In his fifth year at the head of the program University of Hawaii baseball program, Mike Trapasso has guided the ‘Bows to the level of success they had enjoyed during their “”glory days”" of the 1980s and ’90s.
In 2006, Trapasso guided the team to a 45-17 record, going to their first NCAA Regional in 13 years, as the team advanced to the regional final before falling to eventual national champion Oregon State. He pushed the team to a second-place finish in the Western Athletic Conference, losing the regular season title by just a half a game (UH had a game at Nevada snowed out, causing them to play one less conference game). He guided a team that went 16-5 on the road, posting the most road wins in program history and the third highest road winning percentage in the country.
He was named National Coach of the Year by the National Baseball Foundation and was a finalist for the College Baseball Insider National Coach of the Year award. He also earned his second WAC Coach of the Year honor in the past three seasons.
Trapasso became just the second full-time Division I head baseball coach at Hawai`i in 2001 after a successful seven-year run as an assistant coach at Georgia Tech. During his seven years at Georgia Tech, Trapasso was responsible for assembling some of the top recruiting classes in the nation. His classes were ranked fourth, 18th, seventh, first, 14th, 11th and 12th by Collegiate Baseball.
Trapasso got his start in coaching at Missouri where he had a three-year stint from 1989-91 that ended with a 41-20 record in 1991, making an appearance in the NCAA South Regional. After Mizzou, the former pitcher spent three years at South Florida, helping them to a conference title in 1993, while his pitching staff posted the 19th-best ERA in the country.
Trapasso was a finalist for the Golden Spikes Award in 1982 and was a member of the 1983 Team USA. He spent two years at Jefferson Junior College before going to Oklahoma State, carrying a 6-2 record with a 2.45 ERA in 1982 and a 6-1 record with a 1.64 ERA in 1983.
