Leo Kalinowski is in his second season with the Madison College Softball team as the head softball coach. Coach Kalinowski put Madison College Baseball on the map in the mid 1990's by winning three consecutive national titles. His teams won back-to-back-to-back NJCAA Division III national titles from 1995-97.Â
Coach Kalinowski earned three NJCAA national baseball coach-of-the-year awards and seven region coach-of-the-year awards while his team tallied an incredible 414-169-3 record in twelve seasons. His coaching record currently ranks as the highest winning percentage of any baseball coach in Madison College history.
In all, his teams claimed twelve conference, eleven state, and seven NJCAA region championship titles. Coach Kalinowski coached twelve all-americans, six major league draftees, and placed numerous athletes in top NCAA baseball colleges across the country. The team's success catapulted the program to a perennial junior college power. Kalinowski retired from coaching Madison College Baseball in 2003 and moved to North Carolina.
Kalinowski came back to the area and joined the Madison College Baseball coaching staff as an assistant coach in the fall of 2009 when current assistant coach C.J. Thieleke had a medical issue. A 2007 Madison College Hall of Fame Inductee, Kalinowski, helped the baseball team to a national tournament appearance during the 2010 season.Â
In his new position, Kalinowski, in addition to his softball coaching duties, will serve as an athletic academic advisor for Madison College student-athletes.
