Keith Shumate

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Keith Shumate
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Shumate with North Carolina A&T in 2007
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamNorfolk State
ConferenceMEAC
Record71–97
Biographical details
Born1965/1966 (age 55–56)[1]
Playing career
1985–1988Western Carolina
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1994–1996Greensboro (NC) Grimsley HS
1997–2011North Carolina A&T
2013–2015Louisburg
2018–presentNorfolk State
Head coaching record
Overall375–595
TournamentsMEAC: 6–4
NCAA: 0–4
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • MEAC Championship (2005)
  • MEAC Tournament (2005, 2021)
Awards
  • MEAC Coach of the Year (2019)

Keith Shumate is an American college baseball coach and former player. Shumate is the head coach of the Norfolk State Spartans baseball team.

Playing career[]

Shumate was a player for the Western Carolina Catamounts baseball program from 1985 to 1988.

Coaching career[]

From 1994 to 1996, Shumate was the head coach at Grimsley High School in Greensboro, North Carolina.[2]

After going 89–216 in his first 5 seasons, Shumate was unsure that he would be able to keep his job under new athletic's director, Charlie Davis,[3] but just two seasons later he led the Aggies to their first MEAC championship in 12 years.[4] On April 19, 2011, Shumate announced that he would be resigning at the end of the season.[5]

Shumate stepped away from his coaching career in 2015 to watch his son's final two seasons of college baseball.[1]

On July 18, 2012, Shumate was named the head coach of Louisburg College.[6]

On August 25, 2017, Shumate was hired as an assistant coach by the Norfolk State Spartans baseball program.[7] On September 28, 2017, Shumate was named the interim head coach after head coach Claudell Clark resigned.[8]

Head coaching record[]

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
North Carolina A&T Aggies (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (1997–2011)
1997 North Carolina A&T 4–45 –
1998 North Carolina A&T – –
1999 North Carolina A&T – –
2000 North Carolina A&T – –
2001 North Carolina A&T – –
2002 North Carolina A&T 19–39 6–11 3rd (South)
2003 North Carolina A&T 13–36 6–10 3rd (South)
2004 North Carolina A&T 23–28 10–8 4th
2005 North Carolina A&T 27–27 12–6 1st NCAA Regional
2006 North Carolina A&T 22–36 6–12 6th
2007 North Carolina A&T 28–31 11–7 2nd
2008 North Carolina A&T 29–30 11–6 2nd
2009 North Carolina A&T 21–34 9–8 5th
2010 North Carolina A&T 31–26 15–3 2nd MEAC Tournament
2011 North Carolina A&T 21–34 10–8 3rd MEAC Tournament
North Carolina A&T: 304–498 96–76
Norfolk State Spartans (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (2018–present)
2018 Norfolk State 19–30 13–10 2nd (Northern) MEAC Tournament
2019 Norfolk State 24–26 17–7 1st (Northern) MEAC Tournament
2020 Norfolk State 3–13 0–0 Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Norfolk State 25–28 18–10 1st (Northern) NCAA Regional
Norfolk State: 71–97 48–27
Total: 375–595

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Bob Sutton (May 17, 2017). "Father steps aside from career to follow Elon infielder". www.thetimesnews.com. GateHouse Media, LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  2. ^ John C. Manuel (May 27, 1994). "Scotland Gives Grimsley The Boot". www.greensboro.com. Greensboro News & Record. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  3. ^ "Is Shumate next in line?". www.ncatregister.com. The A&T Register. April 1, 2003. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  4. ^ "2005 MEAC champs!". www.ncatregister.com. The A&T Register. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  5. ^ "Shumate Announces His Resignation". www.ncataggies.com. North Carolina A&T State University. April 19, 2011. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  6. ^ "Keith Shumate Named as Baseball's New Skipper". www.lchurricanes.com. Louisburg College. July 18, 2012. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  7. ^ "Clark Announces Hiring of Shumate, Promotion of Mitchell". www.nsuspartans.com. Norfolk State University. August 25, 2017. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  8. ^ "Clark Resigns as NSU Baseball Coach, Shumate Named Interim". www.nsuspartans.com. Norfolk State University. September 28, 2017. Retrieved July 21, 2018.

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