Scott Wingo | |
Current Title: | Assistant coach/Recruiting coordinator |
Current Team: | Manhattan |
Current Conference: | SEC |
Birth Date: | 25 March 1989 |
Birth Place: | Greenville, South Carolina |
Player Years1: | 2008–2011 |
Player Team1: | South Carolina |
Player Years2: | 2011 |
Player Team2: | Arizona League Dodgers |
Player Years3: | 2011 |
Player Team3: | Ogden Raptors |
Player Years4: | 2012–2014 |
Player Team4: | Rancho Cucamonga Quakes |
Player Years5: | 2014 |
Player Team5: | Arizona League Dodgers |
Player Positions: | Second baseman |
Coach Years1: | 2015 |
Coach Team1: | South Carolina (GA) |
Coach Years2: | 2016–2017 |
Coach Team2: | North Greenville (Asst) |
Coach Years3: | 2018–2019 |
Coach Team3: | Jacksonville (IF/H) |
Coach Years4: | 2020–2021 |
Coach Team4: | Notre Dame (IF/H) |
Coach Years5: | 2022–2023 |
Coach Team5: | South Carolina (Asst.) |
Championships: | As player:
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Awards: | As player: |
David Scott Wingo (born March 25, 1989)[1] is an American college baseball coach and former professional baseball second baseman. He is currently the recruiting coordinator for the Manhattan Jaspers. Wingo played college baseball at the University of South Carolina from 2008 to 2011 winning back to back NCAA College World Series titles in 2010 and 2011 under head coach Ray Tanner. He then pursued a professional career from 2011 to 2014.
Wingo attended Mauldin High School in Mauldin. He then attended the University of South Carolina, where he played for the South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team. He was named the College World Series Most Outstanding Player for the 2011 College World Series.[2] [3]
Wingo was drafted by the Dodgers in the 11th round (344th overall) in the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft.[4] He started his professional career with the Arizona League Dodgers but after 7 games was promoted to the Ogden Raptors of the Pioneer League. Combined, in 2011, he was in 38 games and hit .296.
Wingo spent his 2012 season with the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes in the California League. He played in 109 games with the Quakes and hit .246. He returned to the Quakes in 2013, and hit .227 in 101 games. Wingo spent 2013 with Rancho Cucamonga, where in 101 games, he hit .227/.371/.336 with 4 HR, 24 RBI and 50 BB. He played mostly second base, but also saw a considerable amount of time at third base.
He was released by the Dodgers on April 12, 2014.
Wingo returned to the University of South Carolina as a student assistant and completed his degree in the spring of 2015. That summer, he coached in the Coastal Plain League.[5] In 2016, he joined the North Greenville University baseball team as a graduate assistant and finished his master's degree. He served as an assistant coach at Jacksonville University.[6] Scott Wingo returned to Columbia, SC Summer 2018. He is currently an assistant coach at The University of South Carolina.