High School (2028-2026)

API Baseball Academy is excited to announce the recent hire of Coach Paul Kostacopoulos as High School Director and College Placement Coordinator. Coach Kosty comes to API with over 30 years of Division I experience, including the last 18 seasons as Head Coach at the United States Naval Academy. While at USNA, Kostacopoulos became the then-19th active head coach and 92nd all-time across all divisions to reach the 1,000-win plateau. Through his 30-plus years as a head coach, Kostacopoulos had an all-time record of 1,027-705-7 (.593). He won 30-plus games 18 times during his career and boasted a winning percentage of .500 or better 26 times in his career, as the Middletown, Conn., native guided the Midshipmen to three consecutive 30-win seasons from 2006-08 - a first in program history. In fact, prior to his arrival, Navy had posted just three 30-win campaigns in the program's first 109 years. Kostacopoulos spent 18 seasons at the helm of the Navy baseball program, standing as the program's second-winningest head coach with 523 victories in Annapolis.