Miami Dade College

• Location: Miami, FL
• Nickname: Sharks
• Conference: Citrus Conference 2024- ; Southern Conference (JC) -2023

Miami Dade College was known as Miami-Dade Community College until 2003.

The college has various campuses including Hialeah, Homestead, InterAmerican, Kendall, Medical Center, North, South, West, and Wolfson. The North, South, and Wolfson campuses all fielded teams into the 1990s, but budget cuts forced the school to go down to one team in 1998.

Notable Alumni

• Ken Adderley, minor league outfielder
• Jonathan Albaladejo, pitcher
• Yosvany Almario-Cabrera, minor league outfielder
• Armando Alvarez, infielder
• Chris Alvarez, minor league infielder
• Tony Arias, scout
• Joe Arnold, college coach
• Dave Augustine, outfielder
• Abraham Ayala, minor league catcher
• Ray Bare, pitcher
• Don Baylor, outfielder
• Nick Belmonte, minor league outfielder and manager
• Jonathan Bermúdez, pitcher
• Kurt Bevacqua, infielder
• Jabari Blash, outfielder
• Glenn Borgmann, catcher
• Derek Botelho, pitcher
• Timothy Brewer, drafted pitcher
• Tino Burgos, college coach
• Randy Bush, outfielder
• Marty Bystrom, pitcher
• Chino Cadahia, coach
• Mike Cadahia, scout
• Kiko Calero, pitcher
• John Cangelosi, outfielder
• Ozzie Canseco, outfielder
• Victor Caratini, catcher
• Steve Carlton, pitcher
• Alberto Castillo, pitcher
• Xavier Cedeno, pitcher
• Harry Chappas, infielder
• Jharel Cotton, pitcher
• Warren Cromartie, outfielder
• Cirilo Cruz, minor league infielder
• Chris Curran, minor league outfielder
• Randy Curran, Serie A1 outfielder
• Dorian Daughtry, minor league outfielder
• Bucky Dent, infielder
• Dom DeSantis, minor league pitcher
• Rich DeVincenzo, minor league pitcher
• Duane Dewey, minor league catcher
• Vince Diaz, minor league catcher
• Scott Diez, minor league pitcher
• Brian Drahman, pitcher
• Craig Eaton, pitcher
• Louis Eljaua, scout
• Tal Erel, Extraliga catcher
• Santiago Espinal, infielder
• Mark Esser, pitcher
• Bobby Estalella, catcher
• Orlando Estevez, scout
• Bob Fallon, pitcher
• Rikkert Faneyte, outfielder
• Alex Fernández, pitcher
• Andy Fleischacker, Bundesliga coach
• Oneri Fleita, minor league infielder and manager
• Eric Fornataro, pitcher
• Orlando Gonzalez, infielder
• Brian Goodwin, outfielder
• Otis Green, minor league outfielder and pitcher
• Charlie Greene, catcher
• Ozney Guillen, minor league outfielder and manager
• Steve Hamrick, minor league pitcher
• Lenny Harris, infielder
• Chris Howard, pitcher
• Steve Howard, outfielder
• Jeff Huber, minor league pitcher
• Tim Hulett, infielder
• Jon Hunton, minor league pitcher
• Raúl Ibáñez, outfielder
• Kenny Jackson, minor league outfielder
• Carmelo Jaime, minor league infielder and coach
• Randy Johnson, designated hitter
• Mycal Jones, minor league outfielder
• Ross Jones, infielder
• Ricardo Jordan, pitcher
• Greg Keatley, catcher
• Tim Kester, minor league pitcher
• Craig Kornfeld, scout
• Derek Law, pitcher
• Jack Lazorko, pitcher
• Jim Lewis, pitcher
• Willie Lozado, infielder
• Paul Mainieri, college coach
• Jim Maler, infielder
• Jonathan Malo, minor league infielder
• Dave Malpeso, minor league catcher
• Manny Mantrana, minor league infielder and college coach
• Miguel Martinez, minor league pitcher
• Josue Matos, minor league pitcher
• Troy Mattes, pitcher, minor league coach
• Mélissa Mayeux, Division Elite infielder
• Ellerton Maynard, minor league outfielder
• Oddibe McDowell, outfielder
• Joel McKeon, pitcher
• Mark Miggins, minor league pitcher
• Josué Montañez, minor league pitcher
• Ivan Montane, minor league pitcher
• Jonathan Morales, minor league catcher
• Lipso Nava, minor league infielder and manager
• Jaime Navarro, pitcher
• Giuseppe Norrito, minor league pitcher
• Jon Nunnally, outfielder
• Omar Olivares, pitcher
• Javier Ortiz, outfielder
• Todd Ozias, minor league pitcher
• Robert Palencia, Italian Baseball League pitcher
• Orlando Palmeiro, outfielder
• Gil Patterson, pitcher
• Juan Pena, pitcher
• Yogey Perez-Ramos, minor league infielder
• Mike Piazza, catcher; Hall of Fame
• Greg Picart, minor league infielder
• Ernesto Pino, Spanish Baseball League pitcher
• Plácido Polanco, infielder
• Luz Portobanco, minor league pitcher
• Pat Putnam, infielder
• Juan Ranero, college coach
• Orlando Ribalta, pitcher
• Rafael Rivera, minor league pitcher
• Mickey Rivers, infielder
• Eddie Rodriguez, coach
• Gabriel Rodriguez, minor league pitcher
• Dan Rohrmeier, infielder
• Jackie Ross, minor league outfielder
• Richard Salazar, minor league pitcher
• Alex Sánchez, outfielder
• Nelson Santovenia, catcher
• Will Scalzitti, minor league catcher
• Darren Seferina, minor league infielder
• Noel Sevilla, scout
• Rick Smith, college coach
• Mike Stanton, pitcher
• Bob Stinson, catcher
• Bob Sykes, pitcher
• John Tamargo, catcher
• Tony Torchia, coach
• Andrés Torres, outfielder
• Mario Valdez, infielder
• David Vidal, minor league infielder
• Elih Villanueva, pitcher
• Oscar Zamora, pitcher

Coaches

North

• Demie Mainieri, 1961-1990
• Tony Simone, 1991-1997

Wolfson (or Downtown, Center)

• Charles Seager, ?-1979, 1981-1982
• Steve Hertz, 1980, 1986-1997
• Rob Hertler, 1983-1985

South (or Kendall)

• Charlie Greene, 1967-1997

Consolidated team

• Steve Hertz, 1998-2010
• Danny Price, 2011-2019
• Adrian Morales, 2020-2023
• Lazaro Llanes, 2024-present

Assistant Coaches

• Manny Crespo
• Orlando Estevez
• Jim Mansilla
• Manny Mantrana, 1996
• Barry Myers, 1964-1966
• Ron Polk, 1968-1971
• Juan Ranero, 1989
• Johnny Rodriguez
• Tony Simone, 1967-1990
• John Zizzo, North 1981

Newspaper Articles

• Mainieri retires
• Hertz retires
• Perfect Game article; clarifies which coach was at which campus