Tom Riginos
{{Short description|American baseball coach and former player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Tom Riginos
| image = Tom Riginos.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Riginos with the Chatham A's in 1988
| current_title =
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|4|5}}
| birth_place = Tampa, Florida, U.S.
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| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1987–1990
| player_team1 = Stetson
| coach_years1 = 1992–1993
| coach_team1 = Eastern Kentucky (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1994–2002
| coach_team2 = Stetson (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 2003–2010
| coach_team3 = Clemson (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 2011–2024
| coach_team4 = Winthrop
| overall_record = 348–377–1
| tournament_record = Big South: 13–15
| championships = Big South (2017)
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Thomas Anthony Riginos (born April 5, 1968) is an American baseball coach and former player, who is the former head baseball coach of the Winthrop Eagles.{{cite web|url=http://www.winthropeagles.com/coaches.aspx?rc=421|publisher=Winthrop Eagles|title=2012 Baseball Coaching Staff|access-date=January 16, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.collegebaseballdaily.com/2010/07/30/winthrop-hires-clemsons-tom-riginos-as-new-head-baseball-coach/|publisher=College Baseball Daily|title=Winthrop Hires Clemson's Tom Riginos As New Head Baseball Coach|author=Donald J. Boyles|date=July 30, 2010|access-date=January 16, 2014}} He played college baseball at Stetson University for coach Pete Dunn from 1987 to 1990.
Playing career
Riginos played at Stetson, earning four letters and serving as team captain in his senior season of 1990. He stole 61 bases in his college career and helped lead the team to three conference titles and three NCAA Regionals. In 1988, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Chatham A's of the Cape Cod Baseball League, where he was a teammate of Baseball Hall of Famer Jeff Bagwell.{{cite news | title = Local Cape League teams filling rosters | pages = 38 | newspaper = The Cape Cod Chronicle | location = Chatham, MA | date = April 28, 1988 | url = https://eldredgelibrary.wssites.com/Document?db=ELDREDGELIBRARY&query=(select+0+(byscore+(andf+(eq+YEAR+1988)+(field+WEEK_ISSUED+(anyof+April+%6028))+(field+PAGE_NO+(anyof+%6020))))) }}{{cite news | last =Bulkley | first =Nat | title = New faces, tight games mark A's comeback | pages = 41 | newspaper = The Cape Cod Chronicle | location = Chatham, MA | date = July 14, 1988 | url = https://eldredgelibrary.wssites.com/Document?db=ELDREDGELIBRARY&query=(select+0+(byscore+(andf+(eq+YEAR+1988)+(field+WEEK_ISSUED+(anyof+July+%6014))+(field+PAGE_NO+(anyof+%6021))))) }}
Early coaching career
Riginos spent the 1991 season as an assistant at Countryside High School before earning an assistant coaching position at Eastern Kentucky. While working with the Colonel's hitters and outfielders, he earned a master's degree in Physical Education/Sports Administration. He then worked at Stetson as an assistant and recruiting coordinator. In his time with the Hatters under Pete Dunn, he recruited six future All-Americans and ten Freshman All-Americans.
Clemson and Winthrop
In 2003, Riginos was hired as an assistant to Jack Leggett at Clemson.{{cite web|url=http://www.clemsontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=28500&ATCLID=205510659|publisher=Clemson Tigers|date=July 17, 2002|title=Tom Riginos Named Baseball Assistant Head Coach|access-date=January 16, 2014}} He again served as hitting coach and later added recruiting coordinator duties. Each of his recruiting classes with the Tigers was ranked highly by Collegiate Baseball, and Clemson's batting average routinely topped .300. The Tigers also ranked highly in home runs and several other offensive categories in Riginos' tenure, and advanced to a pair of College World Series, five Super Regionals, and seven NCAA Regionals in his eight seasons. He was hired as head coach at Winthrop after the 2010 CWS run, and has seen three players sign professional contracts, including a pair of draft picks.{{cite web|url=http://www.carolinalive.com/sports/story.aspx?id=490125#.UtiZMRBdXLE|publisher=WPDE|date=July 30, 2010|access-date=January 16, 2014|title=Winthrop hires Clemson assistant as baseball coach}}
On May 20, 2024, Winthrop announced that Riginos' contract will not be renewed after 14 seasons.{{cite press release|url=https://winthropeagles.com/news/2024/5/20/baseball-riginos-contract-will-not-be-renewed.aspx|title=Riginos Contract Will Not Be Renewed|publisher=Winthrop Eagles|date=May 20, 2024|access-date=May 21, 2024}}
Head coaching record
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|name=Winthrop Eagles|conference=Big South Conference|startyear=2011|endyear=2024}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2011
| name = Winthrop
| overall = 27–30
| conference = 15–12
| confstanding = 4th (10)
| postseason = Big South Tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2012
| name = Winthrop
| overall = 17–35
| conference = 9–14
| confstanding = 10th (11)
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2013
| name = Winthrop
| overall = 21–33
| conference = 8–15
| confstanding = 5th (South) (6)
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = division
| season = 2014
| name = Winthrop
| overall = 27–33
| conference = 14–13
| confstanding = 1st (South) (6)
| postseason = Big South Tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2015
| name = Winthrop
| overall = 40–19
| conference = 16–8
| confstanding = t-3rd
| postseason = Big South Tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2016
| name = Winthrop
| overall = 28–27
| conference = 12–12
| confstanding = t-4th
| postseason = Big South Tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2017
| name = Winthrop
| overall = 34–24
| conference = 17–7
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = Big South Tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2018
| name = Winthrop
| overall = 25–31
| conference = 15–12
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason = Big South Tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2019
| name = Winthrop
| overall = 34–23
| conference = 18–9
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason = Big South Tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2020
| name = Winthrop
| overall = 11–4
| conference = 0–0
| confstanding =
| postseason = Season canceled due to COVID-19
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2021
| name = Winthrop
| overall = 19–27
| conference = 16–21
| confstanding = 7th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2022
| name = Winthrop
| overall = 18–34
| conference = 11–13
| confstanding = T-6th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2023
| name = Winthrop
| overall = 28–28
| conference = 15–12
| confstanding = T-3rd
| postseason = Big South Tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2024
| name = Winthrop
| overall = 19–29–1
| conference = 8–15
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal|name=Winthrop|overall=348–377–1|confrecord=166–148}}
{{CBB yearly record end|overall=348–377–1}}
References
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External links
{{Big South Conference Baseball Coach of the Year navbox}}
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