Rick Rembielak
Richard A. Rembielak is an American college baseball coach, who most recently served as the head coach of the Akron Zips from the 2012 [NCAA Division I baseball season|2012] through the 2015 season. As of the end of the 2014 [NCAA Division I baseball season|2014 season], his career head coaching record is 574–490–1.
Playing career
Rembielak played college baseball at Miami (OH) from 1979 to 1981. He was drafted in the 1981 [Major League Baseball draft] by the Baltimore Orioles and played five seasons of minor league baseball in the Orioles and Chicago Cubs organizations.Coaching career
He served as the head baseball coach at Kent State of the Mid-American Conference from 1994 to 2004, and he had a 373–251–1 record. This included a 200–100 record against MAC opponents. He won four regular season MAC championships and three MAC tournament titles. He was named the MAC Coach of the Year in 1996, 2000, and 2003.Rembielak was the head coach of Wake Forest [Demon Deacons baseball|Wake Forest] from 2005 to 2009. In 2007, Rembielak's team finished second in the 2007 [Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament|ACC tournament], losing 1–0 to North [Carolina Tar Heels baseball|North Carolina] in the championship game. The team earned an at-large berth to the 2007 NCAA [Division I baseball tournament|NCAA tournament]. At Wake, Rembielak posted a 95–81 record, including a 42–47 record in conference play. Wake Forest replaced Rembielak with Tom Walter.
From 2010–2011, he was a volunteer assistant at Georgia Tech, after being let go by Wake Forest.
Prior to the start of the 2012 season, Rembielak was hired as the head coach at Akron. Following the conclusion of the 2015 season, Akron cancelled the baseball program.
In August 2015, Rembielak was hired to be the head coach at Perry [High School (Stark County, Ohio)|Perry High School] in Massillon, Ohio.