SAN ANTONIO — All series carry weight for St. Mary's Baseball, especially Heartland Conference series. But its series this weekend carries a little more as it holds a potentially historic milestone for head coach
Charlie Migl as he approaches his 1,000th career win.
Few have achieved what Migl is on the verge of — 10, to be exact. Just three wins away from becoming the 11th NCAA Division II baseball coach to reach 1,000 wins, a sweep this weekend against Texas-Permian Basin would give Migl the ticket into the 1,000 club. Currently, Migl is the fourth winningest active coach in Division II baseball after 26-plus seasons with the Rattlers.
Migl's Rattlers this season are holding the No. 1 rank in the Heartland Conference and the South Central Region, and are ranked No. 5 in the nation in the NCBWA poll with their 22-10 overall record and 18-5 league record. With a bulk of the season remaining and an anticipated extended postseason, Migl has the potential to keep climbing the list of all-time winningest coaches this season and beyond.
Tommy Thomas of Valdosta State currently is the Division II all-time wins leader with 1,308 wins in his 40 seasons. Migl, in his 27th year as St. Mary's head coach, is 997-444.
Migl's historic weekend starts with a doubleheader against UTPB at 1 p.m. Saturday at San Antonio ISD Sports Complex. Should the Rattlers walk away with two wins, Win No. 1,000 could potentially take place at 1 p.m. Sunday.
St. Mary's University, as a Catholic Marianist University, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community service, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence. The University has six athletic national titles: men's basketball (1989–NAIA), baseball (2001–NCAA Div. II), softball (1986–NAIA and 2002–NCAA Div. II) and an individual national champion in men's golf (2006–NCAA Div. II) and a national academic championship in men's golf (2009–NCAA Div. II). St. Mary's also had more than 40 percent of its athletes named to conference, regional and/or national honor rolls this past year. St. Mary's student–athletes graduation rate is 65 percent, higher than the NCAA Division II average of 55 percent. To learn more about St. Mary's, visit www.rattlerathletics.com.
