Greg Mamula enters his third season as an assistant coach for Cincinnati in 2012. Mamula is the Bearcat's hitting coach and serves as the third-base coach on game days. In addition, Mamula oversees the defense, base-running and assists with recruiting.
The UC offense flourished in Mamula's first season (2011) as hitting coach. The 2011 college baseball season was the initial season of the NCAA's BBCOR bat standards. As designed, the BBCOR bats greatly reduced the offense in college baseball. However, the opposite was true for the Bearcat's 2011 offense as evidenced by the below statistics. - The Bearcats increased their runs scored per game from 4.9 in 2010 to 5.6 in 2011. Across NCAA Division I baseball, scoring was down 1.35 runs per game per team from 2010. - The Bearcats raised their team batting average .034 from .251 in 2010 to .285 in 2011. Across NCAA Division I baseball, team batting averages were down .026 from 2010. - The 2011 Bearcats had a .404 SLG%, .370 on-base% and stole 69 bases. These numbers are all up from the .371 SLG%, .336 on-base% and 61 stolen bases in 2010.
Prior to his arrival at UC in the fall of 2009, Mamula was the head coach at West Chester University of Pennsylvania for three years. During his tenure at West Chester, he averaged 41 wins per season while compiling an overall coaching record of 124-45 (.734).
Regarded as one of the top young head coaches in NCAA Division II baseball, Mamula was named the PSAC-East Coach of the Year and the Atlantic Region Coach of the Year in 2009, while his team finished the year ranked seventh in the nation after reaching the Division II College World Series. It was only WCU's second ever appearance at the Division II World Series. His 2009 team set the school record for wins in a season with 46, breaking the previous mark of 45 that they had set one year earlier.
Prior to hiring Mamula in the fall of 2006, West Chester had two NCAA Regional championship game appearances in its baseball program's history. Mamula led his team to the NCAA Regional championship game in each of his three seasons. His teams ranked among the best statistically in several offense and pitching categories in all of Division II baseball. Over his three seasons, they hit .334 and had a 3.66 team ERA. Mamula mentored two conference Players of the Year, two conference Pitchers of the Year, and one conference Rookie of the Year, in addition to 29 all-conference players, 13 all-region players, four all-American performers and two MLB draft picks. WCU had not had a draft pick in the 12 previous MLB drafts.
Mamula's coaching resume includes five years as an assistant coach/ recruiting coordinator at the University of Delaware (2002-2006). He was also an assistant for three years at Shippensburg University (1999-2001).
In his five recruiting classes at Delaware, Mamula brought in 20 all-conference performers, which included two all-Americans, and 13 players were selected in the MLB draft. In his final year at Delaware, the Blue Hens offense led all of NCAA Division I baseball in home runs (111), doubles (143), and slugging percentage (.574).
As a player, Mamula was a four-year starter as an infielder at St. Bonaventure University. There he was an Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team Selection his junior and senior seasons and his senior year was named team captain.
Mamula and his wife Melissa live in Cincinnati and have two children, Reid (5) and Allison (2).
