conduct."[18]

On March 8, 2023 with a 15–5 victory over LIU, Senk won his 900th game, becoming the seventh active Division I baseball head coach to win 900 games at one school.[19]

Head coaching record

Below is a table of Senk's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.[1][2][3][5][20][21][22][23][24]

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Stony Brook Patriots (Skyline Conference (Division III)) (1991–1994)
1991 Stony Brook 16–9
1992 Stony Brook 17–12–1ECAC Tournament
1993 Stony Brook 13–14–1
1994 Stony Brook 26–9ECAC Tournament
Stony Brook Patriots (Independent (Division III)) (1995–1995)
1995 Stony Brook 30–8NCAA Regional
Stony Brook Seawolves (New England Collegiate Conference (Division II)) (1996–1998)
1996 Stony Brook 27–14ECAC Tournament
1997 Stony Brook 15–19
1998 Stony Brook 23–11–1ECAC Tournament
1999 Stony Brook 36–12ECAC Tournament
Stony Brook Seawolves (New York State Baseball Conference (Division I)) (2000–2001)
2000 Stony Brook 30–11
2001 Stony Brook 35–1610–0
Stony Brook Seawolves (America East Conference) (2002–2022)
2002 Stony Brook 27–2411–11T–3rdAmerica East Tournament
2003 Stony Brook 33–2115–93rdAmerica East tournament
2004 Stony Brook 29–2711–104thNCAA Regional
2005 Stony Brook 23–2810–11T–5th
2006 Stony Brook 25–2913–82ndAmerica East tournament
2007 Stony Brook 31–2416–72ndAmerica East tournament
2008 Stony Brook 34–2614–102ndNCAA Regional
2009 Stony Brook 29–2314–10T–3rdAmerica East tournament
2010 Stony Brook 30–2715–93rdNCAA Regional
2011 Stony Brook 42–1222–21stAmerica East tournament
2012 Stony Brook 52–1521–31stCollege World Series
2013 Stony Brook 25–3415–154thAmerica East tournament
2014 Stony Brook 35–1818–51stAmerica East tournament
2015 Stony Brook 35–16–118–4–11stNCAA Regional
2016 Stony Brook 27–2711–83rdAmerica East tournament
2017 Stony Brook 26–2612–103rdAmerica East tournament
2018 Stony Brook 32–2512–124thAmerica East tournament
2019 Stony Brook 31–2315–91stNCAA Regional
2020 Stony Brook 6–90–0Season canceled because of COVID-19
2021 Stony Brook 31–1825–101st (Division B)America East tournament
2022 Stony Brook 27–2521–91st (Division B)
Stony Brook Seawolves (Colonial Athletic Association) (2023–present)
2023 Stony Brook 23–2914–167th
Total:922–641–4 (.590)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "2010 Stony Brook Seawolves Baseball Media Guide". Issuu. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  2. 1 2 "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2010". BoydsWorld.com. Archived from the original on 14 February 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  3. 1 2 "America East Conference 2012 Season Preview". CollegeBaseballToday.com. 11 February 2012. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  4. 1 2 "LSU to Host Stony Brook in Super Regional". KSLA.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  5. 1 2 "America East Baseball Record Book" (PDF). AmericaEast.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 May 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  6. ↑ "Stony Brook Defeats L.S.U. to Advance to College World Series". The New York Times. 11 June 2012. Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  7. ↑ "2012 Coral Gables Regional". CollegeBaseballInsider.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  8. ↑ "Senk named 2012 NCBWA Coach of the Year". goseawolves.org. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  9. 1 2 https://www.newsday.com/sports/college/stony-brook/senk-loves-being-big-fish-in-sbu-s-small-p. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. 1 2 "Matt Senk - Head Coach - Staff Directory". Stony Brook University Athletics. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
  11. ↑ "'40 for 40' Celebrates Div. III Week - SUNY Cortland". www2.cortland.edu. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
  12. 1 2 Oakes, Tim (14 May 2017). "Matt Senk: the steady hand in the swift growth of Stony Brook Baseball". The Statesman. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
  13. ↑ "Seawolves Crowned America East Champions". Stony Brook University Athletics. 29 May 2004. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
  14. ↑ "Regular-Season Champion Stony Brook Sweeps Individual Awards". americaeast.com. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
  15. ↑ "NCBWA > Awards > National Coach of the Year". www.sportswriters.net. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
  16. ↑ Tam, Ethan (2019-09-29). "Athletics announces extension for Senk through 2024". The Statesman. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  17. ↑ Release, Press (16 January 2022). "Legendary Seawolves Coach Matt Senk enshrined in Suffolk County Sports Hall of Fame | TBR News Media". Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  18. ↑ Lindsay, Matt (2021-08-10). "Stony Brook baseball head coach to serve nine-game suspension". The Statesman. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  19. ↑ "Baseball Offense Explodes Against LIU; Coach Senk Records 900th Career Victory". Stony Brook University Athletics. 8 March 2023. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  20. ↑ "2012 America East Baseball Standings". AmericaEast.com. Archived from the original on 24 April 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  21. ↑ Marcus, Steve (12 May 1994). "Haag Leads Seawolves". Newsday. Long Island, NY. p. A92. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  22. ↑ Pelzman, J.P. (19 December 1994). "Stony Brook in a League of Its Own". Newsday. Long Island, NY. p. A40. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  23. ↑ "Bruce Kirsh". Athletics.FranklinPierce.edu. Archived from the original on 14 May 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2012. He served as the assistant commissioner to the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC), one of the most competitive all-around NCAA Division II conference in the nation before its run ended after the 1999–2000 season.
  24. ↑ "2013 America East Conference Baseball Standings". AmericaEast.com. Archived from the original on April 24, 2013. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
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