Nick Derba

Nick Derba
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamMaine
ConferenceAmerica East
Record154–211
Biographical details
Born (1985-09-09) September 9, 1985 (age 39)
College Point, New York, U.S.
Playing career
2004–2007Manhattan
2007Batavia Muckdogs
2007Swing of the Quad Cities
2008–2010Palm Beach Cardinals
2009–2012Springfield Cardinals
2010–2012Memphis Redbirds
Position(s)Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2010–2011NJIT (Asst.)
2013Manhattan (Asst.)
2014–2016Maine (Asst.)
2017–presentMaine
Head coaching record
Overall154–211
TournamentsNCAA: 0–2
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • 2× America East regular season (2022, 2023)
  • America East tournament (2023)
Awards
  • 2× America East Coach of the Year (2022, 2023)

Nicholas Joseph Derba (born November 9, 1985) is an American baseball coach and former catcher, who is the current head baseball coach of the Maine Black Bears.[1] He played college baseball at Manhattan from 2004 to 2007, before playing professionally from 2007 to 2012.

Playing career

Derba played college baseball at Manhattan College. While at Manhattan, he played three years (2004-2006) of collegiate summer baseball for the Chatham A's of the Cape Cod Baseball League,[2][3][4][5] and returned to the A's as hitting and catchers coach in 2013.[6] He was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 30th round of the 2007 MLB Draft.

Head coaching record

This table depicts Derba's record as a head coach.

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Maine Black Bears (America East Conference) (2017–present)
2017 Maine 25–29 8–12 6th (7) America East Tournament
2018 Maine 20–34 12–12 5th (7) America East Tournament
2019 Maine 15–34 11–12 5th (7) America East Tournament
2020 Maine 1–12 0–0 Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Maine 22–22 16–17 2nd (Division A) America East Tournament
2022 Maine 27–22 21–9 1st (Division A) America East Tournament
2023 Maine 32–21 19–5 1st NCAA regional
2024 Maine 12–37 8–15 7th
Maine: 154–211 95–82
Total: 154–211

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. ^ "UMaine names interim baseball coach". www.pressherald.com. Portland Press Herald. December 17, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  2. ^ Adler, Eric (August 3, 2006). "Bronx Bulls: RBI Machine Matt Rizzotti and Defensive Dynamo Nick Derba are a Pair of Tough-As-Nails New Yorkers, Who Just Happen to Have a Sentimental Side". The Cape Cod Chronicle. Chatham, MA. pp. 65, 67.
  3. ^ "2004 Chatham As". thebaseballcube.com. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  4. ^ "2005 Chatham As". thebaseballcube.com. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  5. ^ "2006 Chatham As". thebaseballcube.com. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  6. ^ Chris Jones (June 20, 2013). "Nick Derba, Former Chatham Player, Returns as Coach". chathamanglers.com. Retrieved September 25, 2019.