Mickey Briglia

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|9|6}}

| birth_place = Yorkville, Ohio

| death_date = {{death date and age|2006|01|03|1929|9|6}}

| death_place = Cherry Hill, New Jersey

| alma_mater = Ohio University
Temple University

| player_years1 = {{circa}} 1946-1950

| player_team1 = Ohio Bobcats

| player_positions = Co-captain

| coach_years1 = 1964–1988

| coach_team1 = Rowan Profs

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| overall_record = 502-258-9

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D. Michael "Mickey" Briglia (September 6, 1929 – January 3, 2006){{cite web|url=https://obits.nj.com/obituaries/southjerseytimes/obituary-preview.aspx?n=d-michael-briglia-mickey&pid=16220784&referrer=3342|title=D. Michael "Mickey" Briglia Obituary|publisher=Gloucester County Times|accessdate=October 19, 2019}} was a college baseball coach at Glassboro State College (now Rowan University). Briglia's teams won the NCAA Division III World Series in 1978 and again in 1979.{{cite web | url=https://www.ncaa.com/history/baseball/d3 | title=NCAA Div III Baseball Championship History | accessdate=8 July 2016}}

A native of Yorkville, Ohio, Briglia graduated from Ohio University in 1950, where he was a co-captain of the school's baseball team. He was awarded a doctorate at Temple University in 1968.

Briglia had an overall record of 502-258-9 in his 25 years coaching the Rowan Profs baseball team from 1964 to 1988.[http://www.rowanathletics.com/hof.aspx?hof=61&path=&kiosk= Rowan University-Glassboro State College Athletic Hall of Fame: Michael Briglia], Rowan Profs. Accessed July 14, 2016. He was named NAIA coach of the year in 1968, and NCAA coach of the year for the 1978–79 season.{{cite news|title=Baseball organizations set to induct nine new members|accessdate=9 July 2016|publisher=Camden Courier-Post|date=Nov 25, 1992|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/183388381/|page=164}} Briglia was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1990.{{cite web | url=http://articles.philly.com/1992-11-24/news/26007263_1_greatest-athlete-new-members-john-henry-pop-lloyd | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817105220/http://articles.philly.com/1992-11-24/news/26007263_1_greatest-athlete-new-members-john-henry-pop-lloyd | url-status=dead | archive-date=August 17, 2016 | title=S. Jersey Baseball Adding 9 To Hall The Inductees Will Include John Henry "Pop" Lloyd, One Of The Greatest Players In The Old Negro Leagues | date=24 November 1992 | accessdate=7 July 2016 | author=Carchidi, Sam}}

Rowan University created a scholarship in his name, the Dr. Michael Briglia Scholar Award, awarded to students who excel at both academic studies as well as their non-academic aspects of college life.{{cite web|title=Dr. Michael Briglia Scholar Award|url=https://www.rowan.edu/home/scholarships/dr-michael-briglia-scholar-award|website=Rowan University|accessdate=9 July 2016}}

A resident of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Briglia died on January 3, 2006, at the age of 76 due to pulmonary fibrosis.Staff. [http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/courierpostonline/obituary.aspx?n=d-michael-briglia-mickey&pid=131538422 "D. Michael 'Mickey' Briglia"], Courier-Post, January 5, 2006. Accessed July 14, 2016.