Nicholas Joseph Derba (born November 9, 1985) is an American baseball coach and former catcher, who is the current head baseball coach of the Maine Black Bears.[1] He played college baseball at Manhattan from 2004 to 2007, before playing professionally from 2007 to 2012.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Maine |
| Conference | America East |
| Record | 154–211 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | September 9, 1985 College Point, New York, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 2004–2007 | Manhattan |
| 2007 | Batavia Muckdogs |
| 2007 | Swing of the Quad Cities |
| 2008–2010 | Palm Beach Cardinals |
| 2009–2012 | Springfield Cardinals |
| 2010–2012 | Memphis Redbirds |
| Position(s) | Catcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2010–2011 | NJIT (Asst.) |
| 2013 | Manhattan (Asst.) |
| 2014–2016 | Maine (Asst.) |
| 2017–present | Maine |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 154–211 |
| Tournaments | NCAA: 0–2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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| Awards | |
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Playing career
editDerba played college baseball at Manhattan College. While at Manhattan, he played three years (2004-2006) of collegiate summer baseball for the Chatham A's of the Cape Cod Baseball League,[2][3][4][5] and returned to the A's as hitting and catchers coach in 2013.[6] He was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 30th round of the 2007 MLB Draft.
Head coaching record
editThis table depicts Derba's record as a head coach.
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maine Black Bears (America East Conference) (2017–present) | |||||||||
| 2017 | Maine | 25–29 | 8–12 | 6th (7) | America East Tournament | ||||
| 2018 | Maine | 20–34 | 12–12 | 5th (7) | America East Tournament | ||||
| 2019 | Maine | 15–34 | 11–12 | 5th (7) | America East Tournament | ||||
| 2020 | Maine | 1–12 | 0–0 | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | |||||
| 2021 | Maine | 22–22 | 16–17 | 2nd (Division A) | America East Tournament | ||||
| 2022 | Maine | 27–22 | 21–9 | 1st (Division A) | America East Tournament | ||||
| 2023 | Maine | 32–21 | 19–5 | 1st | NCAA regional | ||||
| 2024 | Maine | 12–37 | 8–15 | 7th | |||||
| Maine: | 154–211 | 95–82 | |||||||
| Total: | 154–211 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
edit- ^ "UMaine names interim baseball coach". www.pressherald.com. Portland Press Herald. December 17, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
- ^ Adler, Eric (August 3, 2006). "Bronx Bulls: RBI Machine Matt Rizzotti and Defensive Dynamo Nick Derba are a Pair of Tough-As-Nails New Yorkers, Who Just Happen to Have a Sentimental Side". The Cape Cod Chronicle. Chatham, MA. pp. 65, 67.
- ^ "2004 Chatham As". thebaseballcube.com. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
- ^ "2005 Chatham As". thebaseballcube.com. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
- ^ "2006 Chatham As". thebaseballcube.com. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
- ^ Chris Jones (June 20, 2013). "Nick Derba, Former Chatham Player, Returns as Coach". chathamanglers.com. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
External links
edit- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- List of current NCAA Division I baseball coaches