Mike Glavine, Northeastern Huskies

Mike Glavine, the 2017 Colonial Athletic Association Coach of the Year, begins his fourth season as head coach of the Northeastern Huskies baseball team in 2018.

This school year marks Glavine’s 12th season overall with the program, having previously served as the Huskies’ full-time assistant and recruiting coordinator. He was named Neil McPhee’s successor as head coach in September 2013 and took the reigns of the program upon McPhee’s retirement at the conclusion of the 2014 season, following his 29th year at Northeastern.

A Northeastern Hall of Fame Class of 2006 inductee, Glavine donned the NU red-and-black at first base between 1992 and 1995, hitting .276 and slugging .545 during his career as a student-athlete. Upon graduating from Northeastern in 1996, he enjoyed a 10-year professional baseball career before returning to the Huskies in 2007 as an assistant coach.

Since becoming head coach of the Northeastern Huskies, Glavine has coached four Northeastern players to MLB Draft selections: Michael Foster in 2015 to the Chicago Cubs (16th round), Rob Fonseca in 2015 to the Seattle Mariners (21st round), Aaron Civale in 2016 to the Cleveland Indians (third round), and Dustin Hunt in 2016 to the Houston Astros (10th round). At the 2016 MLB Draft, Glavine became the first head coach in Northeastern history to have two players (Civale and Hunt) taken during the opening 10 rounds, with Civale’s selection at 92nd overall standing as the third highest NU draft pick all-time.

During his second season at the helm in 2016, Glavine led the Northeastern Huskies to their fifth 30-win campaign (31) in program history, improving his first-season win total by six victories. Opening the year on the road against No. 30 Oklahoma, he steered NU to consecutive upset wins versus the ranked Sooners, delivering the program its first two victories against a Big 12 opponent. Returning to the CAA tournament for the fourth-straight season and second in a row under Glavine, the fifth-seeded Huskies outperformed two higher-seeded teams (No. 3 Elon, No. 4 James Madison), finishing as one of the conference’s final four teams left standing.

Under Glavine’s guidance, the Northeastern Huskies observed two student-athletes go on to claim CAA postseason awards in 2016: right-hander Aaron Civale (Pitcher of the Year) and catcher Josh Treff (Defensive Player of t...