Kingston Hired as New Mitchell Baseball Coach
NEW LONDON, CT - Scott Kingston, a native of Columbus Georgia, has
been nabbed as the new leader of the Mitchell College baseball
program.
Coach Kingston has held positions at Frostburg State University,
The University of Michigan, Keystone College, and Indian River
State College.
Throughout his tenure at Michigan he served as recruiting
coordinator, and also assisted in all phases of program management
with an emphasis on hitters. In 2005 Kingston helped lead the
Wolverines to a NCAA regional berth, with the most notable
victories being over top five nationally ranked University of
Georgia, and The University of North Carolina. While at Michigan,
he coached seven players that were drafted by Major League
Baseball, the class he assisted in recruiting went on to have four
players drafted, and coached two players that have been
recently been called up to the Major Leagues in Chris Getz, and
Clayton Richard.
At Frostburg State Coach Kingston served as recruiting coordinator,
and hitting coach. While at Frostburg he implemented a recruiting
program from the ground up, wrote an article published in
Scholastic Coach, "Pickoffs and Bunt Defenses", and went on to
assist the Bobcats in an overall record of 40-26 throughout his two
years there.
While at Keystone College, a division three institution, he served
as associate head baseball coach and recruiting coordinator . He
also developed, implemented, and supervised the Giants strength and
conditioning program. The Giants were ranked as high as fourth in
the country en route to a 40-6 record, while having the highest
winning percentage of all colleges and universities throughout the
country. The Giants finished the 2009 season losing in the
championship round of the Mid Atlantic regional falling one game
short of playing for an opportunity to advance to the division
three College World Series. Under Kingston's direction, the offense
was ranked second in the nation in runs scored, and sixth in team
batting average. In this past years fall recruiting class at
Keystone, Kingston attracted three junior college All Americans,
two players that had previously been drafted by major league
baseball, and 21 student athletes total from 7 different states,
from New York to Florida. Four of those players were chosen in the
2010 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft, and a fifth is currently
playing independent professional baseball.
Kingston's latest position took him to Indian River State College,
in Fort Pierce, Florida. Kingston again implemented and supervised
the Pioneer's strength and conditioning program, worked with the
hitters, and helped sign sixteen student athletes, one of which was
chosen in the 5th round of this years Major League
Baseball Amateur draft.
Kingston prides himself on recruiting talented student athletes of
high character. He also puts a premium on personal, academic, and
player development. He has recruited, coached, and mentored 18
student athletes who have went to play professional baseball. His
ultimate goal is to make sure his student athletes leave his
program more responsible, better well rounded, and better suited
for the game of life, be it professional baseball, the corporate
world, or whatever endeavor they take on.
As a player, Kingston won three high school state championships
under 2004 National High School coach of the year, Bobby Howard. He
was a Georgia Dugout Club all state selection as a senior, and was
drafted by the New York Yankees. He started his collegiate career
at Middle Georgia College, and wrapped it up at The University of
West Georgia.
"I am very excited to have been chosen as the new leader of the
Mitchell College baseball Program, and accepted into the Mitchell
family. There is an excellent foundation in place, including great
people, great academics, great resources, a beautiful campus, and
an amazing part of the country. My enthusiasm to bring
Mitchell College Baseball to regional prominence is immediate."
"We are very excited to have Scott join the Mitchell Athletic Team
and his experience in recruiting, player development, and
conditioning are sure to add to an already successful baseball
team", said Athletic Director Mo White. Kingston will take
over for retiring Head Coach Len Farquhar, "Len has built a solid
baseball team with a lot of talented players and we look for Coach
Kingston to build on that success moving forward," said White.
