# Mik Aoki

Mik Aoki (born October 7, 1968) is a Japanese-American college baseball coach and former player, who is the current head coach at the University of Richmond. Aoki played at Davidson College for coach Jim Stoeckel. Aoki previously coached for the Columbia Lions, Boston College Eagles, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, and Morehead State Eagles.

## Early life

Aoki was born in Yokohama, Japan, and raised in Plymouth, Massachusetts. He attended Milton Academy prior to enrolling at Davidson College. Aoki earned four varsity letters while starting for three seasons for the Wildcats at catcher, second base, and third base. He was a prolific hitter and still ranks among career leaders in several offensive categories. Aoki hit two grand slams in 1988, one of just six Davidson players to hit two in one season. He played one professional season for HCAW in the Netherlands in 1991.

## Coaching career

Aoki began his coaching career as head coach at Manchester Community College in Manchester, Connecticut. After one season, he became an assistant at Ohio, where he stayed for two years and earned a master's degree. He then moved to Dartmouth for four seasons before landing his first Division I head coaching job at Ivy League Columbia. In his five seasons, the Lions were 87–140, including twenty or more wins in each of Aoki's last three seasons. Columbia had not won twenty or more games in a season since 1987.
Aoki left Columbia to become the pitching coach at Boston College for the 2004 season; he was promoted to head coach at the start of the 2007 season. In 2005, BC won a school record 37 games. In 2009, Aoki led the team to its first NCAA tournament since 1967.
Aoki became head coach at Notre Dame in 2011. On June 8, 2019, Notre Dame announced that they would not renew Aoki's contract for the 2020 season.
On July 3, 2019, Aoki was named the head baseball coach at Morehead State University.
On June 22, 2023, Aoki was named the head baseball coach at the University of Richmond.

## Head coaching record

The below table shows Aoki's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.
Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Columbia Lions (Ivy League) (1999–2003) ||||||
| 1999 | Columbia | 13–27 | 7–13 | 2nd (Gehrig) | |
| 2000 | Columbia | 11–34 | 6–14 | 4th (Gehrig) | |
| 2001 | Columbia | 20–27 | 10–10 | 2nd (Gehrig) | |
| 2002 | Columbia | 22–25 | 10–10 | 3rd (Gehrig) | |
| 2003 | Columbia | 21–27 | 9–11 | T-3rd (Gehrig) | |
| Columbia: | Columbia: | 87–140 | 42–58 | | |
| Boston College Eagles (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2007–2010) ||||||
| 2007 | Boston College | 24–27–1 | 12–17 | 5th (Atlantic) | |
| 2008 | Boston College | 26–27 | 9–21 | T-5th (Atlantic) | |
| 2009 | Boston College | 34–26 | 13–15 | 3rd (Atlantic) | NCAA Regional |
| 2010 | Boston College | 30–28 | 14–16 | 4th (Atlantic) | |
| Boston College: | Boston College: | 114–108–1 | 48–69 | | |
| Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Big East Conference) (2011–2013) ||||||
| 2011 | Notre Dame | 23–29–1 | 13–13 | 8th | |
| 2012 | Notre Dame | 31–27 | 14–13 | 7th | |
| 2013 | Notre Dame | 34–24 | 10–14 | 7th | |
| Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2014–2019) ||||||
| 2014 | Notre Dame | 22–31 | 9–21 | 7th (Atlantic) | |
| 2015 | Notre Dame | 37–23 | 17–13 | T-2nd (Atlantic) | NCAA Regional |
| 2016 | Notre Dame | 27–27 | 11–17 | 7th (Atlantic) | |
| 2017 | Notre Dame | 26–32 | 10–20 | 7th (Atlantic) | |
| 2018 | Notre Dame | 24–30 | 12–18 | 6th (Atlantic) | |
| 2019 | Notre Dame | 24–30 | 13–17 | 6th (Atlantic) | |
| Notre Dame: | Notre Dame: | 248–253–1 | 109–146 | | |
| Morehead State Eagles (Ohio Valley Conference) (2020–2023) ||||||
| 2020 | Morehead State | 5–10 | 0–3 | | Season canceled due to COVID-19 |
| 2021 | Morehead State | 24–23 | 13–14 | 3rd | Ohio Valley tournament |
| 2022 | Morehead State | 27–27 | 14–10 | 3rd | Ohio Valley tournament |
| 2023 | Morehead State | 36–20 | 16–7 | 1st | Ohio Valley tournament |
| Morehead State: | Morehead State: | 92–80 | 43–31 | | |
| Richmond Spiders (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2024–present) ||||||
| 2024 | Richmond | 27–32 | 13–11 | T–4th | A-10 Tournament |
| Richmond: | Richmond: | 27–32 | 13–11 | | |
| Total: | Total: | 568–603–2 | | | |
| 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 ||||||