Mark Kingston

Mark Thomas Kingston

• Bats Both, Throws Right
• Height 6' 4", Weight 210 lb.

• School University of North Carolina
• High School Potomac Senior High School

• Born May 16, 1970

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Biographical Information

Mark Kingston became a head coach in 2010. As a player, he reached AA.

Kingston was taken by the New York Yankees in the 35th round of the 1988 amateur draft after winning a state championship. Going on to college, he was on the UNC team that went to the 1989 College World Series. The Milwaukee Brewers took him in the 41st round of the 1992 amateur draft.

Mark hit .262/.331/.361 for the 1992 Helena Brewers as a part-time first baseman. Moving to the Chicago Cubs system, he split 1993 between the Peoria Chiefs (.254/.346/.379 in 64 G) and Geneva Cubs (2 for 9). He played primarily third base for the 1994 Daytona Cubs and batted only .224/.297/.300. He spent '95 with Daytona (.235/.293/.318 in 49 G) and the Orlando Cubs (.266/.339/.407 in 66 G). He hit .205/.333/.352 in 60 games for Orlando in 1996 to end his Organized Baseball career. In 1997, the 27-year-old hit .286 and slugged .446 for the independent Grays Harbor Gulls.

Kingston was assistant coach at Purdue University in 1997-1998 and at Illinois State University in 1999. In 2000-2001, he was at the University of Miami, winning the 2001 College World Series. He was associate head coach of Tulane University from 2002-2008, where he was recruiting coordinator; his 2005 class was ranked #4 in the nation by Baseball America. Tulane made the 2005 College World Series. In 2009, he was assistant at Illinois State once again, then was promoted to head coach after Jim Brownlee retired. He went 32-24 in 2010, the most wins by a rookie coach at ISU, and led the school to its first win in the NCAA Tournament in 34 years. He won Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year honors.

In 2015, he became head coach of the University of South Florida. He was 100-78-1 in three seasons there then was hired as head coach of the University of South Carolina.

Sources include ISU bio