I will use the term agruably but I don't think there is any argument.
Agruably the two most successful active MIAA coaches in 2018 will not be coaching at the same job in 2019. Tom Myers has resigned at Pitt State "to pursue other personal and professional interests outside of higher education" and Bob Fornelli has been hired as his replacement.
Myers (7 seasons @ CentralMO & 2 @ Pitt) won 4 MIAA regular season & 4 tournament titles. His teams played in 7 NCAA regionals winning 3. His 2018 Pitt team played in the regional, the rest of those numbers came when he was coach of the Mules.
Fornelli (15 seasons @ Emporia) won 5 MIAA regular season & 2 tournament titles. His teams played in 13 NCAA regionals winning 2. Prior to Emporia he had a very successful 7 year run with Ft Hays. His teams at Hays won 4 RMAC titles and played in 5 NCAA regionals winning 1. (The Pitt press release says 6 regionals but Hays only claims to have played in 6 and the last one was after Fornelli left.)
If Fornelli's MIAA championships appear low it's only because of the Mules. In his 15 seasons at Emporia, the only regular season titles not won by the Mules or Hornets were Western in 2013, Southern in 2015 and the CentralOK/Northwest tie in 2018. In those same 15 seasons, Southern in the only team (other than the Mules or Hornets) to have won 2 MIAA tournament titles and one of those was basically a tie with Emporia. In 2015, Emporia came out of the loser's bracket and beat Southern to force the "if" game that was never played due to rain. The tournament title (and automatic regional birth) was awarded to Southern as the last unbeaten team.
Agruably the two most successful active MIAA coaches in 2018 will not be coaching at the same job in 2019. Tom Myers has resigned at Pitt State "to pursue other personal and professional interests outside of higher education" and Bob Fornelli has been hired as his replacement.
Myers (7 seasons @ CentralMO & 2 @ Pitt) won 4 MIAA regular season & 4 tournament titles. His teams played in 7 NCAA regionals winning 3. His 2018 Pitt team played in the regional, the rest of those numbers came when he was coach of the Mules.
Fornelli (15 seasons @ Emporia) won 5 MIAA regular season & 2 tournament titles. His teams played in 13 NCAA regionals winning 2. Prior to Emporia he had a very successful 7 year run with Ft Hays. His teams at Hays won 4 RMAC titles and played in 5 NCAA regionals winning 1. (The Pitt press release says 6 regionals but Hays only claims to have played in 6 and the last one was after Fornelli left.)
If Fornelli's MIAA championships appear low it's only because of the Mules. In his 15 seasons at Emporia, the only regular season titles not won by the Mules or Hornets were Western in 2013, Southern in 2015 and the CentralOK/Northwest tie in 2018. In those same 15 seasons, Southern in the only team (other than the Mules or Hornets) to have won 2 MIAA tournament titles and one of those was basically a tie with Emporia. In 2015, Emporia came out of the loser's bracket and beat Southern to force the "if" game that was never played due to rain. The tournament title (and automatic regional birth) was awarded to Southern as the last unbeaten team.
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