Craig Rainey is in his 14th season as the head coach of Adrian College baseball.

In 13 seasons at the helm, Rainey has become the program's winningest coach while leading the Bulldogs to back-to-back MIAA championships and appearances in the NCAA Tournament.

In 2006, the Bulldogs won their second-straight MIAA crown, sharing the title with co-champ Hope College. Ranked fifth in the Mideast region at season's end, the '06 squad was 25-15 overall and 21-7 in the conference.

The 2005 squad won the MIAA title and made the school's first NCAA Tournament appearance. The '05 Bulldogs set school records for wins (27) and ended the season ranked fourth in the Mideast region.

Rainey has mentored 19 all-region performers, as well as 33 first-team All-MIAA players. He has also produced two conference MVPs and a one league most valuable pitcher. Two of his former Bulldogs have gone on to play professionally with Keith Bozyk '94 and Greg Sieszputoski '99 both playing for the Chillicothe Paints of the Frontier League.

With experience coaching at both the Connie Mack and Poly League level, Rainey has been a guest speaker at the Michigan High School Baseball Association coaches' clinic and the Illinois High School Baseball Coaches' Association coaches' clinic.

Prior to serving as the Bulldogs' head coach, Rainey was an assistant coach under former coach and athletic director Henry Mensing. In 1993 Rainey helped AC to its first MIAA baseball championship.

A 1988 graduate of Adrian College Rainey started for three years at catcher for the Bulldogs and won the MIAA batting crown as a senior, hitting .467 in league games.

Rainey later earned a master's degree in sports administration from the United States Sports Academy.

A product of Owosso, Rainey and his wife Jeannie have two children, Ivan and Kia, and reside in Adrian.

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