Tony Rossi

• School Brockport State College

• Born December 11, 1943

Biographical Information

Tony Rossi coached college baseball for 50 years.

Rossi was a SUNY All-Star all three years in college, hitting .477 in 1964. In 1970, he became head coach of Siena College after having coached men's junior lacrosse for three seasons. His starting salary was $200. He won Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference six times and coached future major leaguers Gary Holle, Tim Christman and John Lannan. He won 936 games, setting MAAC and Siena records. When he reached 50 seasons in 2019, he became the NCAA Division I record-holder; only Gordie Gillespie (59 seasons, Division III) and Bob DeFelice (54 seasons, Division II) had longer tenures in NCAA baseball. He also taught math in the Guilderland school district for 34 years. Rossi retired after the 2023 season, his 54 seasons tying DeFelice for the 2nd longest tenure in NCAA history. Source: Siena bio

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1970	Siena College	7-10
1971	Siena College	7-12
1972	Siena College	7-8
1973	Siena College	2-16
1974	Siena College	12-7
1975	Siena College	12-8	5-1
1976	Siena College	13-9-1	4-1-1	Division II Regionals
1977	Siena College	12-11	4-2
1978	Siena College	21-19
1979	Siena College	15-14
1980	Siena College	16-12
1981	Siena College	17-18	5-6
1982	Siena College	12-17	3-8
1983	Siena College	15-10-1
1984	Siena College	13-17	3-7
1985	Siena College	22-13-1	4-7
1986	Siena College	21-11	7-8
1987	Siena College	13-16	11-5
1988	Siena College	16-17	9-6
1989	Siena College	19-14	8-4
1990	Siena College	6-24-1	5-6
1991	Siena College	12-25	11-6
1992	Siena College	8-25	5-13
1993	Siena College	11-24	7-11
1994	Siena College	15-22	8-10
1995	Siena College	31-17	14-4	MAAC
1996	Siena College	28-20	14-4	MAAC
1997	Siena College	21-34	10-8	MAAC
1998	Siena College	17-32	11-15
1999	Siena College	34-22	21-5	MAAC / CWS Regionals
2000	Siena College	15-32	12-13
2001	Siena College	29-29	19-8	MAAC
2002	Siena College	28-29	17-9	MAAC
2003	Siena College	17-35-1	15-11
2004	Siena College	27-26	13-12
2005	Siena College	29-23	19-5	MAAC
2006	Siena College	23-31-1	12-15
2007	Siena College	12-33	10-13
2008	Siena College	30-26	15-8	MAAC
2009	Siena College	15-35	9-15
2010	Siena College	27-27	13-11
2011	Siena College	28-30	14-10	MAAC
2012	Siena College	18-37	8-16
2013	Siena College	27-30	14-9	MAAC
2014	Siena College	27-33	17-7	MAAC / CWS Regionals
2015	Siena College	23-28	13-8	MAAC
2016	Siena College	25-32	16-8	MAAC
2017	Siena College	20-28-2	11-13
2018	Siena College	21-35	14-10	MAAC
2019	Siena College	18-33	12-12
2020	Siena College	0-17	0-0
2021	Siena College	15-24	14-22	MAAC
2022	Siena College	11-37	8-15
2023	Siena College	2-16*	0-0	Rossi is replaced by Joe Sheridan on March 20th