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Experience:
14th Season
Hometown:
Benton, ME
Alma Mater:
U. of Maine '91
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CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail: baseballcoach@thomas.edu
2010 OUTLOOK
The 2010 season marks Greg King's 14th season as the
head coach at Thomas College.
BIOGRAPHY
King, a native of Benton, Maine graduated
from the University of Maine in 1991, with a
bachelor's in secondary education. In 1993, King
earned his master's from the University of Maine
in health, physical education and recreation and
is currently enrolled at the United States
Sports Academy as a doctoral candidate.
Hired in 1996, King faced the
difficult task of resurrecting a baseball
program that had been absent from the College
for 10 years. Under Coach King's guidance, the
Terriers doubled their win total for three
consecutive seasons. After winning only two
games in 1997, the Terriers won four games in
1998, eight games in 1999 and 17 games during
the 2000 season.
Following the 1999 and 2000
seasons, Coach King was named the Maine Athletic
Conference Coach of the Year. After only five
seasons, King lead the Terriers to the NAIA New
England Championship. Since 2001 he has led the
Terriers to four consecutive appearances in the
conference championship, winning three out of
four. The most recent conference championship
came in 2004 when the Terriers won the 2004
North Atlantic Conference baseball championship.
King also won his 100th game during the 2005
baseball season.
In 2006, King was named NAC
Coach of the Year, leading the Terriers to a 7-5
conference record and the fourth seed in the
playoffs.
While at UMaine, King played
for legendary coach Dr. John Winkin, earning
three letters. During his senior year, he was a
member of the 1991 Black Bear team that finished
the season with a 48-18 record and was ranked
17th in the country. Upon graduation, King
pursued his master's and served as an assistant
coach at UMaine for three seasons.
For four summers, King served as
the head coach for the Hyannis Mets of the
prestigious Cape Cod Baseball league, leading
them to a playoff appearance in 2003. King also
served as an assistant coach with the Harwich
Mariners in 1994, the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox in
1995 and the Cotuit Ketleers in 2003. During the
summer of 1997, he was assistant coach for the
Bangor Blue Ox Professional Baseball Club.
King has
been an instructor at a number of sports
clinics, including the Thomas Baseball Camp, the
University of Maine Baseball Camp, the American
Collegiate Baseball Academy and the Dale Plummer
Professional Baseball Experience.
