Art Inabinet, 44, is preparing for his 10th season as head coach for the Francis Marion University baseball program and his 12th year at the university. He owns a 292-178-2 coaching mark at FMU, and a career coaching record of 376-232-2 in 12 seasons at the four-year collegiate level.  In six of his nine seasons as head coach, the Patriots have won 30 games, and four times FMU has earned invitations to the NCAA Division II national tournament.  Six times during his tenure the Patriots have appeared in the final Top 30 national poll at the conclusion of the season, and dating back to the 2005 season, the Patriots have appeared in 78 of the past 84 national polls.

Eight Francis Marion players have been chosen in the Major League Baseball draft over the past eight years, and five are currently playing professionally.

The St. Matthews, S.C., native served as a Patriot assistant for two seasons (1999-2000) before succeeding long-time head coach Gerald Griffin as the second head coach in the program's history. Griffin began the FMU baseball program in 1973. The Patriots posted a combined 37-48 record during Inabinet's two years as Griffin's assistant.

This past season, Francis Marion posted a 38-15-1 record, finished second during the Peach Belt Conference regular season, won the PBC Tournament title, and earned its fourth NCAA Division II national tournament bid in the past seven years, placing third at the Southeast Regional.  The Patriots were ranked 14th in the final 2009 Collegiate Baseball Magazine NCAA Division II Top 30 poll. The 38 wins were the second-highest total in team history. In the NCAA end-of-the-season team rankings, the Patriots ranked in the top 50 of 13 different categories: 15th in sacrifice flies (31), 16th in winning percentage (.713), 18th in sacrifice bunts (47), 28th in hits (628), 29th in fielding percentage (.965), 37th in double plays turned (45), 39th in both batting average (.333) and walks (222), 40th in fewest hits allowed per nine innings (9.39), 42nd in team ERA (4.34), 46th in hit-by-pitches (67), 48th in double plays turned per game (0.83), and 49th in runs scored (410).

In 2008, FMU went 34-20, tied for third in the PBC regular-season standings, and ended the year ranked 27th in NCAA Division II.  The Patriots ranked in the Top 20 nationally in six different statistical categories, and the 34 wins equaled the fourth-highest total in team history.  The 2007 Patriot team posted a 36-18 mark, placed third during the PBC regular season, and ended the year ranked 29th.  Each of the those two seasons saw the Patriots narrowly miss out on a bid to the NCAA Division II national tournament.

In 2006, Inabinet directed the Patriots to a program-best 41-18 record, a No.6 national ranking, and the program's first-ever trip to the NCAA Division II College World Series.  The Patriots were ranked as high as third in the national poll during the 2006 campaign and spent seven weeks in the Top 10. FMU placed second in the Peach Belt regular-season standings.  Following the 2006 season, Inabinet was selected as the ABCA/Diamond Sports Company Coach of the Year for the South Atlantic Region.

In 2005, he led FMU to a 34-16-1 record, a No. 14 national ranking, and an NCAA post-season invitation. During the 2005 campaign, he captured his 200th career win, and FMU's 34 wins was one shy of the then team record of the 35 set in 1988. Ten of the 16 losses were to nationally ranked opponents. FMU's team ERA of 3.11 was the lowest for a Patriot staff since 1980 and ranked eighth in NCAA II. The Patriots placed third in the Peach Belt standings. In 2004, Inabinet guided the Patriots to a 29-17 record and a fifth-place finish during the PBC regular season. Francis Marion won 10 of its final 11 contests and spent six weeks in the Division II Top 30 poll, including one week at No. 7, the program's highest ranking ever. The team's ERA of 3.47 led the PBC and ranked 11th nationally.

In 2003, he directed FMU to a 30-20 mark, a No. 18 national ranking, and a third-place finish at the NCAA's South Atlantic Regional. Picked to finish eighth in the 2003 PBC preseason coaches' poll, the Patriots finished third in the PBC with an 18-10 mark, only one-half game away from winning the program's first-ever conference title. The 18 conference wins were a team record.  Playing an extremely tough schedule in 2003, FMU was 10-10 against Top-30 opponents.

In Inabinet's first two seasons at the helm of the Patriots, FMU posted records of 24-27 in 2001 and 26-27 in 2002.

Prior to joining the FMU staff in 1999, he served as head coach at North Greenville College for six seasons, recording a 155-122 mark (84-54 as a four-year institution). He guided the Mounties program from junior college status to a four-year program in 1996. After making that transition, North Greenville was 14-21 in 1996, 34-17 in 1997, and 36-16 in 1998, including a pair of second-place finishes in the Mid-South Conference his last two years. In 1995, Inabinet was named the Louisville Slugger "Coach of the Year" for the NJCAA Region X, as the Mounties posted a 31-22 record and won the region title.

Inabinet earned both the B.S. degree in history and the M.A.T. degree in secondary education (social sciences) from Winthrop University. As an undergraduate student, he was a four-year letterman on the Eagle baseball team. Following his playing career, he served as a graduate assistant coach at Winthrop from 1989 to 1991. He also was the head baseball coach at The Catawba School for one year (1992).

Inabinet is director of the annual FMU Baseball Camp held during the summer. He is married to the former Kimberly Reese, and the couple has one child, Reese.

Robbie Wilson begins his sixth season as assistant coach for the Patriot program.

Wilson's responsibilities include working in the areas of hitting and fielding, as well as recruiting. He also serves as the university's coordinator of the Champs Life Skills program.

Wilson, 32, has helped the Patriots to five 30-win seasons and a spot in the final Top 30 poll each of the past five campaigns.

This past year, Francis Marion posted a 38-15-1 record and finished second during the PBC regular season, won the PBC Tournament title, and earned its fourth NCAA Division II national tournament bid in the past seven years, placing third at the Southeast Regional.  The Patriots were ranked 14th in the final 2009 Collegiate Baseball Magazine NCAA Division II Top 30 poll. The 38 wins were the second-highest total in team history.  In the NCAA team rankings, the Patriots ranked 15th in sacrifice flies (31), 18th in sacrifice bunts (47), 28th in hits (628), 29th in fielding percentage (.965), 37th in double plays turned (45), and 39th in both batting average (.333) and walks (222).

In 2008, FMU went 34-20, tied for second in the PBC regular-season standings, and ended the year ranked 27th in NCAA Division II.  The Patriots defense ranked 10th nationally in double plays turned and 55th in fielding percentage.  The 2007 Patriot team posted a 36-18 mark, placed third during the PBC regular season, and ended the year ranked 29th.  Each of the past two seasons has seen the Patriots narrowly miss out on a bid to the NCAA Division II national tournament.

With Wilson in the first base coaching box, the 2006 FMU squad compiled a program-best 41-18 record, ended the year ranked sixth nationally, and made the program's first-ever trip to the NCAA Division II College World Series.  The Patriots were ranked as high as third in the national poll during the 2006 campaign and spent seven weeks in the Top 10. FMU placed second in the Peach Belt  regular-season standings.

In Wilson's first season (2005), Francis Marion recorded a 34-16-1 mark and ended the year ranked 14th nationally. The Patriots earned a NCAA post-season invitation, and the team's 34 wins were one shy of the then team mark of 35 set in 1998. The Patriots placed third in the PBC standings.

During the summers of 2007 and 2008, Wilson served as head coach of the Outer Banks Daredevils of the Coastal Plain League.  He guided the Daredevils to a two-year mark of 48-58, and his 2008 squad earned a spot in the Petitt Cup Championship Tournament.

During the summers of 2005 and 2006, he was the head coach of the Allegany Country Nitros of the New York Collegiate Baseball League. He guided the Nitros to a 27-23 record in 2006 and a spot in the league championship series.

Prior to joing the FMU staff, Wilson spent the 2004 season as an assistant coach at Gardner-Webb University. The NCAA Division I Bulldogs compiled a 32-25 record and placed fourth in the Atlantic Sun Conference final regular-season standings.

A native of Chattanooga, Tenn., Wilson is a 1999 graduate of King College, where he was a four-year letterman on the baseball diamond. A center fielder, he was named his squad's most valuable player in 1999. He visited South Africa in 1998 as a member of an Athletes in Action squad.

He also earned a master's degree from East Tennessee State University in 2002. He served as a graduate assistant at ETSU, instructing four collegiate-level physical education classes.

Prior to taking the position at Gardner-Webb, he served as an assistant coach at King for three seasons (2000, 2001, 2002).

An avid Los Angeles Dodgers fan, Wilson has also worked as sports editor and writer for The Chattanoogan.com, and spent one year as assistant to the general manager of the Johnson City Cardinals minor league baseball organization.

Sean Heffernan is entering his fourth season with the Patriot staff as an assistant coach. His duties at FMU include working with hitters, infielders and recruiting.

Heffernan is also a teacher at West Florence High School, where he has been since 1999. He was an assistant varsity coach for the Knights between 1999 and 2004.

Prior to coming to FMU, he was an assistant coach at Florence-Darlington Technical College (NJCAA) for two seasons (2004 and 2005). He served as the recruiting coordinator, coached third base and also worked as the team's hitting and infield coach. The 2005 FDTC team won the NJCAA Region X regular-season title and went 41-16 in just the second year of the program.

During the summers of 2006 and 2007, Heffernan served as head coach of the Florence Red Wolves in the Coastal Plain League.  He led the team to a pair of post-season appearances and an overall record of 57-46.  He was named associate head coach for the CPL All-Star Team both years.  Heffernan guided the 2005 Red Wolves squad to a 32-19 record and a spot in the league's Petitt Cup Tournament. He also served as a Red Wolves assistant coach in 2005.

He was a first-team All-Conference shortstop at Coker College, where he earned his undergraduate degree. He was also named the Cobras' MVP in 1998.  He later received a master of sports science degree (with honors) from the United States Sports Academy.

He received a "Teacher of the Year" award from Florence School District One for the 2003-04 academic year.