Todd Asalon
| Playing career | |
|---|---|
| 1980–1983 | Northern Kentucky |
| Position(s) | Catcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1991–1994 | Northern Kentucky (asst.) |
| 1995–2000 | Thomas More College |
| 2001–2021 | Northern Kentucky |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 564–581–1 |
| Tournaments | Horizon: 2–6 NCAA: 0–0 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
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Todd Asalon is an American former baseball coach and catcher. He played college baseball at Northern Kentucky for coach Bill Aker from 1980 to 1983. He served as the head coach of the Thomas More Saints (1995–2000) and the Northern Kentucky Norse (2001–2021).
Coaching career
[edit]Asalon became a college coach in 1991 as an assistant for the Northern Kentucky Norse baseball program.
In 1995, Asalon became the head coach of Thomas More College.
After becoming the head coach of the Norse in 2001, Asalon won his first Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Coach of the Year Award in 2002.[1] Asalon repeated as GLVC Coach of the Year in 2006.[2] Asalon achieved his third GLVC Coach of the Year in 2009.[3] Asalon was awarded his 4th GLVC Coach of the Year in 2010.[4]
In 2013, the Norse moved to NCAA Division I as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference.[5]
Just before the start of the 2021 season, Asalong announced that he would be retiring from coaching at the conclusion of the season.[6]
Head coaching record
[edit]| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Kentucky Norse (Great Lakes Valley Conference) (2001–2012) | |||||||||
| 2001 | Northern Kentucky | 38–21 | 13–14 | 3rd (North) | |||||
| 2002 | Northern Kentucky | 37–24 | 21–8 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2003 | Northern Kentucky | 28–24 | 15–15 | T-5th | |||||
| 2004 | Northern Kentucky | 37–25 | 26–14 | 2nd | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2005 | Northern Kentucky | 31–26 | 22–14 | 3rd | |||||
| 2006 | Northern Kentucky | 42–20–1 | 36–11–1 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2007 | Northern Kentucky | 27–26 | 22–16 | 7th | |||||
| 2008 | Northern Kentucky | 37–22 | 21–10 | 3rd (East) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2009 | Northern Kentucky | 41–22 | 20–12 | 2nd (East) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2010 | Northern Kentucky | 43–17 | 24–3 | 1st (East) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2011 | Northern Kentucky | 36–21 | 21–13 | 2nd (East) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2012 | Northern Kentucky | 36–22 | 25–11 | 2nd (East) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| Northern Kentucky Norse (Atlantic Sun Conference) (2013–2015) | |||||||||
| 2013 | Northern Kentucky | 8–47 | 3–24 | 10th | Ineligible | ||||
| 2014 | Northern Kentucky | 14–37 | 6–21 | 10th | Ineligible | ||||
| 2015 | Northern Kentucky | 17–34 | 5–16 | 7th | Ineligible | ||||
| Northern Kentucky Norse (Horizon League) (2016–2021) | |||||||||
| 2016 | Northern Kentucky | 20–34 | 9–21 | 6th | Horizon League Tournament | ||||
| 2017 | Northern Kentucky | 25–33 | 17–13 | 3rd | Horizon League Tournament | ||||
| 2018 | Northern Kentucky | 14–39 | 9–21 | 6th | Horizon League Tournament | ||||
| 2019 | Northern Kentucky | 15–40 | 12–17 | 4th | Horizon League Tournament | ||||
| 2020 | Northern Kentucky | 0–17 | 0–0 | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | |||||
| 2021 | Northern Kentucky | 17–31 | 14–25 | 5th | |||||
| Northern Kentucky: | 564–581–1 | 341–299 | |||||||
| Total: | 564–581–1 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
[edit]- ^ "2002 Baseball All- GLVC Team". www.glvcsports.com. Great Lakes Valley Conference. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
- ^ "2006 Baseball All-GLVC Team". www.glvcsports.com. Great Lakes Valley Conference. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
- ^ "2009 Baseball All-GLVC Team". www.glvcsports.com. Great Lakes Valley Conference. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
- ^ "2010 Baseball All-GLVC Team". www.glvcsports.com. Great Lakes Valley Conference. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
- ^ "Northern Kentucky Head Coach Todd Asalon discusses the move to Division I Baseball". www.prepbaseballreport.com. Prep Baseball Report. February 11, 2013. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
- ^ Bryan McEldowney (February 26, 2021). "Todd Asalon announces retirement as Northern Kentucky baseball head coach at season's end". www.nkunorse.com. Northern Kentucky University. Retrieved May 25, 2021.