# Mark Scalf

Mark Scalf (born October 3, 1958) is an American college baseball coach and former player. He served as head coach of the UNC Wilmington Seahawks baseball program from 1992 to the conclusion of the 2019 season.

## Background

Scalf is a native of Cary, North Carolina and attended Cary High School. He is a four-time letter winner at second base for UNC Wilmington, from 1977 through 1980. The Seahawks began play in Division I in Scalf's freshman year.

## Coaching career

After completing his playing career, Scalf earned a graduate assistant coach position at North Carolina in 1981. He became a full-time assistant the following season, helping the Tar Heels to two ACC tournament titles, an ACC regular season championship, and two NCAA tournament appearances in his three seasons in Chapel Hill. In 1984, he returned to UNC Wilmington as an assistant to Bobby Guthrie. In the summer of 1985, he skippered the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League. In 1992, he succeeded Guthrie as head coach, and has since become the Seahawks all-time win leader. Scalf has earned five Colonial Athletic Association Coach of the Year Awards, placed 45 players into the professional ranks, and served as an assistant coach on the 2003 and 2007 USA Baseball teams, both of which earned silver medals.

## Head coaching record

This table shows Scalf's record as a head coach at the Division I level.
Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| UNC Wilmington (Colonial Athletic Association) (1992–2019) ||||||
| 1992 | UNC Wilmington | 23–28 | 7–11 | 6th (7) | CAA Tournament |
| 1993 | UNC Wilmington | 26–29 | 6–8 | 4th (7) | CAA Tournament |
| 1994 | UNC Wilmington | 30–28 | 10–8 | 4th (7) | CAA Tournament |
| 1995 | UNC Wilmington | 30–25 | 11–7 | 2nd (7) | CAA Tournament |
| 1996 | UNC Wilmington | 28–30 | 9–11 | 7th (8) | CAA Tournament |
| 1997 | UNC Wilmington | 28–29 | 7–12 | 8th (8) | CAA Tournament |
| 1998 | UNC Wilmington | 21–34 | 6–14 | 7th (8) | CAA Tournament |
| 1999 | UNC Wilmington | 30–26 | 8–13 | 6th (8) | CAA Tournament |
| 2000 | UNC Wilmington | 36–23 | 13–8 | 3rd (8) | CAA Tournament |
| 2001 | UNC Wilmington | 33–22 | 11–9 | 4th (8) | CAA Tournament |
| 2002 | UNC Wilmington | 36–21 | 14–7 | 2nd American (5) | CAA Tournament |
| 2003 | UNC Wilmington | 40–23 | 15–6 | 1st American (5) | NCAA Regional |
| 2004 | UNC Wilmington | 40–23 | 17–6 | 2nd (9) | NCAA Regional |
| 2005 | UNC Wilmington | 40–19 | 21–3 | 1st (9) | CAA Tournament |
| 2006 | UNC Wilmington | 42–22 | 17–13 | 5th (11) | NCAA Regional |
| 2007 | UNC Wilmington | 29–27 | 18–11 | 4th (11) | CAA Tournament |
| 2008 | UNC Wilmington | 44–17–1 | 25–4–1 | 1st (11) | NCAA Regional |
| 2009 | UNC Wilmington | 31–23 | 10–8 | 3rd (11) | CAA Tournament |
| 2010 | UNC Wilmington | 33–27 | 13–11 | 4th (11) | CAA Tournament |
| 2011 | UNC Wilmington | 31–28 | 18–12 | 3rd (11) | CAA Tournament |
| 2012 | UNC Wilmington | 39–23 | 24–6 | 1st (11) | NCAA Regional |
| 2013 | UNC Wilmington | 38–23 | 18–8 | 1st (10) | NCAA Regional |
| 2014 | UNC Wilmington | 30–27 | 10–8 | 3rd (8) | CAA tournament |
| 2015 | UNC Wilmington | 41-18 | 16-8 | 2nd | NCAA Regional |
| 2016 | UNC Wilmington | 41-19 | 16-6 | 1st | NCAA Regional |
| 2017 | UNC Wilmington | 30-29 | 16-8 | 2nd | CAA tournament |
| 2018 | UNC Wilmington | 39-23 | 14-9 | 4th | NCAA Regional |
| 2019 | UNC Wilmington | 32-31 | 12-12 | T-3rd (9) | NCAA Regional |
| UNC Wilmington: | UNC Wilmington: | 941–686–1 | 382–247–1 | | |
| Total: | Total: | 941–686–1 | | | |
| 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 ||||||
* ↑ All seven of the CAA's teams qualified for the tournament in 1992.
* ↑ All seven of the CAA's teams qualified for the tournament in 1993.
* ↑ All seven of the CAA's teams qualified for the tournament in 1994.
* ↑ All seven of the CAA's teams qualified for the tournament in 1995.
* ↑ All eight of the CAA's teams qualified for the tournament in 1996.
* ↑ All eight of the CAA's teams qualified for the tournament in 1997.
* ↑ All eight of the CAA's teams qualified for the tournament in 1998.
* ↑ All eight of the CAA's teams qualified for the tournament in 1999.
* ↑ All eight of the CAA's teams qualified for the tournament in 2000.
* ↑ All six of the CAA's eligible teams qualified for the tournament in 2001. East Carolina and Richmond were ineligible.
* ↑ The top six finishers of the CAA's ten teams qualified for the tournament in 2002.
* ↑ The top six of the CAA's nine teams qualified for the tournament in 2005.
* ↑ The top six finishers of the CAA's eleven teams qualified for the tournament in 2007.
* ↑ The top six finishers of the CAA's eleven teams qualified for the tournament in 2009.
* ↑ The top four finishers of the CAA's eleven teams qualified for the tournament in 2010.
* ↑ The top four finishers of the CAA's eleven teams qualified for the tournament in 2011.