Baseball
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- bellinij1@xavier.edu
- Phone:
- 513.745.1962
Xavier baseball head coach Billy O’Conner announced the promotion of Joey Bellini to Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator in September 2023.
Bellini joined the Xavier program in Fall 2021 as a volunteer assistant and was promoted to assistant coach prior to the 2022 season. As part of the coaching staff, Bellini has helped Xavier to back-to-back 30-win seasons, as well as the program's fourth BIG EAST Championship and fifth NCAA bid in 2023, where the Musketeers advanced to the Nashville Regional Finals.
Prior to joining Xavier's staff, Bellini was a standout at the University of Cincinnati. He played three seasons for UC (2019-21), appearing in 116 games and starting in 114, primarily at shortstop. Originally from Winter Park, Fla., Bellini hit .305 as a Bearcat, finishing his career with 145 hits, including 31 doubles, and drove in 82 RBI.
Bellini earned a spot on the All-American Athletic Conference Second Team in 2021, starting in 51 games at shortstop where he helped UC lead the AAC in double plays turned. Bellini batted .311 in AAC games that season, and finished with 66 hits including 11 doubles, a triple and three home runs.In 2020, Bellini was batting .429 through eight appearances before the season was canceled.
In 2019, he earned a spot on the AAC All-Tournament Team after helping the Bearcats to the AAC Tournament Championship and NCAA Tournament berth.
Prior to his time at UC, Bellini played at St. John’s River State College in Florida, where he earned First Team Mid-Florida Conference and Second Team All-State as a part of the baseball program.
Bellini is two-time graduate of the University of Cincinnati, earning a Bachelor of Business Administration with a major in Entrepreneurship in 2020, then completing his Master’s in Sport Administration in 2021. He also holds an Associate Arts Degree from St. John’s River State.
