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Scott Malinowski enters his sixth season as a coach for the Bobcats, his third as an assistant coach, after joining the Ohio Baseball coaching staff in 2004 as a graduate assistant. As the hitting coach, Malinowski helped the Bobcats hit .308 as a team in 2008, ranking fourth in the Mid-American Conference. Ohio had a .473 slugging percentage last season, which also ranked fourth in the MAC. With Malinowski's guidance, the Bobcats led the conference in hits with 665, an Ohio single-season record, and were second in runs scored and RBIs with 439 and 395, respectively, in 2008. Three 'Cats finished in the top 15 in the conference in hitting, including First-Team All-MAC honoree Matt Stiffler, who led the league with 91 hits, tying Ohio's single-season record, and was second with a .669 slugging percentage. Malinowski's first season as the team's hitting coach was a success as well, as the Bobcats finished the regular season second in the conference with a .298 team batting average. Three Ohio players finished in the top five in the MAC in hitting, led by MAC Freshman of the Year Marc Krauss. Krauss also earned All-MAC First Team honors, the first Ohio freshman ever to do so. Under Malinowski's watch, the team averaged 6.8 runs per game in 2007. A four year starter for the Bobcats from 1995-98, Malinowski helped lead Ohio to a Mid-American Conference championship in 1997 as a junior. He hit .318 that season with two home runs, 34 RBIs and 21 doubles, which ties for second all-time in a single season at Ohio. He also proved a gem in the field, committing only four errors at second base and earning the team's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award. For his career, Malinowski ranks in the top ten in several school records, including sixth in games played (206), eighth in hits (218), tied for second in doubles (53) and tenth in runs scored (136). After his Bobcat career, he signed with the New York Mets and played two years for the Port St. Lucie (Fla.) Mets and the Capital City (S.C.) Bombers. Malinowski then began his coaching career with the Durham Braves of the Coastal Plains League. He also was an instructor for C.F. Swingtown Baseball Academy for two years in his hometown of Joliet, Ill. Malinowski graduated from Ohio in 2000 with a bachelor's degree in sport industry and earned a master's degree in education in 2006. Malinowski is married to the former Jen Meier. They have two children, Rose and Bobby. |
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