Rod Delmonico

Rod Delmonico became head baseball coach at the University of Tennessee in 1989. In his first six seasons he led the Vols to three consecutive Southeastern Conference (SEC) Eastern Division titles, two consecutive SEC overall titles, and a 1995 trip to the College World Series (the school's first in 44 years). His many coaching honors include SEC Coach of the Year (1994 and 1995), American Baseball Coaches Association's South Region Coach of the Year (1995), and Baseball America's Coach of the...See more

Rod Delmonico became head baseball coach at the University of Tennessee in 1989. In his first six seasons he led the Vols to three consecutive Southeastern Conference (SEC) Eastern Division titles, two consecutive SEC overall titles, and a 1995 trip to the College World Series (the school's first in 44 years). His many coaching honors include SEC Coach of the Year (1994 and 1995), American Baseball Coaches Association's South Region Coach of the Year (1995), and Baseball America's Coach of the Year (1995). Rod also was associated with two of the nation's top collegiate programs, spending six seasons as assistant coach at Florida State University and two seasons as a graduate assistant at Clemson University. Rod earned a master's degree in administration and supervision from Clemson University (1983). A popular figure at coaching clinics throughout the nation, Delmonico was recently the featured speaker at the American Baseball Coaches Association Clinic. He is a contributing author to numerous coaching periodicals. His articles have been published in Scholastic Coach and Collegiate Baseball magazines and his first instructional book, Hit and Run Baseball , is now in its second printing. See less