Tony Skole (born September 26, 1968) is an American

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coach and former

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, who is the current head baseball coach of

The Citadel Bulldogs The Citadel Bulldogs are the athletic teams that represent The Citadel. All sports participate in the NCAA Division I except football, which competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). Since 1936, varsity sports have ...

. He played

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and

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at The Citadel from 1988 to 1992. He previously served as head coach of the

East Tennessee State Buccaneers The East Tennessee State Buccaneers are the 16 intercollegiate athletics teams that represent East Tennessee State University (ETSU), located in Johnson City, Tennessee. ETSU's teams include men and women's basketball, cross country, golf, socce ...

(2000–2017).

Playing career

Skole played baseball and football at

, a key part of several memorable teams in both sports. In baseball, he was part of the team that reached the

1990 College World Series The 1990 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1990 NCAA Division I baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, ...

and drove in the go-ahead run against

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in the Bulldogs only win in Omaha. He played for both

Chal Port Chalmers "Chal" Port (August 9, 1931 – August 20, 2011) was a college baseball coach at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina. Most famous for leading Bulldogs to the 1990 College World Series, Port coached for 27 seasons garnerin ...

and Fred Jordan, whom he succeeded as head coach of the Bulldogs in 2017. He was a starting Defensive Back on football teams that beat the University of South Carolina, the

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and the

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; the Bulldogs reached the Division I-AA playoffs twice, for the first time in school history.

Coaching career

On June 8, 2017, he was named the head baseball coach of

Head coaching record

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Playing career

Coaching career

Head coaching record

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