Kaline attended Birmingham Groves High School in Beverly Hills, Michigan.

The Detroit Tigers selected Kaline in the 25th round of the 2007 Major League Baseball draft.

[2] As a freshman at Florida Southern in 2008, Kaline had a .250 batting average, hit 3 doubles and a .313 SLG.

[6] With John Musachio being fired, Kaline and Jacke Healey were named co-head coaches of the Oakland Golden Grizzlies baseball program on July 12, 2016.

[7] Kaline was asked to continue solo in June 2019 until he resigned for health reasons in March 2020.