Paul Panik

Paul Panik
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Iona
Conference	MAAC
Record	17–50
Biographical details
Born	June 7, 1988; Yonkers, New York
Playing career
2007–2010	Canisius
Position(s)	Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2012	Western Connecticut State (asst.)
2013	Butler (asst.)
2014	Niagara (asst.)
2015–2016	Canisius (asst.)
2017	Iona (asst.)
2018	Albany (asst.)
2019–present	Iona
Head coaching record
Overall	17–50
Tournaments	MAAC: 0–0; NCAA: 0–0

Paul Panik Jr. (born June 7, 1988) is an American college baseball coach and former catcher. He is the head baseball coach at Iona College. Panik played college baseball at Canisius College for coach Mike McRae from 2007 to 2010.

Playing career

Panik attended John Jay High School in Crosswell, New York. Panik played for the school's varsity baseball team for three years. Panik then enrolled at Canisius College, to play college baseball for the Canisius Golden Griffins baseball team.

As a freshman at Canisius College in 2007, Panik had a .214 batting average, a .391 on-base percentage (OBP) and a .271 SLG.[1]

As a sophomore in 2008, Panik batted .294 with a .510 SLG, 3 home run, and 11 RBIs.[2]

In the 2009 season as a junior, Panik hit 3 doubles and had 11 RBIs.[3]

Panik had his best season as a senior in 2001, hitting a career high in doubles (7), home runs (5), RBIs (33) and slugged (.481).[4]

In 2013, Panik spent the season on the Butler Bulldogs baseball staff. In 2014, Panik joined the Niagara Purple Eagles baseball staff. In late 2014, Panik was named an assistant coach at his alma mater, Canisius College.[5] After two years at Canisius, Panik joined the Iona Gaels baseball staff.[6] Panik accepted a job as the assistant coach of the Albany Great Danes baseball program.[7]

On June 25, 2018, Panik was named the head coach of the Iona program.[8]

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Iona Gaels (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) (2019–present)
2019	Iona	14–38	8–16	T-9th
2020	Iona	3–12	0–0		Season canceled due to COVID-19
Iona:		17–50	8–16
Total:		17–50
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

Panik is the elder brother of Joe Panik of the San Francisco Giants.[5]

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"2007 Canisius Baseball" (PDF). www.gogriffs.com. Canisius College. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
"2008 Canisius Baseball" (PDF). www.gogriffs.com. Canisius College. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
"2009 Canisius Baseball" (PDF). www.gogriffs.com. Canisius College. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
"2010 Canisius Baseball" (PDF). www.gogriffs.com. Canisius College. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
Mike Harrington (October 23, 2014). "Brotherly love pushes Giants' Panik". www.buffalonews.com. The Buffalo News. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
Stephen Haynes (May 8, 2017). "Joe Panik faces Mets healthy, happy, grounded". www.poughkeepsiejournal.com. Poughkeepsie Journal. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
"2018 Albany Baseball" (PDF). www.image.cdnllnwn1.xosnetwork.com. University of Albany. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
Charlie Cornacchio (June 26, 2018). "Jay's Panik New Baseball Coach at Iona College". www.hudsonvalleynewsnetwork.com. Hudson Valley News Network. Retrieved June 26, 2018.

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