Jamie Apicella completed his 21st season as the head softball coach at LIU Post in 2019. Apicella has transformed the program into a nationally-competitive team and has become one of the most accomplished coaches in the region.    

Entering the 2018 campaign, Apicella ranked in the top-20 among active Division II coaches in total victories (18th) and winning percentage (17th).

Hard work and success have gone hand in hand for the Pioneers under the guidance of Apicella, as he has guided LIU Post to an 826-338-2 mark, and is the program’s all-time winningest coach. The Pioneers have won nine East Coast Conference titles and have qualified for the NCAA Championships 19 times under his leadership.   

2019 was a historic campaign for the Pioneers, as Apicella helped lead LIU Post to a program record 51 victories and the team's fifth appearance in the Division II National Championship. The Pioneers compiled a record 44 regular-season victories, including a 22-2 mark in ECC play. Under Apicella's guidance, Julia Seader was named the Schutt Sports/NFCA Division II National Player of the Year, NFCA National Catcher of the Year, D2CCA East Region Player of the Year, and ECC Player of the Year. Hannah Olshevski also earned a major conference award, garnering ECC Pitcher of the Year for the second time.

During the 2007, 2008, 2011, 2014, and 2019 seasons, Apicella mentored the Pioneers to their highest ascent in the history of the program, capturing the East Region title to advance to the College World Series. 

Apicella earned his 800th career victory on April 5, 2018, as the Pioneers took down American International College, 6-2. 

Apicella has mentored 20 All-Americans and 124 all-conference selections, including 33 Players of the Year and one National Player of the Year. The Pioneers have also earned NFCA Division II All-Academic Team recognition under his tenure. Samantha Yodowitz '08, went on to play professionally as a pitcher for the Philadelphia Force - a former member of the National Pro Fastpitch League - in 2009.  

With success comes recognition, and Apicella has received many honors for his coaching accomplishments. He and his coaching staff have been honored as NFCA Coaching Staff of the Year in 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011 and 2014. Apicella was also voted Coach of the Year by the former New York Collegiate Athletic Conference in 2002 and the ECC in 2013, 2014, 2018, and 2019.

Originally joining the team as an assistant, Apicella was elevated to the top spot shortly before the start of the 1999 season. Prior to his arrival, Apicella spent three seasons in the coaching box for the LIU Post baseball team.

During his collegiate career, Apicella was a three-year standout baseball player for LIU Post, compiling a batting average of over .350 with 21 home runs and 126 runs batted in for his career. His 49 RBIs in 1994 ranks as the fifth-best single-season total in school history, while his 113 total bases rank fourth. After his junior season, he was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in 1994. Apicella was inducted into the LIU Post Baseball Hall of Fame in February 2000, and was inducted into the Smithtown Hall of Fame in 2008.

Apicella served on the NCAA East Regional Advisory Committee and served two terms as the NFCA East Region Top-25 Committee representative. In addition to his coaching and associate athletic director duties at LIU Post, Apicella owned and directed the New York Softball Academy.

Apicella and his wife, Kimberly, reside in Holbrook, N.Y., with their two children, Madison and Alexander.