Michael Oblinger
@MichaelOblinger
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Director of Athletics - UNC Wilmington
Wilmington, NC
Joined December 2011
First official practice in Elliot Ballpark. Thanks to the Elliot family and others for making this a reality. @UConnBSB has a first class stadium.
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Tonight was special and something Iโll never forget! Thank you @UConnMBB for one last run.
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Heard a stat today: @uncwmenshoops is 45-8 in home conference sell outs. Wonder if this has something to do with it? ๐ค.
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Anyone know a good ice cream spot in Lexington? Asking for a friend. ๐
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Champs! ๐
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LETโS GOOOOOO!!!!! On my way to Athens to watch our guys. Letโs get it @UNCWBaseball
โฐ 7 PM.๐ @GTBaseball.๐ Foley Field (Athens, Ga.).๐บ ESPN+.๐ ๐ To watch Fridayโs game, catch it at Bar Masonboro (30317 Masonboro Loop Rd) or Spindles Filling Station at the Point (1611 Dusty Miller Lane #305)
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Champs! ๐
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Many years in the making and so many people to thank. Today was the first game for โฆ@UConnBSBโฉ in our new home.
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2-0 in the black uniformsโฆ.might be on to something. ๐ค
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Thanks to @UNCWBaseball for a great birthday! ๐
Happy Birthday and best wishes to new Seahawk Athletic Director @michaeloblinger, who's off to a great start as the leader of our department. #HawkYeah #UNCW @UNCWilmington
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Youโll hear plenty more from MO on the pod, but theyโll be good to go for opening day. Team should be out there in a week or so. Didnโt like the quality on some of the original turf, supplier agreed. They got a new shipment to us in 4-5 days.
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Excited to announce this project. We will continue to look for ways to invest in the student athlete experience.
#UNCW Director of Athletics.@MichaelOblinger has announced renovations to the playing surface and the surrounding areas will begin following the '24 season & be completed in time for the '25 season. @d1baseball #collegebaseball #ncaabaseball
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Spotted this feature in the new โฆ@UConnBSB clubhouse today. The attention to detail within the Rizza Performance Center will be a difference maker for UConn Athletics!
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Congrats @UNCWBaseball. Well done. ๐๐๐On to regionals!.
#NCAABASEBALL #collegebaseball . UNCW wins its seventh #caachamps title, tying ECU for more in @caasports history
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PROUD! . Remarkable how far this program has come in five years. Congrats @dhurley15 and @UConnHuskyAD. You did it!.
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Improvements in progress!๐ท๐ปโโ๏ธ๐ช๐ ๏ธ
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I didnโt see anything wrong with it! ๐.
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In the airport hearing โGo Seahawksโ has me ๐
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Busy day on campus. Excited for the leadership of both our basketball programs.
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Had a behind the scenes tour of Trask today. Thinking about some new seating optionsโฆ.๐ฌ
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Huge road series win! See you all Tuesday night at Brooks Field.
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Thank you @UNCWChancellor for the opportunity to serve our great university! Hard to believe itโs been a year already. We just getting started.
One year ago, #UNCW welcomed @michaeloblinger as it's new Director of Athletics . Happy anniversary to Michael and his family!!
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Thanks for having me @CoachNWoods . This group is working hard with the season right around the corner.
.@MichaelOblinger on the mic is pure gold ๐. Shoutout to our athletic director, Mike Oblinger, for visiting practice the other dayโผ๏ธ๐
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Special hardware on display at todays BoT meeting. ๐ ๐ ๐ @UNCWBaseball @UNCWMensTennis
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Will certainly investigate!.
@MichaelOblinger please make this a thing at UNCW when you start. Book store has NOTHING like this. Alumni here that would love to wear a jersey in Trask.
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Enhancing the Trask experience! More to come.
The UNCW Athletics Department is pleased to announce fan-friendly prices on a selection of items at concessions stands throughout Trask Coliseum this season at basketball games. Story:
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Pivotal game! Battle for first place. We need everyone in Trask EARLY AND READY TO GO!!!!!! Toughest place to play in the CAA for a reason. Tickets wonโt last long.
The Seahawks (16-6) welcome Coastal Athletic Association leader Drexel (15-8) to Trask Coliseum on Thursday at 7 p.m. in a pivotal game in the conference standings. #collegebasketball #NCAAHoops #NCAABasketball.
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Itโs great to be home! Thank you, Seahawk Nation. See you Sunday.
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๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐โพ๏ธ. #UNCW is the first CAA school to win the leagueโs baseball and softball tournament championships in the same year. Additionally, both programs won their 2024 championships on their home fields and were selected to the Athens Regionals
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Great weather today for a 4pm first pitch out at Brooks. Come out and support โฆโฆ@UNCWBaseballโฉ ๐
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Game day ready! Canโt wait for 6pm. Seahawk Nation letโs get to Trask early and we need you LOUD!!!
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Elite program and environment. Not surprised @CBSSportsNet wants the Seahawks and Trask on national TV. Seventh opportunity this season. Hoping @John_Fanta makes his second trip to Wilmington????.
๐บ We have made our @CBSSportsNet Wild Card selection for March 2. It's going to be a fun one. @uncwmenshoops hosts @Towson_MBB at Trask on the regular season's final day!. ๐ฐ #CAAHoops
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With @UNCWbaseball's #CAA championship late Sunday, the Seahawks have won five conference titles in 2022-23 - the most by any league member this season and the most in #UNCW history. #HawkYeah @UNCWilmington
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Sellout โ
๐. Thanks to our partnership with @wectnews local Seahawk Nation can watch on linear tv.
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๐ณ๏ธ Happy Monday. #RankUNCW. @uncwmenshoops is receiving votes in the @AP_Top25 after winning nine of its last 10 games!. The Seahawks are 18-6 on the year. and 1-0 against the current Top 25. #CAAHoops
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I look forward to working with @CoachSiddleUNCW and achieving great things. Letโs go!.
BREAKING | Third-year head coach @CoachSiddleUNCW has signed a five-year contract extension that will keep him in the Port City through 2027-28. ๐ฐ | #HawkYeah #UNCW @UNCWilmington
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Thanks, David! Wouldnโt have been possible without your support. Appreciate all you have done to help get me here.
Looking forward to watching you lead @UNCWilmington You will be missed by the @UConnHuskies and appreciate all of your time and effort to make us better.
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Hey @CBKReport youโre missing @uncwmenshoops and Seahawk Nation! Trask was 95% last season.
Average College Basketball attendance relative to arena capacity this past season
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Doing my part! ๐ซก. Look forward to seeing everyone at a sold out Trask today. Letโs get here early!. Thanks for the assist SG. ๐
teal-out on national televisionโผ๏ธ๐ โก๏ธ. Monday at 1pm in the Coliseum of Chaos ๐
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Elite! What makes Trask special. Thank you @NationTeal . See you Friday.
Major shoutout to @NationTeal. Students have packed it out for both the exhibition and tonight! . A lot of P5 teams would love to have this kind of student crowd for a non-D1.
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Student section was elite tonight. THANK YOU!!!!.
LETS GOOOOOO.
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Welcome @CoachNWoods! . Excited to have you lead our Womenโs Basketball program. Future is bright!.
BREAKING | Nicole Woods, an experienced collegiate coach and tireless recruiter, has been named the 12th head coach in UNCW women's basketball history. Welcome to the Seahawk Family, @CoachNWoods!. ๐
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Itโs GAME DAY! We need @NationTeal to bring the energy and letโs be LOUD!! We are the toughest place to play because of YOU!.
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Hawks had a great day! ๐
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Every school with a winning record vs Kentucky. *Since 1949-50
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MASSIVE GAME THURSDAY!!!!!!!.
Thursdays game vs Drexel is massive in terms of CAA placing. We need everyone in Trask Thursday night!!! Buy tickets and call everyone you know to #PACKTRASK . Please share!! GO HAWKS!!.
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Just getting started! Congrats @CoachNWoods.
Director of Athletics @MichaelOblinger presented @CoachNWoods with a commemorative 'First Win' basketball following Coach Woods' first career victory on Tuesday night!. #RiseAbove #OurBeachIsBetter
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Elite student-athletes and a championship culture! Well done Seahawks!.
#UNCW's Athletics Department posted another tremendous year of success on the fields, courts, in the pool and classroom and the Wilmington community! Here's 2023-24 by the numbers @uncwilmington
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Excited to have Coach Scalf back in an official capacity for the Seahawks!.
#UNCW Director of Athletics Michael Oblinger has announced the addition of former Seahawk baseball coach Mark Scalf as a special assistant to the Athletics Director for the 2024-25 year.
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Grateful for our partnership with @wbbeer . Thank you @bigdonkey47 for making a visit out to the Dub Pub and for supporting @UNCWBaseball.
For research purposes I had to check out the brewery in left field at UNCW tonight. Good beer, would recommend
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Moving on!
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Letโs go! Congrats โฆ@UNCWwomenshoopsโฉ and โฆ@CoachNWoodsโฉ. Building something special in Trask.
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Joe, thank you for your 37 years of service to our great university. We have big shoes to fill! I hope you and Mary enjoy retirement.
Today #UNCW had the privilege of honoring Joe Browning, Senior Associate AD/Athletic Communications, before his retirement at the end of this week following 37 years of service. ๐ธ #UNCW
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Thank you, Seahawk Nation! ๐ ๐.
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Itโs been a pretty good four months for @UNCWAthletics. That makes five, count โem five, @CAASports titles since late February. Quite the haul for the Seahawks. Congratulations .@uncwswimdive (M&W).@UNCWMensTennis .@UNCWsoftball .@UNCWBaseball
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Proud of this team, coaches, and staff. The future is bright for @UNCWsoftball.
๐ฅ Congratulations to @UNCWsoftball on a great season! . โ
Second #CAASoftball title in the past three seasons, .โ
Most CAA wins in program history .โ
Second-best win total in a season
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Itโs homecoming week! Letโs get out and support our many programs competing at home this weekend. Its opening weekend for โฆ@UNCWBaseballโฉ. โฆ@UNCWMensTennisโฉ, โฆ@uncwmenshoopsโฉ, and โฆ@UNCWwomenshoopsโฉ all at home.
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Excited to have @CoachHood17 leading our program. Future is bright for @UNCWBaseball!.
UNCW head baseball coach Randy Hood has signed an extension that will keep him with the program through the 2028 season, Director of Athletics Michael Oblinger announced on Thursday. #NCAABaseball #Collegebaseball @d1baseball @ABCA1945
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Thank you Seahawk Nation! Your support is vital in creating an elite student-athlete experience.
The UNCW Seahawk Club has announced it raised a record $4,019,746 during the 2024 fiscal year, a 50% increase from the previous year.
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MASSIVE GAME THURSDAY!!!!!!!.
4th sellout in a row ๐ฅ๐ธ. Letโs make it 5 on Thursday ๐
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Big news via a well-connected #source who walked into the bookstore todayโฆ. First time weโve had retail basketball jersey via the actual supplier, in our experience. Not available online yet, though.
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