Mike Sansing

Mike Sansing

• Schools Gordon Junior College, State University of West Georgia

• Born ~1961

Biographical Information

Mike Sansing coached college baseball for over 30 years.

Sansing hit .406 as a college senior and was named team MVP for the third time. He was assistant at the State University of West Georgia (1985-1986) and Southern Polytechnic University (1987-1988). He was head coach at Shorter College from 1989-1991, then moved to Kennesaw State University. He took the school to the 1994 NAIA College World Series title, winning himself NAIA Coach of the Year honors. It was Kennesaw State's first national title. He won Peach Belt Conference Coach of the Year in 1995 then guided the school to the 1996 Division II College World Series championship, winning NCAA Division II Coach of the Year. He made it to the 1997 Division II College World Series then won 30 games in a row in 1998 en route to a second-place finish at the 1998 Division II College World Series and Peach Belt Conference Coach of the Year honors; the team was 61-5, setting a national record for wins. Kennesaw State also finished second at the 1999 Division II College World Series. Baseball America named Kennesaw State as the best program in Division II in the 1990s. Sansing also took the school to the 2003 Division II College World Series. He retired after the 2021 season, having won 1,158 games. He has coached future major leaguers Willie Harris, Brian Mallette, Brett Campbell, Jason Childers, Chad Jenkins and Jason Jones.

Source: Kennesaw State bio

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1989	Shorter College	29-22
1990	Shorter College	34-20		NAIA District Tournaments
1991	Shorter College	39-13		NAIA District Tournaments
1992	Kennesaw State College	39-19	19-9	NAIA District Tournaments
1993	Kennesaw State College	36-16	15-13
1994	Kennesaw State College	48-14	20-8	NAIA District Tournaments / NAIA Regional Tournaments / NAIA CWS
1995	Kennesaw State College	43-14	19-4	Peach Belt / Division II Regionals
1996	Kennesaw State College	48-17	17-6	Peach Belt / Division II Regionals / Division II CWS
1997	Kennesaw State University	48-14	19-4	Peach Belt / Division II Regionals / Division II CWS
1998	Kennesaw State University	61-5	27-1	Peach Belt / Division II Regionals / Division II CWS
1999	Kennesaw State University	49-14	21-9	Division II Regionals / Division II CWS
2000	Kennesaw State University	38-20	18-12	Division II Regionals
2001	Kennesaw State University	45-15	21-9	Division II Regionals
2002	Kennesaw State University	46-13	25-5	Division II Regionals
2003	Kennesaw State University	40-18	18-12	Division II Regionals / Division II CWS
2004	Kennesaw State University	32-24	15-15
2005	Kennesaw State University	37-22	19-11	Division II Regionals
2006	Kennesaw State University	24-32	12-18
2007	Kennesaw State University	32-23	13-14
2008	Kennesaw State University	30-26	21-12
2009	Kennesaw State University	30-22	15-8
2010	Kennesaw State University	23-32	12-15
2011	Kennesaw State University	32-25	18-11	A-Sun
2012	Kennesaw State University	34-25	15-11	A-Sun
2013	Kennesaw State University	30-30	13-14	A-Sun
2014	Kennesaw State University	40-24	17-9	A-Sun / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2015	Kennesaw State University	28-28	10-10	A-Sun
2016	Kennesaw State University	29-27	17-4	A-Sun
2017	Kennesaw State University	25-32	10-11	A-Sun
2018	Kennesaw State University	25-30	11-10	A-Sun
2019	Kennesaw State University	27-29	11-13
2020	Kennesaw State University	10-8	0-0
2021	Kennesaw State University	29-22	13-8	A-Sun