The Maine Black Bears baseball program is a college baseball team that represents the University of Maine in the America East Conference. The Huskies compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. The current head coach is Nick Derba, who has led the team since 2017.

The team has had twenty five head coaches since its first season of baseball in 1881. There was no team in 1892 and again in 1944 due to World War II. Since its creation in 1947, the Black Bears have made six appearances in the College World Series, one under Jack Butterfield and five under John Winkin.

W. W. Bustard has the highest winning percentage with .692. Of coaches with at least five seasons, Winkin holds the mark with a winning percentage of .599 over his twenty-two seasons. E. G. Butman recorded the lowest at .200 in 1906. Winkin coached the most seasons, while five coaches led only one season. The Black Bears won one New England Conference title under William C. Kenyon and six Yankee Conference championships, one under Mike Lude, three under Butterfield, and two under Winkin. Winkin also led Maine to seven ECAC titles in eight seasons and their first three America East Conference championships. Paul Kostacopoulos and Steve Trimper added one more America East title each and Derba delivered two more. Winkin won seven ECAC Tournaments and the first America East Tournament title, Kostacopoulos and Trimper won two more, while Derba won another.

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+General # Number of coaches GC Games coached † Elected to the National College Baseball Hall of Fame

+ Overall OW Wins OL Losses OT Ties O% Winning percentage

+ Conference CW Wins CL Losses CT Ties C% Winning percentage

+ Postseason PA Total Appearances PW Total Wins PL Total Losses WA College World Series appearances WW College World Series wins WL College World Series losses

+Championships DC Division regular season CC Conference regular season CT Conference tournament

Coaches + List of head baseball coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards+ *Statistics correct as of the end of the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball season # Name Term Awards 1 No Coach 83 45 37 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 — 2 24 13 11 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 — 3 9 5 4 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 — 4 26 18 8 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 — 5 37 24 13 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 — 6 60 33 27 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 — 7 15 3 12 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 — 8 25 7 18 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 — 9 12 7 5 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 — 10 12 8 4 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 — 11 11 3 8 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 — 12 26 12 13 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 — 13 27 12 15 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 — 14 69 33 33 3 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 — 15 29 14 15 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 — 16 25 10 14 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 — 17 127 67 60 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 — 18 180 67 111 2 18 39 0 — — — — — — — 1 — 0 — 19 41 22 19 0 6 5 0 — — — — — — — 1 — 0 — 20 40 22 17 1 5 4 0 — — — — — — — — — 0 — 21 41 19 21 1 5 15 0 — — — — — — — — — 0 — 22 411 240 169 2 99 76 1 1 2 0 1 3 2 — 3 — 0 1964 National Coach of the Year 23 1,085 652 430 3 214 83 1 11 26 12 6 4 12 — 12 8 0 — 24 469 274 195 0 137 85 0 2 1 4 — — — — 1 2 0 — 25 603 309 292 2 140 115 0 1 1 2 — — — — 1 1 0 — 26 472 198 274 0 122 103 0 1 0 2 — — — 1 1 1 0 —

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