Casey Kulina - Baseball Coach - University of Delaware Athletics

Casey Kulina

Title:
Pitching Coach
Email:
ckulina@udel.edu

Casey Kulina will begin his second year as pitching coach on the Delaware baseball staff during the 2024 season.

Kulina joined the Blue Hens for the 2022-23 season after spending the previous four years as pitching coach at Polk State Junior College in Winter Haven, FL.

In his 4 years at Polk State, Kulina helped 21 pitchers move on to 4-year schools. 14 of which moved on to the Division 1 level. He helped mentor 5 All-Conference pitchers. In 2022, RHP Skylar Gonzalez led NJCAA Region 8 in ERA and RHP Jacob Heath led Region 8 in Saves. In 2021, freshman LHP Thomas Ireland was selected by the Texas Rangers in the 13^th Round of the MLB Draft. In 2021 and 2022, the Polk State pitching staff helped the Eagles earn back-to-back Region 8 postseason berths and were ranked Top 5 in the region in strikeouts.

Kulina, a native of Hummelstown, Pa., enjoyed one of the most decorated seasons for a pitcher in the Polk State history in 2014 when he went 12-1, finishing one win shy of tying the school record for single season victories. He was named the FCSAA State Pitcher of the Year and received NJCAA All-American accolades.

After graduating from Polk State in 2014, Kulina attended Jacksonville University, where he posted a 10-1 record in 20 starts over two seasons and helped the Dolphins win the 2017 Atlantic Sun Conference Regular Season Championship.

While at JU he made the Dean's List and earned a spot on the Atlantic Sun Conference All-Academic Team. He received a bachelor of science degree in social science in 2016.

Kulina signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks organization and pitched for their Low-A affiliate Missoula Osprey in 2017. In 38 innings he posted a 3-1 record with three saves and a 2.37 ERA, issuing only eight walks while striking out 47 batters.