Mik Aoki

Mik Aoki

Sport(s)	Baseball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Notre Dame
Conference	ACC
Record	110–111–1
Biographical details
Born	(1968-10-07) October 7, 1968 Yokohama, Japan
Alma mater	Davidson '90
Playing career
1987–1990	Davidson
Position(s)	C, 2B, 3B
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1992	Manchester CC
1993–1994	Ohio (asst.)
1995–1998	Dartmouth (asst.)
1999–2003	Columbia
2004–2006	Boston College (asst.)
2007–2010	Boston College
2011–Present	Notre Dame
Head coaching record
Overall	311–359–2
Tournaments	NCAA: 1–2

Mik Aoki is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball team. He has held that position since prior to the 2011 season.

Early life

Aoki was born in Yokohama, Japan, and raised in Milton, Massachusetts. He attended Milton Academy prior to enrolling at Davidson College. Aoki earned four varsity letters while starting for three seasons for the Wildcats at catcher, second base, and third base. He was a prolific hitter and still ranks among career leaders in several offensive categories. Aoki hit two grand slams in 1988, one of just six Davidson players to hit two in one season. He played one professional season for HCAW in the Netherlands in 1991.

Coaching career

Aoki began his coaching career as head coach at Manchester Community College in Manchester, Connecticut. After one season, he became an assistant at Ohio, where he stayed for two years and earned a master's degree. He then moved to Dartmouth for four seasons before landing his first Division I head coaching job at Ivy League Columbia. In his five seasons, the Lions were 87–140, including twenty or more wins in each of Aoki's last three seasons. Columbia had not won twenty or more games in a season since 1987.

Head coaching record

The below table shows Aoki's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Columbia (Ivy League) (1999–2003)
1999	Columbia	13–27	7–13	2nd (Gehrig)
2000	Columbia	11–34	6–14	4th (Gehrig)
2001	Columbia	20–27	10–10	2nd (Gehrig)
2002	Columbia	22–25	10–10	3rd (Gehrig)
2003	Columbia	21–27	9–11	T-3rd (Gehrig)
Columbia:		87–140	42–58
Boston College (ACC) (2007–2010)
2007	Boston College	24–27–1	12–17	5th (Atlantic)
2008	Boston College	26–27	9–21	T-5th (Atlantic)
2009	Boston College	34–26	13–15	3rd (Atlantic)	NCAA Regional
2010	Boston College	30–28	14–16	4th (Atlantic)
Boston College:		114-108-1	48-69
Notre Dame (Big East Conference) (2011–2013)
2011	Notre Dame	23–29–1	13–13	8th
2012	Notre Dame	31–27	14–13	7th
2013	Notre Dame	34-24	10-14	7th
Notre Dame (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2014–present)
2014	Notre Dame	22–31	9–21	7th (Atlantic)
2015	Notre Dame	37-23	17–13	T-2nd (Atlantic)	NCAA Regional
Notre Dame:		147–134–1	63–74
Total:		348–382–2
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

• List of current NCAA Division I baseball coaches