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Joseph Jordano

Before taking the job at Pitt, Jordano was the coach for 10 seasons at Mercyhurst, where he was later inducted into the school’s hall of fame. Among other honors, Jordano was a 2010 Pennsylvania sports hall of fame inductee, the Chuck Tanner collegiate manager of the year in 2010, and the Big East coach of the year in 2004 and 2013.

Jordano, the most successful baseball coach in Pitt history, was hired in November 1997, after 10 seasons at Mercyhurst (1988-97), where he compiled a 283-118 record and was that school's all-time leader in victories.

Overall, Jordano, 55, won 871 games in his career.

He also coached 13 All-Americans, 21 all-region selections, 56 all-conference honorees and 49 players who were drafted by Major League Baseball. Jordano twice was named Big East Coach of the Year (2004 and '13) and also was honored as the Chuck Tanner Collegiate Manager of the Year and the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) East Region Coach of the Year in 2010. He is enshrined in three Halls of Fame: Mercyhurst Hall of Fame, Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame and the Pittsburgh chapter of the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame.

Though the team never made it to the NCAA tournament during his 21 years at Pitt, Jordano sets the record for most wins during any Pitt Baseball coach’s time in the program with an overall record of 588-522-2 over his two-decade tenure.