UK baseball coach Nick Mingione previews last regular season series at Cliff Hagan Stadium Jon Hale/Courier Journal
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The University of Kentucky can't invest $49 million for a baseball facility and lose coach Nick Mingione to Mississippi State.
Or anywhere else.
Mingione should lead the Wildcats long enough to eventually be the namesake (alongside Keith Madison, of course) on the new stadium set to open this fall.
That's because, in guiding Kentucky to its first back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Tournament, Mingione has both propelled the program to national relevance and created a local attraction.