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{{Short description|American baseball coach (born 1967)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Mike Bianco
| image = Mike Bianco official photo.jpg
| current_title = [[Head coach]]
| current_team = [[Ole Miss Rebels baseball|Ole Miss]]
| current_conference = [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
| current_record = {{Winning percentage|949|565|1|record=y}}
| contract = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|05|03}}
| birth_place = [[Wilmington, Delaware]], U.S.
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| alma_mater = 
| player_years1 = 1986–1987
| player_team1 = [[Indian River Community College|Indian River CC]]
| player_years2 = 1988–1989
| player_team2 = [[LSU Tigers baseball|LSU]]
| player_positions = [[Catcher (baseball)|Catcher]]
| coach_years1 = 1991–1992
| coach_team1 = [[Northwestern State University|Northwestern State]] ([[Graduate assistant|GA]])
| coach_years2 = 1993–1997
| coach_team2 = [[LSU Tigers baseball|LSU]] (asst.)
| coach_years3 = 1998–2000
| coach_team3 = [[McNeese State University|McNeese State]]
| coach_years4 = 2001–present
| coach_team4 = [[Ole Miss Rebels baseball|Ole Miss]]
| overall_record = {{Winning percentage|1,049|636|1|record=y}}
| tournament_record = 49–41 (NCAA)
| championships = * [[College World Series]] (2022)
* 2x [[College World Series]] appearance (2014, 2022)
* [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]] regular season (2009)
* 2× [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]] Tournament (2006, 2018)
* 4× [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]] West (2005, 2009, 2014, 2018)
* 8× [[NCAA]] Super Regionals (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2021, 2022)
* [[Southland Conference]] regular season (2000)
| awards = * 2x [[Collegiate Baseball Newspaper|Collegiate Baseball]] National Coach of the Year (2020, 2022)
*[[Seminole High School (Seminole County, Florida)|Seminole High School]] Hall of Fame
* [[Indian River Community College]] Hall of Fame
* All-Alex Box Omaha Era Team
| coaching_records = 
}}
'''Michael F. Bianco''' (born May 3, 1967) is an American [[college baseball]] coach and former [[catcher]], who is the current head baseball coach of the [[Ole Miss Rebels baseball|Ole Miss Rebels]]. He played [[college baseball]] at [[Indian River Community College]] before transferring to [[LSU Tigers baseball|LSU]] where he played for coach [[Skip Bertman]] from 1988 to 1989.

Bianco served as the head coach of the [[McNeese State Cowboys baseball|McNeese State Cowboys]] (1998–2000) before being named head coach at Ole Miss.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.djournal.com/sports/hed-bianco-gets-the-nod/article_ae54c571-221a-575a-b0ee-a04597231889.html |title=Bianco gets the nod |author=Gregg Ellis |date=June 8, 2000 |publisher=Tupelo Daily Journal |work=www.djournal.com |accessdate=April 9, 2020}}</ref> He has led the Rebels to two [[College World Series]] appearances ([[2014 College World Series|2014]] and [[2022 Men's College World Series|2022]]), with Ole Miss winning their first national championship in 2022.

==Playing career==
Bianco attended [[Seminole High School (Pinellas County, Florida)|Seminole High School]] in [[Seminole, Florida]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.clarionledger.com/story/sports/college/ole-miss/2017/04/15/biancos-and-baseball/100500380/ |title=The Biancos: the family that loves baseball |author=Annie Costabile |date=April 16, 2017 |publisher=The Clarion-Ledger |work=www.clarionledger.com |accessdate=April 8, 2020}}</ref> where following the conclusion of a senior year, he was drafted in the 13th round of the [[1985 Major League Baseball draft]] by the [[Boston Red Sox]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-almanac.com/draft/baseball-draft.php?yr=1985 |title=1985 BASEBALL DRAFT |publisher=Baseball Almanac, Inc. |work=www.baseball-almanac.com |accessdate=April 8, 2020}}</ref> Bianco played two seasons at [[Indian River Community College]] in [[Florida]] before transferring to [[LSU Tigers baseball|LSU]] from 1988 to 1989.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://olemiss.rivals.com/news/mike-bianco-to-ole-miss-the-story-behind-the-hire-that-revived-the-rebels |title=Mike Bianco and Ole Miss: The story behind the hire that revived the Rebels |author=Chase Parham |date=February 13, 2017 |publisher=Yahoo! |work=www.rivals.com |accessdate=April 8, 2020}}</ref> He was the Tigers' starting catcher and team captain on the 1989 team that finished third at the [[College World Series]].

==Coaching career==
On June 8, 2000, Bianco was named the head baseball coach of Ole Miss. During his tenure, Ole Miss has hosted nine NCAA baseball regionals and three NCAA baseball Super Regionals. The program has won four SEC Western Division Championships under his guidance (2005, 2009, 2014, 2018), the 2006 SEC Baseball Tournament, the 2018 SEC Baseball Tournament, the 2009 Southeastern Conference Co-championship, and eight NCAA regional championships (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2021, 2022). In 2005, 2006, and 2009, his teams hosted Super Regionals.

Ole Miss reached the [[College World Series]] for the first time under Bianco in [[2014 College World Series|2014]], advancing to the semifinals. Eight years later at the [[2022 Men's College World Series|2022 College World Series]], Bianco and the Rebels won their first national championship with a two-game sweep of Oklahoma.

==Head coaching record==
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|
|name=[[McNeese State Cowboys baseball|McNeese State Cowboys]]
|startyear=1998
|conference=[[Southland Conference]]
|endyear=2000
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1998
 | name         = McNeese State
 | overall      = 30–26
 | conference   = 13–10
 | confstanding = 3rd
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1999
 | name         = McNeese State
 | overall      = 31–25
 | conference   = 12–15
 | confstanding = 8th 
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | season       = 2000
 | name         = McNeese State
 | overall      = 39–20
 | conference   = 20–7
 | confstanding = T–1st 
 | postseason   = [[2000 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|NCAA Regional]] 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = McNeese State
 | overall    = {{Winning percentage|100|71|record=y}}
 | confrecord = {{Winning percentage|45|32|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|
|name=[[Ole Miss Rebels baseball|Ole Miss Rebels]]
|startyear=2001
|conference=[[Southeastern Conference]]
|endyear=
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 2001
 | name         = Ole Miss
 | overall      = 39–23–1
 | conference   = 17–13
 | confstanding = T–2nd <small> (West) </small>
 | postseason   = [[2001 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|NCAA Regional]] 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 2002
 | name         = Ole Miss
 | overall      = 37–19
 | conference   = 14–16
 | confstanding = 6th <small> (West) </small>
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 2003
 | name         = Ole Miss
 | overall      = 35–27
 | conference   = 17–13
 | confstanding = 4th <small> (West) </small>
 | postseason   = [[2003 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|NCAA Regional]] 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 2004
 | name         = Ole Miss
 | overall      = 39–21
 | conference   = 18–12
 | confstanding = T–2nd <small> (West) </small>
 | postseason   = [[2004 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|NCAA Regional]] 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = division
 | season       = 2005
 | name         = Ole Miss
 | overall      = 48–20
 | conference   = 18–12
 | confstanding = T–1st <small> (West) </small>
 | postseason   = [[2005 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|NCAA Super Regional]] 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference tournament
 | season       = 2006
 | name         = Ole Miss
 | overall      = 44–22
 | conference   = 17–13
 | confstanding = 3rd <small> (West) </small>
 | postseason   = [[2006 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|NCAA Super Regional]] 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 2007
 | name         = Ole Miss
 | overall      = 40–25
 | conference   = 16–14
 | confstanding = 3rd <small> (West) </small>
 | postseason   = [[2007 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|NCAA Super Regional]] 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 2008
 | name         = Ole Miss
 | overall      = 39–26
 | conference   = 15–15
 | confstanding = 3rd <small> (West) </small>
 | postseason   = [[2008 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|NCAA Regional]] 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | season       = 2009
 | name         = Ole Miss
 | overall      = 44–20
 | conference   = 20–10
 | confstanding = T–1st <small> (West) </small>
 | postseason   = [[2009 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|NCAA Super Regional]] 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 2010
 | name         = Ole Miss
 | overall      = 39–24
 | conference   = 16–14
 | confstanding = 3rd <small> (West) </small>
 | postseason   = [[2010 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|NCAA Regional]] 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 2011
 | name         = Ole Miss
 | overall      = 30–25
 | conference   = 13–17
 | confstanding = T–5th <small> (West) </small>
 | postseason   =  
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 2012
 | name         = Ole Miss
 | overall      = 37–26
 | conference   = 14–16
 | confstanding = 4th <small> (West) </small>
 | postseason   =  [[2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|NCAA Regional]] 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 2013
 | name         = Ole Miss
 | overall      = 38–24
 | conference   = 15–15
 | confstanding = 4th <small> (West) </small>
 | postseason   = [[2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|NCAA Regional]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = division
 | season       = 2014
 | name         = [[2014 Ole Miss Rebels baseball team|Ole Miss]]
 | overall      = 48–21
 | conference   = 19–11
 | confstanding = 1st <small> (West) </small>
 | postseason   = [[2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|College World Series]] 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = 2015
 | name         = Ole Miss
 | overall      = 30–28
 | conference   = 15–14
 | confstanding = 4th <small> (West) </small>
 | postseason   = [[2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|NCAA Regional]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = 2016
 | name         = Ole Miss
 | overall      = 43–19
 | conference   = 18–12
 | confstanding = 4th <small> (West) </small>
 | postseason   = [[2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|NCAA Regional]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = 2017
 | name         = Ole Miss
 | overall      = 32–25
 | conference   = 14–16
 | confstanding = 6th <small> (West) </small>
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = divboth
 | season       = 2018
 | name         = [[2018 Ole Miss Rebels baseball team|Ole Miss]]
 | overall      = 48–17
 | conference   = 18–12
 | confstanding = T–1st <small> (West) </small>
 | postseason   = [[2018 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|NCAA Regional]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 2019
 | name         = [[2019 Ole Miss Rebels baseball team|Ole Miss]]
 | overall      = 41–27
 | conference   = 16–14
 | confstanding = 5th <small> (West) </small>
 | postseason   = [[2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|NCAA Super Regional]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 2020
 | name         = [[2020 Ole Miss Rebels baseball team|Ole Miss]]
 | overall      = 16–1{{efn|group=schedule|The season was not played past March 11 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States]].}}
 | conference   = 0–0
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   =<small>Season canceled due to [[COVID-19]]</small>
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 2021
 | name         = [[2021 Ole Miss Rebels baseball team|Ole Miss]]
 | overall      = 45–22
 | conference   = 18–12
 | confstanding = 3rd <small> (West) </small>
 | postseason   = [[2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|NCAA Super Regional]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = national
 | season       = 2022
 | name         = [[2022 Ole Miss Rebels baseball team|Ole Miss]]
 | overall      = 42–23
 | conference   = 14–16
 | confstanding = 5th {{small|(West)}}
 | postseason   = '''[[2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|College World Series Champions]]'''
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 2023
 | name         = Ole Miss
 | overall      = 25–29
 | conference   = 6–24
 | confstanding = 7th {{small|(West)}}
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 2024
 | name         = Ole Miss
 | overall      = 27–29
 | conference   = 11–19
 | confstanding = 6th {{small|(West)}}
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 2025
 | name         = Ole Miss
 | overall      = 43–21
 | conference   = 16–14
 | confstanding = 7th
 | postseason   = [[2025 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|NCAA Regional]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Ole Miss
 | overall    = {{Winning percentage|949|565|1|record=y}}
 | confrecord = {{Winning percentage|375|344|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
|overall={{Winning percentage|1,049|636|1|record=y}}
}}
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==See also==
*[[List of current NCAA Division I baseball coaches]]

==References==
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== External links ==
{{baseball stats|brm=bianco000mik}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190714160610/https://olemisssports.com/coaches.aspx?rc=416&path=baseball Official Biography]

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