Bob Fornelli

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Bob Fornelli

Biographical Information[edit]

Bob Fornelli is a college coach.

Fornelli was pitching coach for Butler County Community College from 1992-1996. He then coached Fort Hays State University for seven years, going 306-113 and set a school record for a career wins. He took Fort Hays to the championship game of the 2000 Division II College World Series, where they fell to Southeastern Oklahoma State University. He helped develop Nate Field during his time at Fort Hays.

He became head coach of Emporia State University in 2004. He took the team to its first Division II College World Series in 2006 and repeated the feat in 2009, where they made the championship game only to lose to Lynn University. Fornelli was 522-202 in his first 10 years as a coach. Fornelli stayed at Emporia State through 2018, finishing with a 599-266 record in 15 seasons.

Fornelli became head coach at Pittsburg State University in 2019.

Source: Emporia State bio

Year-by-Year Coaching Record[edit]

Year School Overall Record Conference Record Notes
1997 Fort Hays State University 48-15 20-8 RMAC / Division II Regionals
1998 Fort Hays State University 44-14 22-6 RMAC / Division II Regionals
1999 Fort Hays State University 35-22 16-12 RMAC / Division II Regionals
2000 Fort Hays State University 54-12 22-4 RMAC]] / Division II Regionals / Division II CWS
2001 Fort Hays State University 37-19 19-9 RMAC
2002 Fort Hays State University 43-16 17-10 RMAC
2003 Fort Hays State University 45-15 18-9 RMAC / Division II Regionals
2004 Emporia State University 36-22 18-11 MIAA / Division II Regionals
2005 Emporia State University 41-20 19-11 MIAA / Division II Regionals
2006 Emporia State University 48-13 25-4 MIAA / Division II Regionals / Division II CWS
2007 Emporia State University 41-24 24-12 MIAA / Division II Regionals
2008 Emporia State University 50-10 32-4 MIAA / Division II Regionals
2009 Emporia State University 49-14 29-7 MIAA / Division II Regionals / Division II CWS
2010 Emporia State University 42-16 31-9 MIAA / Division II Regionals
2011 Emporia State University 43-12 37-7 MIAA / Division II Regionals
2012 Emporia State University 26-22 20-18 MIAA
2013 Emporia State University 27-22 24-17 MIAA
2014 Emporia State University 42-19 26-14 MIAA / Division II Regionals
2015 Emporia State University 39-16 23-12 MIAA / Division II Regionals
2016 Emporia State University 39-19 27-12 MIAA / Division II Regionals
2017 Emporia State University 42-13 29-6 MIAA / Division II Regionals
2018 Emporia State University 34-24 20-16 MIAA / Division II Regionals
2019 Pittsburg State University 31-21 20-13 MIAA
2020 Pittsburg State University 14-8 4-2
2021 Pittsburg State University 30-17 21-12 MIAA
2022 Pittsburg State University 31-21 22-11 MIAA
2023 Pittsburg State University 33-20 21-12 MIAA