Edison head coach Vinny Abene talks to Central Jersey Sports Radio after a 1-0 home win over JFK on April 21, 20223 that was his 273rd. He now has 276, more than any other baseball coach in school history. (Photo: Mike Pavlichko)
Considering the history of Edison baseball, an accomplishment like this one is a damn big deal.
In 20 baseball seasons as Eagles’ head coach, Vinnie Abene just earned career win 276 Wednesday night with a 12-4 road win at Piscataway. It’s no round number, but it does put him one win ahead of legend Jimmy Muldowney, who held the mark for over two decades.
Congrats to Coach Abene on notching his 276 win at Edison high school. With this win, Coach Abene passes Hall of Fame Coach Jim Muldowney and becomes number one on all time wins at Edison High School pic.twitter.com/pvaIlepWtv
— Edison baseball (@EHS_Eagles_BB) April 26, 2023
And that number will only continue to go up.
After stepping aside form coaching, Muldowney became the Athletic Director at Edison, and eventually hired Abene – who played scholastically at Colonia and collegiately at Rutgers – to lead the program.
It was his first head coaching job, but with have a legend down the hall to bounce ideas off of, Abene put together a long string of success of his own.
And in tight-knit Edison, he’s continued to integrate the high school Eagles into the Edison Boys’ Baseball League community, and anywhere else youth baseball touches the kids in the township.
Click below to hear Mike Pavlichko talk with Eagles’ head coach Vinny Abene on the night he became the all-time baseball wins leader at Edison:
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