{{short description|American baseball player and coach}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Colin Kaline | image = Colin Kaline (7063263685) (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = Kaline playing for the West Michigan Whitecaps in 2012 | current_title = | current_team = | current_conference = | current_record = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|4|26}} | birth_place = Detroit, Michigan | death_date = | death_place = | player_years1 = 2008–2011 | player_team1 = Florida Southern | player_years2 = 2011 | player_team2 = Connecticut Tigers | player_years3 = 2012 | player_team3 = West Michigan Whitecaps | player_positions = Second baseman, Third baseman | coach_years1 = 2013 | coach_team1 = Gulf Coast League Tigers (asst.) | coach_years2 = 2014–2016 | coach_team2 = Florida Southern (asst.) | coach_years3 = 2017–2019 | coach_team3 = Oakland (Co-HC) | coach_years4 = 2020 | coach_team4 = Oakland | overall_record = 45–119 | tournament_record = Horizon: 2–4<br />NCAA: 0–0 | championships = | awards = | coaching_records = }}
'''Colin Michael Kaline''' (born April 26, 1989) is an American baseball coach and former second baseman and third baseman. He played college baseball at Florida Southern for coaches Pete Meyer and Jim Tyrrell from 2008 to 2011 before playing in Minor League Baseball (MiLB) for 2 seasons from 2011 to 2012. He then served as the head coach of Oakland Golden Grizzlies (2017–2020).
==Playing career== Kaline attended Birmingham Groves High School in Beverly Hills, Michigan. Kaline played for the school's varsity baseball team all four years. The Detroit Tigers selected Kaline in the 25th round of the 2007 Major League Baseball draft.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/08/AR2007060800495_pf.html?noredirect=on |title=Tigers Draft Al Kaline's Grandson |author=Dennis Waszak Jr. |date=June 8, 2007 |publisher=The Associated Press |work=www.washingtonpost.com |accessdate=June 19, 2018}}</ref> He did not sign, and enrolled at the Florida Southern College, to play college baseball for the Florida Southern Moccasins baseball team.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2007/06/09/tigers-draft-another-kaline/ |title=Tigers draft another Kaline |date=June 9, 2007 |publisher=The Associated Press |work=www.eastbaytimes.com |accessdate=June 19, 2018}}</ref>
As a freshman at Florida Southern in 2008, Kaline had a .250 batting average, hit 3 doubles and a .313 SLG.
As a sophomore in 2009, Kaline batted .227 with a .349 SLG, 1 home run, and 24 RBIs.
In the 2010 season as a junior, Kaline scored 45 runs and hit 5 doubles.
Kaline as a senior in 2011, he record 41 hits, 1 home run and had 17 RBIs.
Kaline was then drafted in the 26th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft by the Detroit Tigers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://patch.com/michigan/birmingham/groves-alum-colin-kaline-drafted-by-detroit-tigers |title=Detroit Tigers Draft Groves Alum Colin Kaline, Grandson of Hall-of-Famer |author=Mike Niziolek |date=June 8, 2011 |publisher=Patch Media |work=www.patch.com |accessdate=June 19, 2018}}</ref> Kaline would play two seasons for the Connecticut Tigers<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story/_/id/6846924/al-kaline-throws-ceremonial-first-pitch-grandson-colin |title=Al Kaline, grandson share a first pitch |author=Thomas Neumann |date=August 9, 2011 |publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures |work=www.espn.com |accessdate=June 19, 2018}}</ref> and the West Michigan Whitecaps<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.foxsports.com/west/story/colin-kaline-making-a-name-in-west-michigan-052212 |title=Colin Kaline making a name in West Michigan |date=May 22, 2012 |publisher=2018 Fox Sports Interactive Media, LLC |work=www.foxsports.com |accessdate=June 19, 2018}}</ref> before retiring from playing.
==Coaching career== Kaline returned to his alma mater in 2014 where he coached for three seasons as an assistant.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2016/02/29/colin-kaline-carving-out-his-own-path-baseball/81108016/ |title=Colin Kaline carving out his own path in baseball |author=Chris McCosky |date=February 29, 2016 |publisher=The Detroit News |work=www.detroitnews.com |accessdate=June 19, 2018}}</ref> With John Musachio being fired, Kaline and Jacke Healey were named co-head coaches of the Oakland Golden Grizzlies baseball program on July 12, 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goldengrizzlies.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/071216aaa.html |title=Colin Kaline and Jacke Healey named Oakland Baseball Co-Head Coaches |date=July 12, 2016 |publisher=CBS Interactive |work=www.goldengrizzlies.com |accessdate=June 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619214007/http://www.goldengrizzlies.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/071216aaa.html |archive-date=June 19, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Kaline was asked to continue solo in June 2019 until he resigned for health reasons in March 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/college/2019/06/19/oakland-baseball-ditches-co-head-coach-setup-colin-kaline-gets-job/1503562001/ |title=Oakland baseball ditches co-head coach setup; Colin Kaline gets full-time gig |author=Tony Paul |date=June 19, 2019 |publisher=The Detroit News |work=www.detroitnews.com |accessdate=July 22, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/college/2020/03/10/colin-kaline-als-grandson-steps-down-oakland-baseball-coach-health-reasons/5012439002/ |title=Colin Kaline, Al's grandson, steps down as Oakland baseball coach for 'health reasons' |author=Tony Paul |date=March 10, 2020 |publisher=The Detroit News |work=www.detroitnews.com |accessdate=April 6, 2019}}</ref>
==Head coaching record== {{CBB yearly record start | type = coach | conference = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Oakland Golden Grizzlies | conference= Horizon League | startyear = 2017 | endyear = 2020 }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2017 | name = Oakland | overall = 17–40 | conference = 11–19 | confstanding = 5th | postseason = Horizon League Tournament }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2018 | name = Oakland | overall = 15–32 | conference = 12–14 | confstanding = 4th | postseason = Horizon League Tournament }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2019 | name = Oakland | overall = 11–37 | conference = 9–18 | confstanding = 5th | postseason = Horizon League Tournament }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2020 | name = Oakland | overall = 2–10 | conference = 0–0 | confstanding = | postseason = Season canceled due to COVID-19 }} {{CBB yearly record subtotal | name = Oakland | overall = 45–119 | confrecord = 32–51 }} {{CBB yearly record end | overall = 45–119 }}
==Personal life== Kaline is the grandson of baseball Hall of Famer Al Kaline, who played for the Detroit Tigers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/espn/wire/_/section/mlb/id/3266208 |title=Al Kaline watches grandson play as Tigers beat Florida Southern |date=February 26, 2010 |publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures |work=www.espn.com |accessdate=June 19, 2018}}</ref> Kaline's father, Michael, played college baseball at Miami University.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story/_/id/6846924/al-kaline-throws-ceremonial-first-pitch-grandson-colin|title = Neumann: Al Kaline, grandson share first pitch}}</ref>
Kaline married Stephanie Eller on October 26, 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fscmocs.com/sports/bsb/coaches/kaline_colin?view=bio |title=Florida Southern College |website=fscmocs.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910070424/http://fscmocs.com/sports/bsb/coaches/kaline_colin?view=bio |archive-date=2015-09-10}} </ref> Their first child, a daughter named Kennedy, was born in the fall of 2018.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Paul |first1=Tony |title=Oakland baseball ditches co-head coach setup; Colin Kaline gets full-time gig |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/college/2019/06/19/oakland-baseball-ditches-co-head-coach-setup-colin-kaline-gets-job/1503562001/ |website=The Detroit News |accessdate=22 July 2019 |date=June 19, 2019 |quote="... next up for Kaline — between tending to a newborn daughter, Kennedy, 9 months — is hiring a coaching staff."}}</ref>
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==External links== {{baseballstats |mlb= |espn= |br= |fangraphs= |brm=kaline001col }} *[http://fscmocs.com/sports/bsb/coaches/kaline_colin?view=bio Florida Southern Moccasins bio] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20180620001514/http://www.goldengrizzlies.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/colin_kaline_1019697.html Oakland Golden Grizzlies bio]
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