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Mike Balado, who was once an assistant to college basketball Hall of Famer Rick Pitino and has had coaching stints at five South Florida schools, has been selected as athletic director at Miami Dade College.<\/span><\/p>\n

Balado has never previously served as an AD.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But he believes his 23 years as a basketball coach<\/span>\u2014that includes <\/span>recruiting, scheduling, budgeting, coordinating practices and mentoring athletes<\/span>\u2014<\/span>have prepared him for his latest challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not looking for this to be a stepping stone,\u201d Balado said. \u201cI\u2019m not looking for this to be a place to reinvent myself\u2026I\u2019m doing this because this is what I love to do and I love to be around coaches and student athletes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The 47-year-old heard about the opening at MDC from long-time friend Jorge Fernandez, who serves as the Sharks\u2019 head men\u2019s basketball coach.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Fernandez was Balado\u2019s Amateur Athletic Union travel coach in high school and later became his colleague at the University of Miami.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a great motivator, great communicator, [and has a] great work ethic,\u201d Fernandez said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At the top of Balado\u2019s agenda at MDC will be hiring three head coaches\u2014baseball and men\u2019s and women\u2019s soccer.<\/span><\/p>\n

In June, the school announced it would <\/span>add a soccer program<\/span><\/a><\/span> starting in the fall of 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n

This week, Adrian Morales <\/span>stepped down<\/span><\/a><\/span> as the Sharks head baseball coach, taking the reins of the program at Nova Southeastern University. He won 126 games in four years at MDC and was named the <\/span>Southern Conference Coach of the Year <\/span><\/a><\/span>the past two seasons.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Miami Dade College currently has men\u2019s and women\u2019s basketball, baseball, softball and a women\u2019s volleyball team.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Throwback: Mike Balado served as an assistant men\u2019s basketball coach at Miami Dade College from 2003-2005. He is pictured here in a file photo from 2003. ARCHIVE PHOTO COURTESY OF KENDALL CAMPUS MEDIA SERVICES<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWhen people bring up the best of the best in every sport that we offer, I want the first words to come out of their mouth [to be], \u2018What is MDC doing that we can become as successful as they are,\u2019\u201d Balado said. \u201cThat\u2019s my goal\u2014to be the best athletic program in the country.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Balado spent the past six seasons as the Head Men\u2019s Basketball Coach at <\/span>Arkansas State University<\/span><\/a><\/span>, compiling an 82-100 mark.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

During his tenure at ASU, Balado recruited and developed 6-foot-7 inch forward <\/span>Norchad Omier<\/span> <\/span><\/a>who was the 2022 Sun Belt Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year while averaging 17.9 points and 12.2 rebounds a game. Omier transferred to the University of Miami the following season and led the Hurricanes to a Final Four run in 2023, averaging 13.1 points and 10 rebounds per game.<\/span><\/p>\n

Balado\u2019s best year was the 2021-22 season when the Red Wolves were 18-11. That was his only year with a record above .500.<\/span><\/p>\n

Arkansas State fired Balado<\/span><\/span><\/a> in March after his team finished 13-20.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Prior to ASU, he was an assistant coach at the University of Louisville under Rick Pitino from 2013-17. Before that, he was an assistant for Pitino\u2019s son, Richard, at Florida International University, helping the school to an 18-14 record in the 2012-13 season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Balado has also had coaching stints at High Point University, a private school in North Carolina, Florida Atlantic University, Nova Southeastern University, Miami Southridge Senior High School and graduate assistant jobs at the University of Miami and Augusta University<\/span>\u2014now Georgia Regents University.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

From 2003-2005, Balado served as an assistant at MDC. The team won a conference title in his last season, posting a school-best 27-5 record that year.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a big believer that destiny places you in places at the right time for the right reasons,\u201d Balado said. \u201cI think it\u2019s best that at this time in my life, I come and try to help as much as I can to lead [Miami Dade College] to even better heights and more successes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Click\u00a0here<\/span><\/a>\u00a0to subscribe to our bi-weekly newsletter, The Hammerhead. For news tips, contact us at\u00a0mdc.thereporter@gmail.com<\/span><\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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