Mike McGuire (baseball)

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Mike McGuire
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamUSC Upstate
ConferenceBig South
Record50–21
Playing career
1989–1990Akron
1991–1992South Carolina
1993–1994Zanesville Greys
Position(s)Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995–1996Morehead State (Asst.)
1997–2002Winthrop (Asst.)
2003–2005Lander
2006–2011Winthrop (Asst.)
2012Louisburg
2013–2019Morehead State
2020–presentUSC Upstate
Head coaching record
Overall315–228
TournamentsOhio Valley: 15–9
Big South: 0–2
NCAA: 0–4
Accomplishments and honors
Awards

Mike McGuire in an American college baseball coach and former catcher. He is the head baseball coach at the University of South Carolina Upstate. McGuire played college baseball at the University of Akron from 1990 to 1991 and the University of South Carolina from 1992 to 1993 and played professionally in the Frontier League from 1993 to 1994. He served as head coach of the Morehead State Eagles baseball program from 2013 season to 2019.[1][2][3][4]

Playing career[]

McGuire played two seasons for Akron before completing his eligibility at South Carolina. He then played two professional seasons with the Independent Zanesville Greys of the Frontier League.

Coaching career[]

McGuire began coaching as an assistant for two seasons at Morehead State. He then moved to Winthrop for six seasons. McGuire earned his first head coaching job at Division II Lander. After three seasons with the Bearcats, he returned to Winthrop as Associate Head Coach. After six seasons, he earned another head coaching position at Louisburg, a junior college in North Carolina. After one season, McGuire was hired as head coach at Morehead State.[1][3]

On June 18, 2019, McGuire left Morehead State to become the head coach for the USC Upstate Spartans baseball program.[5]

Head coaching record[]

This table shows McGuire's record as a head coach at the Division I level.

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Morehead State Eagles (Ohio Valley Conference) (2013–2019)
2013 Morehead State 16–40 10–20 9th
2014 Morehead State 29–22 16–14 T-4th Ohio Valley Tournament
2015 Morehead State 38–28 20–10 2nd NCAA Regional
2016 Morehead State 32–27 17–13 4th Ohio Valley Tournament
2017 Morehead State 36–23 18–11 2nd Ohio Valley Tournament
2018 Morehead State 37–24 19–12 3rd NCAA Regional
2019 Morehead State 40–21 19–11 T-2nd Ohio Valley Tournament
Morehead State: 228–191 119–91
USC Upstate Spartans (Big South Conference) (2020–present)
2020 USC Upstate 13–5 0–0 Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 USC Upstate 37–16 28–12 2nd
USC Upstate: 50–21 28–12
Total: 278–212

      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 "Mike McGuire Named Head Baseball Coach". Morehead State University Eagles. July 5, 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "Mike McGuire Accepts Head Coaching Position At Louisburg (NC) College". Winthrop Eagles. June 10, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  3. ^ a b Phil Kornblut (June 11, 2011). "Winthrop losing top baseball assistant". Sports Talk South Carolina. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  4. ^ "McGuire returns to Morehead State as head coach". College Baseball Insider. July 6, 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  5. ^ Todd Shanesy (June 18, 2019). "https://www.goupstate.com/news/20190618/usc-upstate-names-mike-mcguire-new-baseball-coach". www.goupstate.com. GateHouse Media, LLC. Retrieved June 19, 2019. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)

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