Kevin Cooney

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kevin Cooney
Occupation	Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	Aug 12, 1950(1950-08-12)
Age	74
Birthplace	New Jersey
Country	United States
Birth City	New Jersey
Horoscope	Leo

Kevin Cooney Biography

Kevin Cooney is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on August 12, 1950 in New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. Kevin Cooney (born August 12, 1950) is an American former college baseball coach who was the head coach at Montclair State from 1984–1987 and Florida Atlantic from 1988–2008. Under Cooney, the teams combined to appear in 11 NCAA Tournaments, including six in Division I. Montclair State won the Division III National Championship in 1987. Individually, Cooney was named the TAAC Coach of the Year in 1999.

During Cooney’s stint at Montclair, three players were selected in the Major League Baseball Draft, including seventh-round selection Dan Olsson in 1985.

Prior to the 1988 season, Division II Florida Atlantic (FAU) hired Cooney to replace Steve Traylor, who had left to become the head coach at Duke. Cooney held the position for 21 seasons, leading FAU to Division I, seven NCAA Tournaments, and a 742-480-5 overall record.

After being ineligible for the postseason in 1994, the program made its first Division I postseason in 1995, finishing fourth in the TAAC to qualify for the TAAC Tournament. As the fourth seed, the Blue Wave won their first game against top-seeded FIU, then lost consecutive games to Stetson and UCF and was eliminated.

When Montclair’s next head coach, Fred Hill, left for Rutgers following the 1983 season, Cooney returned as the Red Hawks’ head coach. In Cooney’s four seasons at Montclair (1984–1987), the Red Hawks went 138-50-2, reached four Division III College World Series, and won the 1987 national championship. In 1987, the team went 3-0 to win its regional, defeating North Adams State, 11-5, and Upsala, 17-2 and 16-15 in 10 innings. At that year’s College World Series, Montclair went 4-0 with two extra inning wins to win the title. It beat Eastern Connecticut, UC San Diego, and UW-Oshkosh to advance to the championship game, where it defeated Oshkosh, 13-12 in 10 innings.

Kevin Cooney Net Worth

Kevin Cooney is one of the richest Baseball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kevin Cooney 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

A New Jersey native, Cooney attended Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey. He played baseball for the Red Hawks from 1970–1972. A pitcher, Cooney had a career 18-3 record, 2.35 ERA, and 164 strikeouts. In 1972, his final season at Montclair, the program appeared in its first NCAA Tournament, finishing third in the East Regional. Following the season, the Minnesota Twins selected him in the 11th round of the MLB Draft.

Following his playing career, Cooney returned to Montclair State as an assistant under Clary Anderson, whom he had played for a few years earlier. Cooney worked as an assistant from 1975–1976. The Red Hawks made the NCAA Tournament in both seasons. Anderson left to become the head coach at Fairleigh Dickinson after the 1976 season; Cooney also left Montclair and worked as a high school teacher and coach in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

For Cooney’s first six seasons, 1988–1993, FAU played as an independent school in Division II, though its schedule included a mix of Division I and Division II teams. In 1991, Cooney hired John McCormack, who would remain with the program as an assistant through the end of Cooney’s tenure. He also opened the FAU Baseball Stadium in 1991. The Blue Wave’s best season during this stretch was 1993, when it went 41-17 and reached an NCAA Regional championship game.

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The 2002 appearance was the first of four consecutive NCAA Tournaments for the program, but it did not advance past the regionals in 2003, 2004, or 2005. (Of Cooney’s six Division I Tournament appearances at FAU, 2002 was the only year in which the Blue Wave were not placed at the Coral Gables Regional, hosted by nearby Miami.) In 2004, FAU won its only A-Sun Tournament under Cooney; Rusty Brown was named the tournament MVP.

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FAU moved to the Sun Belt Conference for Cooney’s final two seasons (2007–2008). The Owls (renamed following the 2005 season) had two 30-win seasons and made two Sun Belt Tournaments, but did not qualify for the NCAA Tournament in either season. Following the 2008 season, Cooney announced his retirement.