Mike Stone

Mike Stone may refer to:

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Mike Stone (baseball)

Mike Stone (born April 29, 1955) is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as the head coach of the UMass Minutemen baseball team. He was named to that position prior to the 1988 season.

Playing career

Stone played high school baseball at Taft School, and was drafted in the third round of the 1974 MLB Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals. He played four seasons in the Cardinals organization, primarily as a catcher, and reached Class-AA, and spent one season in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.

After ending his baseball career, Stone played football for UMass while pursuing a degree in physical education.

Coaching career

Stone began coaching at Northfield Mount Hermon School, serving as head baseball coach for the 1982 season. He then earned a position as head coach at Vermont, where he remained for five seasons, succeeding Jack Leggett. In his time at Vermont, the Catamounts struggled but finished above .500 in his final season. Stone also earned a master's degree while at Vermont.

Mike Stone (defence)

Brigadier Michael John "Mike" Stone (born 2 March 1953) is a retired British Army officer and former Director of Information of the British Army. He is currently the Chief Information Officer of the Ministry of Defence. In 2015, Stone made the UKtech50, where he was ranked the 12th most influential person in the UK IT Sector.

Stone was commissioned into the Duke of Wellington's Regiment in 1976, and his first tour of duty was in Northern Ireland as a platoon commander. This was followed by tours in Germany, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Kenya, Norway, Canada and the USA throughout his 26 year military career. In 2002, Stone retired from the army and joined BT Group at director level. Three years later he was appointed Chief Operating Officer of BT International, then further promoted to President of Service Design and CIO of BT Global Services. Stone remained in the telecoms industry until 2012, when he led a serco bid to secure the £36million DBS contract being outsourced by the MoD. In March 2012, it was confirmed the bid had succeeded and Stone was subsequently appointed CEO of Defence Business Services. On 2 May 2014, it was announced that Stone was to be taking over from Yvonne Ferguson as CIO of the MoD.