Paul Kostacopoulos

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Paul Kostacopoulos

Biographical Information[edit]

Paul Kostacopoulos was a longtime college coach. He is the son of Peter Kostacopoulos, also a longtime college coach.

Paul Kostacopoulos was assistant coach at his alma mater, Providence, from 1988-1989. He became head coach at Providence at age 25; at the time, he was the youngest head coach in NCAA Division I. He spent seven years there, going 220-137-2. He won the 1992 and 1995 Big East Conference.

Kostacopoulos was head coach at the University of Maine for 9 years, going 284-195 and was named America East Conference Coach of the Year in 1997, his first year. He repeated the feat in 2001. He won the America East Conference in 2005.

Paul became head coach of Navy in 2006. He won 119 games his first four years there, making the best 4-year stretch in Navy history, to extend his career record as a coach to 623-424-5. In 2007, Navy had two players picked in the MLB amateur draft for the first time ever; they would do it again in 2008. Navy won the 2008 Patriot League title.

Source: Navy bio

Year-by-Year Coaching Record[edit]

Year School Overall Record Conference Record Notes
1990 Providence College 27-21 11-10
1991 Providence College 35-16-1 12-8 Big East
1992 Providence College 29-23 12-8 Big East / CWS Regionals
1993 Providence College 21-24 8-12
1994 Providence College 32-21 13-8 Big East
1995 Providence College 44-15 16-5 Big East / CWS Regionals
1996 Providence College 32-17-1 15-10 Big East
1997 University of Maine 24-27 16-8 America East
1998 University of Maine 24-26 12-16
1999 University of Maine 28-28 14-14 America East
2000 University of Maine 25-24 14-12
2001 University of Maine 36-15 20-8 America East
2002 University of Maine 40-17 16-6 America East / CWS Regionals
2003 University of Maine 38-18 17-7 America East
2004 University of Maine 34-21 14-7 America East
2005 University of Maine 35-19 14-7 America East / CWS Regionals
2006 United States Naval Academy 32-21-1 8-12
2007 United States Naval Academy 35-20 12-8 Patriot
2008 United States Naval Academy 32-25-1 11-9 Patriot
2009 United States Naval Academy 20-26-1 8-12
2010 United States Naval Academy 30-21 7-13
2011 United States Naval Academy 33-25-1 12-8 Patriot / CWS Regionals
2012 United States Naval Academy 23-29 9-11 Patriot
2013 United States Naval Academy 28-23 13-7 Patriot
2014 United States Naval Academy 23-28 9-11 Patriot
2015 United States Naval Academy 37-20 13-7 Patriot
2016 United States Naval Academy 43-16-1 15-5 Patriot / CWS Regionals
2017 United States Naval Academy 37-17 16-4 Patriot
2018 United States Naval Academy 38-16 18-7 Patriot
2019 United States Naval Academy 39-17 18-7 Patriot
2020 United States Naval Academy 14-1 0-0
2021 United States Naval Academy 17-15 11-12 Patriot
2022 United States Naval Academy 19-26 10-15
2023 United States Naval Academy 23-27 14-11 Patriot