BREVARD, N.C. – Vinny Carone has been named Interim Head Baseball Coach at Brevard College, announced Director of Athletics Myranda Nash.  Carone steps into the role with the departure of Mike Victory who has been at the helm of the BC Baseball program for the past five seasons.  Carone's duties as Interim Head Coach at Brevard will begin on November 1.

"Coach Carone has rapidly displayed the necessary ability to step into this new role and to guide the Tornado baseball program heading into the 2025 season," said Nash.  "We very much look forward to seeing Vinny lead the team as our Interim Head Coach.  We also thank Coach Victory for his outstanding service to Brevard College and his mentorship to so many student-athletes over these past five seasons."

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Carone becomes Interim Head Baseball Coach after serving as Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator under Victory since August of 2023.  

"It has been a lifelong goal of mine to be a college head baseball coach," stated Carone.  "To have the opportunity to do it at Brevard College, with this group of men, makes the opportunity even more special.  Coach Victory has done more than can be expressed for this program and I look forward to utilizing what he has taught us to take Brevard Baseball to the next level."

Last season, Carone worked with Victory to help guide the Tornados to the program's first appearance in the USA South Conference Championship series.  BC earned its first-ever, NCAA-era postseason home wins, while eclipsing the 20-win mark for the third straight season.   

In the classroom in 2023-24, the Tornados earned the ABCA (American Baseball Coaches Association) Team Academic Excellence Award and had a program-record five student-athletes named CSC (College Sports Communicators) Academic All-District.

Carone arrived at Brevard College from McDowell High School in Erie, Pennsylvania where he led that program to a divisional championship.  He began his coaching career in 2019 at McDowell, one of the largest high schools in the state of Pennsylvania.  After serving as an Assistant Coach, Carone became the school's Head JV Baseball Coach in 2020. 

In 2021, Carone was promoted to Head Baseball Coach at McDowell.  He went on to lead his 2022 squad to a 16-5 overall record and a 2022 divisional championship to go along with a number one ranking in the region's power rankings.  In 2023, Carone led the squad to a 15-7 record winning district once again to go along with a state playoff berth.  Impressively, 42% of the graduates that Carone coached at McDowell High School went on to play college baseball.

In the summer of 2023, Carone served as Assistant Coach and Pitching Coach for the Hastings Sodbusters of the Independence League, a collegiate summer league team comprised of NCAA DI, D2 and JUCO players located in Hastings, Nebraska.  Additionally, Carone was the Co-Founder and Head Baseball Coach for the Millcreek Baseball Club in Erie, Pennsylvania and has worked as a private hitting instructor since 2019.

As a student-athlete at Allegheny College, Carone was a four-year starting infielder for the Gators from 2016-19 where he played under Coach Victory.  As a senior in 2019, he registered a .346 batting average with five doubles in 36 games played.

A native of Erie, Pennsylvania, Carone received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History with a minor in Communication Arts from Allegheny College.  He went on to earn a Master of Science degree in Secondary Education: Pedagogy and Practice from Mercyhurst University.  

Carone also holds a certificate from Sports Management Worldwide where he completed the renowned organization's Baseball Player Development Course in 2021.