Michael Federico
Assistant Coach
(Southern Miss, 1998)
If anyone understands the Southern Miss baseball program, assistant coach
Michael Federico does. He was a player for
the Golden Eagles under Hill Denson from
1995-97 and became a graduate assistant
coach under Corky Palmer during the 1998-
99 seasons, helping the Golden Eagles to a
NCAA Regional in 1999.
After his stint at Southern Miss, he
became an assistant coach under Scott Berry
at Meridian Community College in 2000, a
team that played in the JUCO world series,
and while Berry was the head coach at
Meridian Community C and current Golden
Eagle assistant coach Chad Caillet was his
top assistant from 2002-04.
Since leaving Meridian in 2004, he has competed against Southern Miss each season as the
top assistant at Conference USA foe Memphis.
Chad Caillet,
& Michael Federico
At Memphis, Federico
was the Tigers top assistant
coach the previous five
seasons where he was
in charge of the pitching staff, worked with the
catchers and led the Tigers
recruiting efforts.
Under Federico’s
coaching, the Tiger pitching staff improved in his
first two years, and then,
despite an influx of injuries
to its starting pitching rotation, earned a berth in the
2007 NCAA Tournament,
the Tigers first appearance
since 1994.
Prior to joining the
Memphis staff in 2004,
he was the head coach
at Meridian Community
College (2002-04), where
he was a two-time Junior
College Coach of the
Year honoree, In 2003 and 2004, he led his
squad to the JUCO World Series in Grand
Junction, Colo.
Federico led MCC to a 46-14 finish and a
ninth-place finish in the JUCO World Series
in 2004. Several of his players received
accolades following the 2004 season, as
two players were named as All-Americans,
four players received All-Region 23 honors,
and nine Eagles were voted to the All-State
team. Federico was named Region XXIII and
Southeastern District Coach of the Year.
In 2003, he led the Eagles
to a fifth-place finish in the
Alpine Bank JUCO World
Series in Grand Junction,
Colo. The Eagles also won
the MACJC Central Division,
Region XXIII and Southeastern
Regional Championships.
Federico was honored with
Region XXIII and Southeastern
District Coach of the Year
accolades for his accomplishments in 2003.
Before taking over the
head duties, Federico served
as the assistant coach for two
years, working with pitchers
and catchers. As an assistant,
he helped lead the Eagles
to two conference cham-
pionships, one region, and one sectional
championship and a trip to the 2000 JUCO
World Series.
Prior to joining the staff at Meridian,
Federico served as a graduate assistant
coach Southern Miss for two years under
Corky Palmer. In 1999, his last year with
the Golden Eagles, he helped the black and
gold to the NCAA Southeast Regional, in
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
As a player, Federico was a catcher at
Southern Miss from 1995-97, serving as
the team captain his senior year. He started
his collegiate career at Hinds Community
College (1993-95), where he was the starting catcher and helped his teams to back-to-back Division II World Series appearances.
Federico received both his undergraduate
degree in physical education (1998), and
his master’s degree in sports administration
(1999) from Southern Miss.
A native of Slidell, La., Federico attended
Pope John Paul II High School, where he
was the starting catcher for four years.
During this time, he was named All-State,
All-District, All-Metro and team captain.
Federico is married to the former Hannah
Sosa of Bush, La., who is also a Southern
Miss graduate (1999) and former Golden
Eagle Diamond Darling. The couple has two
sons, Hayden and Brycen, and a daughter,
Isabella.
