William Mosiello (born July 14, 1964) is an American baseball coach and former catcher, who is a current assistant baseball coach for the TCU Horned Frogs and former head coach for the Ohio State Buckeyes. He played college baseball at Cerritos College from 1984 to 1985 before transferring to Fresno State where he played in 1986.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant/hitting coach |
| Team | TCU |
| Conference | Big 12 Conference |
| Record | 0–0 (–) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | July 14, 1964 Sacramento, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Fresno State University |
| Playing career | |
| 1983, 1986 | Fresno State |
| 1984–1985 | Cerritos College |
| Position(s) | Catcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1987–1990 | Cerritos College (H) |
| 1991–1992 | Cal State Fullerton (H) |
| 1993–1994 | Tennessee (H) |
| 1995 | Ole Miss (P) |
| 1996–2001 | Oklahoma (H/IF/AHC) |
| 2001 | Arizona State (H) |
| 2002–2003 | Trenton Thunder (H) |
| 2004 | Battle Creek Yankees (H/Interim) |
| 2005–2006 | Charleston RiverDogs |
| 2007 | USC (H) |
| 2008 | Auburn (H) |
| 2009–2010 | Cedar Rapids Kernels |
| 2011 | Arkansas Travelers |
| 2012–2013 | Tennessee (H) |
| 2014–2022 | TCU (H/AHC) |
| 2023–2024 | Ohio State |
| 2025–present | TCU (H/AHC) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 60–51 (.541) |
Playing career
editMosiello went to Cerritos High School in Cerritos, California, where he played catcher. Mosiello redshirted the 1983 season at Fresno State. He then transferred and played at Cerritos College.[1] As a Freshman, Mosiello was named the most inspirational player for the Falcons.[2] He was named second team All-South Coast Conference as a sophomore.[2] Mosiello then returned to Fresno State, where he lettered in 1986.[3]
Coaching career
editMosiello began his coaching career in 1987, returning to Cerritos as their hitting coach. He would join the staff at Cal State Fullerton from 1991 to 1992. 1993, saw him take the hitting coach position with the Tennessee Volunteers. Mosiello skippered the Brewster Whitecaps, a collegiate summer baseball team in the Cape Cod Baseball League, in 1994 and from 1996 to 1999, and was named the league's manager of the year in 1998.[4][5][6]
While an assistant coach at Oklahoma, Mosiello abruptly quit 23 games into the 2001 season after being told to temper his intensity.[7]
In 2004, Mosiello was manager of the Battle Creek Yankees. The Yankees moved him to the Charleston RiverDogs in 2005, where the RiverDogs best first half record allowed him to manage the South Atlantic League's South Division All Stars.[8]
Mosiello joined Chad Kreuter's staff as the hitting coach of the USC Trojans in 2007.[9] After a single season, he left the Trojans to join the Auburn Tigers.[10]
While managing the Arkansas Travelers during the 2011 season, Mosiello abruptly resigned[11] to return to the college game, as well as Tennessee in 2011, as the team's hitting coach.[12]
In the summer of 2013, Mosiello joined Jim Schlossnagle's staff at TCU.[13] His longest coaching stay came at TCU, where he helped lead the Horned Frogs to seven NCAA tournaments and four College World Series from 2014 to 2022.
On June 16, 2022, Mosiello was named the head coach at Ohio State, his first head coaching position at the Division I level in his lengthy coaching career.[14]
Head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio State Buckeyes (Big Ten Conference) (2023–2024) | |||||||||
| 2023 | Ohio State | 31–25 | 9–15 | 11th | |||||
| 2024 | Ohio State | 29–26 | 12–12 | T–7th | Big Ten Tournament | ||||
| Ohio State: | 60–51 (.541) | 21–27 (.438) | |||||||
| Total: | 60–51 (.541) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Personal life
editMosiello and his wife, Janelle, have three sons: Shane, Gehrig and Helton. His son Shane is an ICU registered nurse. [1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Bill Mosiello". Ohio State Buckeyes. 2019-06-23. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
- ^ a b "2022 Cerritos College Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). www.cerritosfalcons.com. Cerritos College. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
- ^ "Fresno State 2022 Fresno State Fact Book" (PDF). www.gobulldogs.com. Fresno State Athletics. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
- ^ "Sports Shorts". The Cape Codder. Orleans, MA. April 22, 1994. p. 23.
- ^ Eldred, Rich (June 25, 1996). "Whitecaps Hope to Catch a Wave". The Cape Codder. Orleans, MA. p. 13.
- ^ Price, Christopher (August 13, 1998). "The Cape League Rundown". Barnstable Patriot. Barnstable, MA. p. 10.
- ^ Helsley, John. "A walkout on the wild side Mosiello says leaving OU was a mistake". The Oklahoman. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
- ^ "RiverDogs Manager Bill Mosiello to lead Southern Division All-Stars". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. June 10, 2005. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
- ^ "Bill Mosiello Named Assistant Coach; Tim Burton Named Volunteer Assistant". www.usctrojans.com. University of Southern California Athletics. July 10, 2006. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
- ^ "AU hires baseball assistant". www.calstate.fullerton.edu. Everything Alabama. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
- ^ "Bill Mosiello Leaving Travs For Volunteers". www.milb.com. Minor League Baseball. June 24, 2011. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
- ^ "Bill Mosiello Joins Tennessee Coaching Staff". www.utsports.com. University of Tennessee Athletics. June 27, 2011. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
- ^ "TCU baseball hires Bill Mosiello as hitting coach". www.tcu360.com. TCU Student Media. July 2, 2013. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
- ^ Lind, Andrew. "Ohio State Hires TCU's Bill Mosiello As New Head Baseball Coach". Sports Illustrated Ohio State Buckeyes News, Analysis and More. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
External links
edit- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)