American football player and college baseball coach (born 1955)
American football player
Nicholas Albert Giaquinto (born April 4, 1955) is a former American football running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Miami Dolphins and the Washington Redskins , where head coach Joe Gibbs nicknamed him "The Trashman" for his ability to fill many roles on the team.[ 1] During the 1983 season, Giaquinto played as the first H-Back in NFL history.[ 2] He played in the 1982 and 1983 Super Bowls with the Redskins and retired after the 1983 season, ending his four-year NFL career. He played college football at the University of Connecticut and the University of Bridgeport . He holds the single-game rushing record at UConn of 277 yards, set in a 1976 game against Holy Cross . He attended Stratford High School in Stratford, Connecticut where he was an All-State and National High School All American selection in football.
Giaquinto was the head baseball coach at Sacred Heart University in Connecticut , a position he held since prior to the 1989 season.[ 3] He retired after the 2017 season, the last season for Sacred Heart at the Ballpark at Harbor Yard .
Head coaching records
The following is a list of Giaquinto's yearly records as an NCAA Division I head baseball coach. Although Giaquinto has coached Sacred Heart since the start of the 1989 season, Sacred Heart did not join Division I until the start of the 2000 season .
Statistics overview
Season
Team
Overall
Conference
Standing
Postseason
Sacred Heart (New England Collegiate Conference ) (1989–1999)
1989
Sacred Heart
16-17
9-5
1990
Sacred Heart
30-15
11-3
NCAA Regional
1991
Sacred Heart
26-12
11-3
2nd
NCAA Regional
1992
Sacred Heart
27-9
12-2
College World Series
1993
Sacred Heart
25-12
9-5
1994
Sacred Heart
18-14
10-4
1995
Sacred Heart
15-27
8-13
1996
Sacred Heart
19-18
9-9
1997
Sacred Heart
15-25-1
7-10-1
1998
Sacred Heart
6-27
2-12
1999
Sacred Heart
17-31
8-10
Sacred Heart (Northeast Conference ) (2000–2017)
2000
Sacred Heart
12–38
6–16
5th (North)
2001
Sacred Heart
22–23
12–10
4th (North)
2002
Sacred Heart
20–27
14–13
5th
2003
Sacred Heart
13–29
7–17
10th
2004
Sacred Heart
12–36
10–14
7th
2005
Sacred Heart
20–33
16–8
2nd
NEC Tournament
2006
Sacred Heart
26–30
14–9
t-4th
NCAA Regional
2007
Sacred Heart
22–31
12–15
5th
2008
Sacred Heart
12–41
10–18
6th
2009
Sacred Heart
29–27–1
16–10
2nd
NEC Tournament
2010
Sacred Heart
31–27
20–12
2nd
NEC Tournament
2011
Sacred Heart
34–23
23–9
2nd
NCAA Regional
2012
Sacred Heart
25–32
19–13
4th
NCAA Regional
2013
Sacred Heart
34–24
23–9
2nd
NEC tournament
2014
Sacred Heart
29–28
13–11
3rd
NEC tournament
2015
Sacred Heart
23–32–1
13–11
3rd
NCAA Regional
2016
Sacred Heart
30–28
18–13
2nd
NEC tournament
2017
Sacred Heart
23–36
14–13
4th
NEC tournament
Sacred Heart:
631–752–1
356–297
Total:
631–752–1
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
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