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- Year:
- 1977-2004
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- Sports Played:
- Baseball Head Coach; Football Assistant Coach
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- Induction Year:
- 2010
Bio
With 400 wins over his 15-year coaching career, Mike Mayne ran off an amazing string of successful seasons that has not been equaled since. With no conference titles for the Pirates since 1962, Mike became the OCC head coach in 1977 and by 1980, guided the team all the way to the state championship and the first of three 33-win seasons. During his tenure, Mike’s Pirates won six South Coast and Orange Empire Conference championships. The 1980 team went 33–7, one of six Mayne teams to win 30 or more games. The Pirates won 20 or more games 12 times and won a school-record 22 consecutive games in 1986.
Mayne sent more than 100 players into professional baseball, including Mike’s son Brent, pitcher Chris Beasley and infielder Donnie Hill (Angels), catcher Damon Berryhill (Braves), outfielder Kevin Romine (Red Sox), outfielder Kevin Reimer (Rangers), and infielder Jeff Gardner (Mets), just to name a few. Mike is just one of 29 coaches in California community college baseball history to reach the 400-win mark.
Following his baseball coaching career, Mike stayed on at OCC and was an assistant coach for the Pirates’ football team until 2004. After a break from coaching, Mike returned to the dugout and became an assistant coach for Mike Batesole at Fresno State University. In his one season at Fresno, he helped guide the Bulldogs all the way to the College World Series, where they surprised the country en route to the 2008 national championship. That Fresno State team became the first to ever advance to Omaha as a No. 4 regional seed and the Bulldogs finished 47–31 overall.
In addition to his coaching success, Mike served as a scout and roving instructor for the Seattle Mariners in 1993–94 and as a catching instructor during spring training for the Oakland Athletics in 1996. A National Community College Coach of the Year in 1980, Mike was inducted into the California Community College Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1993.
