Farmingdale State College Head Coach Keith Osik notched career win No. 400 yesterday in a victory over Mount St. Mary’s. Osik is in his 18th season at the helm for the Rams, he took over in 2005 and has led them to 8 Skyline Conference Championships and one College World Series appearance in 2009. They also reached the NCAA Regional Finals in 2012 as they were one win away from getting back to the CWS in Appleton, WI.
Osik was a 10-year big leaguer; debuted in 1996 at Shea Stadium and played right up until getting hired by Farmingdale in July 2005. It is a very interesting and unique path from the Major League clubhouse to a Division-III program that had been middling. Upon his arrival, Osik transformed the program into a Division-III powerhouse and they captured the Skyline Conference Championship for the first time in 2008 and proceeded to win it every year until 2014. Their streak finally came to an end in 2015 when they were defeated in the Championship by Old Westbury at St. Joseph’s College. After a brief drought, they made it back to the top in 2019 when they defeated Old Westbury in the finals at home.
As many of you know, I played at Farmingdale for Osik in 2010 and 2011 and was a part of two of those championship teams. Osik won his 100th game during our Florida trip my freshman year and has continued to churn out 20+ win seasons ever since.
I had Osik on a podcast in late 2018 and you can check it out here.
