Charlie Migl spent 35 years as the head baseball coach at his alma mater, St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas, retiring after the 2021 season. The winningest coach in St. Mary’s history, Migl’s career record of 1,246-600 (.675) includes 11 seasons with 40 or more wins. He ranks fifth all-time in victories among NCAA Div. II coaches.
Migl’s illustrious career includes 16 conference titles, three NAIA World Series Appearances, two NCAA Division II National Championship Series appearances, seven berths in the NCAA Division II postseason and an NCAA Div. II national championship in 2001.
Inducted into the Heartland Conference Hall of Fame in 2019, Migl earned 14 Conference Coach of the Year awards — seven in the Heartland Conference, five in the Heart of Texas Conference and two in the Big State Conference.
Migl helped develop 127 players who earned All-Conference honors, including 31 players who earned All-America honors. He coached six Heartland Conference Players of the Year, eight Heartland Conference Pitchers of the Year and eight Heartland Conference Freshman of the Year.
Migl’s 2001 team capped off their record-setting 50-win season, their first season as a full NCAA Div. II member, by taking home the program’s first-ever baseball national championship. Migl was honored as the ABCA NCAA Div. II National Coach of the Year and the San Antonio Express-News Co-Sportsman of the Year for 2001.
Following the Rattlers’ Div. II national championship appearance in 2012, Migl was honored as NCAA Div. II National Coach of the Year by the NCBWA.
Migl also served as St. Mary’s Director of Athletics from 2001 through 2013. During his tenure, the Rattlers won four of their six national championships and all four of their NCAA national championships (including the academic title for men's golf) during that span.
A 44-year Lifetime Member of the ABCA, Migl became the head baseball coach at St. Mary’s in 1987, taking over the reins from his college coach and former boss, longtime head coach and ABCA Hall of Famer Elmer Kosub.
Before assuming the head coaching position, Migl served as Kosub’s assistant coach for five years. Prior to that, he had a two-year coaching stint at Harlandale High School in San Antonio following his All-American playing career at St. Mary’s.
A four-year letterman at St. Mary's, Migl helped the Rattlers to a 101-56 record as a player while capturing three conference championships and making a trip to the NAIA College World Series in 1976. He earned All-District IV honors in 1976, 1977 and 1978, as well as All-Big State and NAIA All-America honorable mention accolades in 1977.
