Mike McGuire (baseball)

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Mike McGuire
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Winthrop
Conference Big South
Record31–29
Playing career
1989–1990 Akron
1991–1992 South Carolina
1993–1994 Zanesville Greys
Position(s)Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995–1996Morehead State (Asst.)
1997–2002 Winthrop (Asst.)
2003–2005 Lander
2006–2011Winthrop (Asst.)
2012 Louisburg
2013–2019 Morehead State
2020–2024 USC Upstate
2025–presentWinthrop
Head coaching record
Overall508–389–1 (NCAA)
52–9 (NJCAA)
TournamentsOhio Valley: 15–9
Big South: 7–8
NCAA: 0–4
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards

Mike McGuire is an American college baseball coach and former catcher. He is the head baseball coach at Winthrop University. 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 semi-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]

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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, Division II , and NJCAA level.

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Lander Bearcats (Peach Belt Conference)(2003–2005)
2003 Lander 27-2911-18
2004 Lander 33-2312-15
2005 Lander 30-2812-19
Lander:90-8035-52
Louisburg Hurricanes (Region 10 League)(2012–2012)
2012 Louisburg 52-9
Louisburg:52-9 NJCAA
Morehead State Eagles (Ohio Valley Conference)(2013–2019)
2013 Morehead State 16–4010–209th
2014 Morehead State 29–2216–14T-4th Ohio Valley tournament
2015 Morehead State 38–2820–102nd NCAA Regional
2016 Morehead State 32–2717–134th Ohio Valley tournament
2017 Morehead State 36–2318–112nd Ohio Valley tournament
2018 Morehead State 37–2419–123rd NCAA Regional
2019 Morehead State 40–2119–11T-2nd Ohio Valley tournament
Morehead State:228–191119–91
USC Upstate Spartans (Big South Conference)(2020–2024)
2020 USC Upstate 13–50–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 USC Upstate 37–1628–122nd Big South tournament
2022 USC Upstate 35–22–117–6–12nd Big South tournament
2023 USC Upstate 38–2221–62nd Big South tournament
2024 USC Upstate 36–2416–83rd Big South tournament
USC Upstate:159–89–182–32–1
Winthrop Eagles (Big South Conference)(2025–present)
2025 Winthrop 31–2913–11T–4th Big South tournament
Winthrop:31–2913–11
Total:508–389–1

      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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 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). "Spartans name new baseball coach". www.goupstate.com. GateHouse Media, LLC. Retrieved June 19, 2019.