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ThroughtheYearswithCoachRossi
YearatSiena:41st
YEAR W-L PCT. YEAR W-L PCT.
1970 7-8 .467 1990 6-24-1 .210
AlmaMater:SUNYBrockport’65
1971 7-12 .368 1991 12-25 .324
Forthe41stconsecutiveseason,
1972 7-8 .467 1992 8-25 .242
TonyRossiwillcalltheshotsforthe
1973 2-16 .111 1993 11-24 .314
Sienabaseballprogram.Heisthe
1974 12-6 .667 1994 15-22 .405
secondlongesttenuredactiveDivision
1975 12-8 .600 1995 31-17 .646
Iheadcoachinthenationbehindonly
1976 13-9-1 .565 1996 28-20 .583
AugieGarridoofTexas(42years).
1977 12-11 .522 1997 21-34 .382
Rossiisthewinningestcoachin
1978 15-17 .469 1998 17-32 .347
schoolhistoryinanysportandthewinningestactivecoachin
1979 15-14 .517 1999 34-22 .607
theMAAC.
1980 16-12 .571 2000 15-32 .319
1981 17-18 .486 2001 29-29 .500
RossihasdefinedSienabaseballovertheyears,buildingit
1982 12-17 .414 2002 28-29 .491
fromaDivisionIIteamwith10playerstoachampionship
1983 15-10-1 .577 2003 17-35-1 .406
DivisionIprogramwith21scholarshipstudent-athletes.Over
1984 13-17 .433 2004 27-26 .506
thepastfourdecades,hehascoached33playerswhohave
1985 22-13-1 .611 2005 29-23 .557
goneontosignprofessionalcontractsandthreewhohave
1986 21-11 .656 2006 23-31-1 .430
reachedthehighestlevel(GaryHolle’71,TimChristman’01
1987 13-16 .448 2007 12-33 .270
andJohnLannan’07-Pres.).Withtheadditionofbaseball
1988 16-17 .484 2008 30-26 .536
scholarships,Rossihasbeenabletorecruitagainstthetop
1989 19-14 .576 2009 15-35 .300
programsinthecountry.
40Yrs. 674-798-6 .458
Skip(asheisaffectionatelyknown)spendsagooddealofhis
timerecruiting,organizingandfundraising,sotheprogramcan
DIVISIONI–602-726-5 .453
continuetogrowandremainsuccessful.
DIVISIONII–72-78-
SinceentryintotheMAAC,priortothe1990season,Rossi
hasguidedtheSaintstoa248-191(.565)recordintheconfer-
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ence.Overthepast19seasons,hehasbeennamedMAAC YEAR W-L PCT. YEAR W-L PCT.
CoachoftheYearsixtimes:1991,1995,1996,1999,2001 1990 5-6 .455 2000 12-14 .462
andmostrecentlyin2005.RossihasalsocoachedfiveMAAC 1991 11-6 .647 2001^ 19-8 .704
RookiesoftheYearandfourMAACPlayersoftheYear.Over 1992 5-13 .278 2002 17-9 .654
thistime,SienahascapturedfourMAACregular-seasontitles 1993 7-11 .389 2003 15-11 .577
andfourMAACTournamentchampionships. 1994 8-10 .444 2004 13-12 .520
Priorto1999,therewasonlyonestepleftfortheSienabaseball
1995^* 14-4 .778 2005 19-5 .792
programtotake–qualifyingfortheNCAADivisionIBaseball
1996^* 14-4 .778 2006 12-15 .440
Tournament.Thatfeatwasaccomplishedbythe1999Saints,
1997* 10-8 .556 2007 10-13 .430
whofinishedtheyear21-5intheMAAC,andsweptthrough
1998 11-15 .423 2008 15-8 .652
theMAACTournament,out-scoringtheiropponents35-7.
1999^* 21-5 .808 2009 9-15 .375
19Yrs, 248-191 .565
^=Regular-SeasonChamps
*=TournamentChamps
In2006,Rossiearnedhismilestone600thcareerwin.Rossi
hasbeenelectedtotheSienaSportsHallofFame(1985)and
theAlbanyTwilightLeague(1985)HallofFame.Heisa1965
graduateofBrockportStateCollege,whereheexcelledin
baseballforthreeseasons,earningSUNYAll-Stareachyear.
In1964,hehadthehighestbattingaverage(.477)intheEast.
Rossiandhiswife,Val,liveinSchenectadyandhavetwo
HeadcoachTonyRossiwashonoredrecentlyfor40yearsof
servicetoSienaCollege.
children,ScottandKristen.
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