Dick Vining

Dick Vining

• School University of Connecticut

Biographical Information

Dick Vining was a college coach for over 50 years.

An infielder in college, Vining started the baseball program at Orange County Community College in 1955 and was head coach of State University of New York at Farmingdale from 1957 to 1965, Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus from 1966 to 1974 and the United States Merchant Marine Academy from 1975-1977. He was then head coach of Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus from 1978 to 2005. He then became an assistant coach at C.W. Post in 2007. Vining took LIU-Brooklyn to the Division II College World Series in 1968. Overall Vining posted a 815-686-17 record in 51 seasons.

Vining was also president of the Metropolitan Collegiate Baseball Conference from 1983-84 and associate professor of health science and physical education at C.W. Post for 17 seasons.

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1955	Orange County Community College
1956	Orange County Community College
1957	SUNY Long Island A&T
1958	SUNY Long Island A&T
1959	SUNY Long Island A&T
1960	SUNY Long Island A&T			NJCAA CWS
1961	SUNY Long Island A&T
1962	SUNY Long Island A&T
1963	SUNY Long Island A&T			NJCAA CWS
1964	SUNY Long Island A&T
1965	SUNY Long Island A&T
1966	LIU Brooklyn	15-8
1967	LIU Brooklyn	19-8	8-3
1968	LIU Brooklyn	26-5		Division II Regionals / Division II CWS
1969	LIU Brooklyn	12-12	5-8
1970	LIU Brooklyn	16-6-1	8-5
1971	LIU Brooklyn	13-11	6-6
1972	LIU Brooklyn	20-9	8-3	CWS District Tournaments
1973	LIU Brooklyn	19-9-1	12-4
1974	LIU Brooklyn	17-13	10-6
1975	U.S. Merchant Marine Academy	6-10
1976	U.S. Merchant Marine Academy	3-13
1977	U.S. Merchant Marine Academy	6-10
1978	C.W. Post	19-14
1979	C.W. Post	16-16
1980	C.W. Post	28-10		Division II Regionals
1981	C.W. Post	31-8
1982	C.W. Post	28-8		Division II Regionals
1983	C.W. Post	23-8-1		Division II Regionals
1984	C.W. Post	17-9-1
1985	C.W. Post	28-11		Division II Regionals
1986	C.W. Post	16-17
1987	C.W. Post	28-13-1
1988	C.W. Post	27-16
1989	C.W. Post	17-18-2
1990	C.W. Post	20-23-1
1991	C.W. Post	22-21-1
1992	C.W. Post	23-12
1993	C.W. Post	23-20
1994	C.W. Post	24-26
1995	C.W. Post	18-29
1996	C.W. Post	15-24-1
1997	C.W. Post	21-24		Mid-Con
1998	C.W. Post	21-21		Mid-Con
1999	C.W. Post	15-28-1
2000	C.W. Post	14-25-1
2001	C.W. Post	12-29
2002	C.W. Post	11-30-1
2003	C.W. Post	21-9
2004	C.W. Post	17-16-1	11-9-1	NYCAC
2005	C.W. Post	18-19	12-11	NYCAC