Tony Rossi (baseball)
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Tony Rossi
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|12|11|mf=y}}
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| death_place =
| alma_mater = The College at Brockport (1965)
| player_years1 = 1963–1965
| player_team1 = Brockport
| player_positions = Infield
| coach_years1 = 1970–2023
| coach_team1 = Siena
| overall_record = 936–1,190–8 ({{Winning percentage|936|1,190|8}})
| tournament_record =NCAA: 1–4 ({{Winning percentage|1|4}})
| championships =
- 5× MAAC Championship (1995, 1996 ,1997, 1999, 2014)
| awards =
- 6× MAAC Coach of the Year (1991, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2005)
- 3× SUNY All Star (1963, 1964, 1965)
- Siena Sports Hall of Fame (1985)
- Albany Twilight League Hall of Fame (1985)
| coaching_records =
}}
Tony Rossi (born December 11, 1943{{Cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careercoach|title = NCAA® Career Statistics}}) is an American former college baseball coach and player, resigning 18 games into his 54th season as head coach of the Siena Saints baseball program on March 20, 2023. Rossi is the longest tenured coach with the same institution in NCAA Division I baseball, and only Augie Garrido has been a head coach for more years than Rossi.{{cite web|url=http://www.sienasaints.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/rossi_tony00.html|title=Tony Rossi bio|publisher=Siena Saints|accessdate=October 11, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sienasaints.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/102411aaa.html|title=Tony Rossi Gets Call From Capital Region Baseball Hall|date=October 24, 2011|accessdate=October 11, 2013|publisher=Siena Saints}}{{cite news|url=http://alb.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=8022422|title=Rossi brings passion to the field|publisher=Times-Union|location=Albany, NY|date=May 10, 2009|page=C1|author=Pete Iorizzo|accessdate=October 13, 2013}}{{cite news|url=http://www.saratogian.com/articles/2011/10/24/sports/doc4ea62d3eb9082508462618.txt?viewmode=4|newspaper=Saratogian|location=Saratoga, NY|title=Tony Rossi Gets Call From Capital Region Baseball Hall|date=October 24, 2011}}
Rossi played at Brockport State, now SUNY Brockport for three seasons, turning down professional offers from the Los Angeles Dodgers and Cincinnati Reds in order to complete his degree. After ending his playing days, he briefly coached lacrosse at Siena before becoming head baseball coach of the then-NCAA Division II Saints. Under Rossi, the Saints transitioned to NCAA Division I, claimed five Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championships, made two NCAA tournaments, and placed three players in the Major Leagues, most notably John Lannan.{{cite news|url=http://www.saratogian.com/articles/2011/04/19/sports/doc4dae37c58e07d647432462.txt|newspaper=Saratogian|location=Saratoga, NY|date=April 19, 2011|author=Paul Post|title=Siena graduate John Lannan credits college coach for professional success}} Rossi has earned six MAAC Coach of the Year awards.
Rossi grew up in Schenectady and taught middle school math for more than 30 years in addition to his coaching job.{{cite news |last1=Kekis |first1=John |title=Siena baseball coach Rossi: 53 years at helm, still counting |url=https://romesentinel.com/stories/siena-baseball-coach-rossi-53-years-at-helm-still-counting,134398 |access-date=6 November 2022 |work=Daily Sentinel |agency=Associated Press |date=May 12, 2022 |language=en}}
Head coaching record
This table shows Rossi's record as a head coach.
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|name=Siena|conference=Division II independent|startyear=1970|endyear=1976}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1970
| name = Siena
| overall = 7–10
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1971
| name = Siena
| overall = 7–12
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1972
| name = Siena
| overall = 7–8
| conference =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1973
| name = Siena
| overall = 2–16
| conference =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1974
| name = Siena
| overall = 12–7
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1975
| name = Siena
| overall = 12–8
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1976
| name = Siena
| overall = 13–9–1
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{{CBB yearly record subtotal|name=Siena|overall=60–62–1 ({{Winning percentage|60|63}})|confrecord=}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|name=Siena|conference=D-I Independent|startyear=1977|endyear=}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1977
| name = Siena
| overall = 12–11
| conference = 0–0
| confstanding =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1978
| name = Siena
| overall = 15–17
| conference = 0–0
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1979
| name = Siena
| overall = 15–14
| conference = 0–0
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1980
| name = Siena
| overall = 16–12
| conference = 0–0
| confstanding =
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{{CBB yearly record subtotal|name=Siena|overall=58–54 ({{Winning percentage|58|54}})|confrecord=0–0 (.000)}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|name=Siena|conference=ECAC North|startyear=1981|endyear=1984}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1981
| name = Siena
| overall = 17–18
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1982
| name = Siena
| overall = 12–17
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1983
| name = Siena
| overall = 15–10–1
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1984
| name = Siena
| overall = 13–17
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{{CBB yearly record subtotal|name=Siena|overall=57–62–1 ({{Winning percentage|57|63}})|confrecord=}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|name=Siena|conference=North Atlantic Conference|startyear=1985|endyear=1989}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1985
| name = Siena
| overall = 22–13–1
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1986
| name = Siena
| overall = 21–11
| conference =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1987
| name = Siena
| overall = 13–16
| conference =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1988
| name = Siena
| overall = 16–17
| conference =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1989
| name = Siena
| overall = 19–14
| conference =
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{{CBB yearly record subtotal|name=Siena|overall=91–71–1 ({{Winning percentage|91|72}})|confrecord=}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|name=Siena|conference=Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference|startyear=1990|endyear=2023}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1990
| name = Siena
| overall = 6–24–1
| conference = 5–6
| confstanding = 3rd (North)
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1991
| name = Siena
| overall = 12–25
| conference = 11–6
| confstanding = 2nd (North)
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1992
| name = Siena
| overall = 8–25
| conference = 5–13
| confstanding = 4th (North)
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1993
| name = Siena
| overall = 11–24
| conference = 7–11
| confstanding = T-2nd (North)
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1994
| name = Siena
| overall = 15–22
| conference = 8–10
| confstanding = 3rd (North)
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = divboth
| season = 1995
| name = Siena
| overall = 31–17
| conference = 14–4
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = divboth
| season = 1996
| name = Siena
| overall = 28–20
| conference = 14–4
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 1997
| name = Siena
| overall = 21–34
| conference = 10–8
| confstanding = T-2nd (North)
| postseason = MAAC Tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1998
| name = Siena
| overall = 17–32
| conference = 11–15
| confstanding = T-3rd (North)
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = divboth
| season = 1999
| name = Siena
| overall = 34–22
| conference = 21–5
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Regional
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2000
| name = Siena
| overall = 15–32
| conference = 12–14
| confstanding = 7th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2001
| name = Siena
| overall = 29–29
| conference = 19–8
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2002
| name = Siena
| overall = 28–29
| conference = 17–9
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason = MAAC Tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2003
| name = Siena
| overall = 17–35–1
| conference = 15–11
| confstanding = T-5th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2004
| name = Siena
| overall = 27–26
| conference = 13–12
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2005
| name = Siena
| overall = 29–23
| conference = 19–5
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = MAAC Tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2006
| name = Siena
| overall = 23–31–1
| conference = 12–15
| confstanding = 7th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2007
| name = Siena
| overall = 12–33
| conference = 10–13
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2008
| name = Siena
| overall = 30–26
| conference = 15–8
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason = MAAC Tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2009
| name = Siena
| overall = 15–35
| conference = 8–15
| confstanding = 7th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2010
| name = Siena
| overall = 27–27
| conference = 13–11
| confstanding = T-5th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2011
| name = Siena
| overall = 28–30
| conference = 14–10
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason = MAAC Tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2012
| name = Siena
| overall = 18–37
| conference = 8–16
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2013
| name = Siena
| overall = 27–30
| conference = 15–9
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason = MAAC tournament{{efn|The top four finishers of the MAAC's nine teams qualified for the tournament in 2013.}}
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 2014
| name = Siena
| overall = 27–33
| conference = 17–7
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA Regional
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championshp =
| season= 2015
| name= Siena
| overall= 23–28
| conference= 13–8
| confstanding= 4th
| postseason= MAAC Tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2016
| name = Siena
| overall = 25–32
| conference = 16–8
| confstanding = T-2nd
| postseason = MAAC Tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2017
| name = Siena
| overall = 20–28–2
| conference = 11–13
| confstanding = T-8th
| postseason = MAAC Tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2018
| name = Siena
| overall = 21–35
| conference = 14–10
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason = MAAC tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2019
| name = Siena
| overall = 18–33
| conference = 12–12
| confstanding = 7th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2020
| name = Siena
| overall = 0–17
| conference = 0–0
| confstanding =
| postseason = Season canceled due to COVID-19
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2021
| name = Siena
| overall = 15–24
| conference = 14–22
| confstanding = 7th
| postseason = MAAC tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2022
| name = Siena
| overall = 11–37
| conference = 8–15
| confstanding = T-8th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2023
| name = Siena
| overall = 2–16
| conference = 0–0
| confstanding =
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record subtotal|name=Siena|overall=936–1,190–8 ({{Winning percentage|936|1,190|8}})|confrecord=401–333 ({{Winning percentage|401|333}})}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End|overall=936–1,190–8 ({{Winning percentage|936|1,190|8}})}}
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