Q:Facts: - sport: baseball - tournament record: ncaa : 9 -- 11 - coach team: georgia asst. -rrb- georgia tech -lrb- asst. -rrb- kent state georgia tech -lrb- vol . asst. -rrb- vanderbilt -lrb- - player years: 1991 1995 1996 1997 -- 1993 1993 1993 -- 1994 1994 1994 - birth date: february 17 , 1972 - caption: stricklin in 2014 - current conference: southeastern conference - current team: georgia - awards: 1 2012 -rrb- 2 abca mideast region coach of the year collegebaseballinsider.com awards -lrb- 2011 , 2012 -rrb- 3 mid-american conference coach co-national of the year awards -lrb- 2006 , 2011 , 2012 coach -rrb- of the year award -lrb- - name: scott stricklin - birth place: athens , ohio , united states - current record: 52 -- 57 -- 1 -lrb- 52 57 -rrb- - player positions: catcher - overall record: 402 -rrb- -- 245 -- 1 -lrb- 402 245 1 - championships: 7 2007 , 2008 , 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , mid-american 2013 -rrb- 5 mid-american conference regular season championships -lrb- 2006 conference , 2008 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 -rrb- 5 east mid-american conference tournament championships -lrb- 2007 , 2009 , 2010 division , 2011 , 2012 -rrb- 5 ncaa regional appearances -lrb- championships 2007 , 2009 , 2010 , 2011 , 2012 -rrb- -lrb- 1 ncaa super regional appearance -lrb- 2012 -rrb- 1 college 2006 world series appearance -lrb- 2012 -rrb- , - alma mater: kent state university - coach years: 1998 2005 -- 2013 2014 -- present -- 1999 2000 -- 2001 2002 -- 2004 - current title: head coach - player team: kent nashville xpress salt lake buzz fort myers miracle greenville braves state st. petersburg devil rays golden flashes elizabethton twins fort wayne wizards - image: scott stricklin -lrb- baseball -rrb- 2014.jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of scott stricklin -lrb- baseball -rrb- .
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scott stricklin -lrb- born february 17 , 1972 -rrb- is an american college baseball coach , the head coach of the georgia bulldogs baseball team since the start of the 2014 season .stricklin was the head coach at kent state from 2005 -- 2013 .before serving as kent state 's head coach , stricklin played for kent state from 1991 -- 1993 and played minor league baseball from 1993 -- 1997 .he began his coaching career as a volunteer assistant under former kent state head coach danny hall at georgia tech from 1998 -- 1999 .in 2000 -- 2001 , he served as an assistant at vanderbilt , and he returned to georgia tech as an assistant from 2002 -- 2004 .