Staff Directory
Kingston, Mark
Mark Kingston
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- Head Coach
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After leading Creighton Baseball back to the NCAA Tournament this season as the Associate Head Coach/Coach-in-Waiting during the 2025 season, Mark Kingston officially became Creighton's 11th head coach for the Bluejay program.
"The impact Kingston and his staff made was immediate as we reached the NCAA Tournament in their first season on campus," said McCormick Endowed Athletic Director Marcus Blossom. "Creighton Baseball has a long history of success and that will continue as the program enters a new era under Mark."Â
Kingston brings 15 years of head coaching experience, leading each team he has been a head coach of to the NCAA Tournament. He spent the last seven seasons (2018-24) at South Carolina, also holding the reigns at South Florida (2015-17) and Illinois State (2010-14). During his head coaching tenure Kingston has a combined record of 490-335-1, going 217-155 at South Carolina, 100-78-1 at South Florida and 173-102 with Illinois State.
"My last two trips to the CWS were with private institutions (Miami and Tulane), so I feel like this is a perfect fit for both sides," said Kingston. ""Creighton offers a world class education within a premier city, all while playing in Charles Schwab Field Omaha. For a coach or student athlete, an elite combination like that is very hard to find."
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Throughout his coaching career, Kingston has helped lead 16 teams to NCAA Tournament berths (seven as a head coach and nine more an as assistant or associate head coach). Six of those teams reached the NCAA Super Regionals, with two participating in the College World Series and one winning a national championship.
As an assistant coach, Kingston helped the Miami Hurricanes capture the 2001 College World Series. His 22-year collegiate coaching career also includes stops at Tulane, where he helped guide the Green Wave to the 2005 College World Series, Purdue, Illinois State, South Florida and South Carolina.
A 1995 graduate of North Carolina with a degree in communications, Kingston was part of the 1989 Tar Heels squad that won an Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season title and advanced to the College World Series. He also helped the team win the ACC Tournament and advance to NCAA Regionals in 1990 as a sophomore. Kingston received the Trippe Bourne "Most Dedicated Player" Award for his outstanding work ethic and leadership during his junior campaign and was named a team captain his senior season. Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers out of North Carolina in 1992, the Northern Virginia native played professionally for five seasons with Milwaukee and the Chicago Cubs organizations.
In 2019, Kingston was named as an assistant coach to the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team, which played in tournaments in Taiwan and Japan.
Kingston and his wife, the former Letitia Kelly, have three children, Kailyn Grace, Cameron James and Kathryn Patricia.
"The impact Kingston and his staff made was immediate as we reached the NCAA Tournament in their first season on campus," said McCormick Endowed Athletic Director Marcus Blossom. "Creighton Baseball has a long history of success and that will continue as the program enters a new era under Mark."Â
Kingston brings 15 years of head coaching experience, leading each team he has been a head coach of to the NCAA Tournament. He spent the last seven seasons (2018-24) at South Carolina, also holding the reigns at South Florida (2015-17) and Illinois State (2010-14). During his head coaching tenure Kingston has a combined record of 490-335-1, going 217-155 at South Carolina, 100-78-1 at South Florida and 173-102 with Illinois State.
"My last two trips to the CWS were with private institutions (Miami and Tulane), so I feel like this is a perfect fit for both sides," said Kingston. ""Creighton offers a world class education within a premier city, all while playing in Charles Schwab Field Omaha. For a coach or student athlete, an elite combination like that is very hard to find."
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Throughout his coaching career, Kingston has helped lead 16 teams to NCAA Tournament berths (seven as a head coach and nine more an as assistant or associate head coach). Six of those teams reached the NCAA Super Regionals, with two participating in the College World Series and one winning a national championship.
As an assistant coach, Kingston helped the Miami Hurricanes capture the 2001 College World Series. His 22-year collegiate coaching career also includes stops at Tulane, where he helped guide the Green Wave to the 2005 College World Series, Purdue, Illinois State, South Florida and South Carolina.
A 1995 graduate of North Carolina with a degree in communications, Kingston was part of the 1989 Tar Heels squad that won an Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season title and advanced to the College World Series. He also helped the team win the ACC Tournament and advance to NCAA Regionals in 1990 as a sophomore. Kingston received the Trippe Bourne "Most Dedicated Player" Award for his outstanding work ethic and leadership during his junior campaign and was named a team captain his senior season. Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers out of North Carolina in 1992, the Northern Virginia native played professionally for five seasons with Milwaukee and the Chicago Cubs organizations.
In 2019, Kingston was named as an assistant coach to the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team, which played in tournaments in Taiwan and Japan.
Kingston and his wife, the former Letitia Kelly, have three children, Kailyn Grace, Cameron James and Kathryn Patricia.
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