Ron Maestri

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Ron Maestri
Playing career
1960–1963Bradley
Position(s)2B
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Baseball
1969–1972Bradley (Asst.)
1972–1984New Orleans
2014–2015New Orleans
Football
1968–1971Bradley (Asst.)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1979–2000New Orleans
Head coaching record
Overall543–325–1

Ron Maestri is an American former college baseball coach. He was the head coach of the New Orleans Privateers baseball program. He previously held the same position from 1972–1984 and 2014–2015, also served as the Privateers athletic director from 1979–2000. In the interim, he held a series of positions in college athletics administration and worked in the front office of the minor league New Orleans Zephyrs before coming out of retirement to briefly fill UNO's coaching vacancy as it transitioned back to Division I.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Head coaching record[]

The following table reflects Maestri's record as a head coach.[5]

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
New Orleans (Independent) (1972–1975)
1972 New Orleans 24–17
1973 New Orleans 26–13
1974 New Orleans 34–14
1975 New Orleans 23–20
New Orleans (Independent) (1976–1977)
1976 New Orleans 26–14–1
1977 New Orleans 35–9 NCAA Regional
New Orleans (Sun Belt Conference) (1978–1980)
1978 New Orleans 35–16 Sun Belt Tournament
1979 New Orleans 49–14 NCAA Regional
1980 New Orleans 46–15 NCAA Regional
New Orleans (Independent) (1981–1984)
1981 New Orleans 48–16 NCAA Regional
1982 New Orleans 34–29 NCAA Regional
1983 New Orleans 46–26 College World Series
1984 New Orleans 43–28
First tenure: 518–247-1
New Orleans (Southland Conference) (2014–2015)
2014 New Orleans 11–38 2-28 14th
2015 New Orleans 14–40 3-27 13th
Second tenure: 25–78 5-55
Total: 543–325–1

      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

References[]

  1. ^ "2014 Baseball Coaching Staff". New Orleans Privateers. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
  2. ^ Rachel Whittaker (July 2, 2013). "UNO welcomes Ron Maestri back as baseball coach, hoping to resurrect and rebuild program". Times-Picayune. New Orleans, LA. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
  3. ^ "Ron Maestri". Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
  4. ^ Brian Foley (July 1, 2013). "Ron Maestri set to return to New Orleans". collegebaseballdaily. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
  5. ^ a b "New Orleans turns to former coach Maestri to lead baseball program again". NCAA. July 3, 2013. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
  6. ^ "Zephyrs hire Ron Maestri". Our Sports Central. March 30, 2005. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
  7. ^ Guillory, Will (May 21, 2015). "UNO's Ron Maestri Decides to Retire Again". TheAdvocate.com. Archived from the original on June 5, 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
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