Current position | |
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Title | Associate head coach |
Team | Virginia |
Conference | ACC |
Biographical details | |
Born | September 22, 1968 |
Playing career | |
1987–1990 | IUP |
1990 | Salt Lake City Trappers |
1991 | Fort Lauderdale Yankees |
1991 | Greensboro Hornets |
1992 | Salt Lake City Trappers |
Position(s) | Catcher / First baseman |
Coaching career ( HC unless noted) | |
1994–1996 | IUP (asst.) |
1997–1999 | St. John's (asst.) |
2000–2002 | East Carolina (asst.) |
2003–present | Virginia (asst.) |
Kevin B. "Mac" McMullan is an American baseball coach, currently the assistant baseball coach for the University of Virginia Cavaliers of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). [1]
As a member of the Cavaliers baseball coaching staff, McMullan recruits and trains players to develop the quality of the baseball program at the university; under his tutelage baseball classes have achieved rankings of 12th (2004), 10th (2005), 8th (2006), 13th (2007), and 14th (2008) in inter-college NCAA competitions. Four of five teams coached by McMullan have been placed in USA's top 40 for fielding percentage. [2]
Raised in Dumont, New Jersey, McMullan graduated from Dumont High School. [3] He studied at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where he was a multi-sport athlete. He played as catcher for the IUP baseball baseball team and as linebacker for the IUP football team; he was awarded the honor of All-American for both sports. During his college career, he was a part of six championship teams at IUP. After graduating in 1990 he became a professional baseball player for the New York Yankees (1990–92) and the Salt Lake City Trappers (1990 and 1992). In 1990, he was a Pioneer League All-Star with the Trappers. [2]
McMullan began coaching on the University of Virginia baseball program in 2003. Previously he had coached within other college programs and was a manager and coordinator for the Atlanta Braves, coaching the club's catchers and hitters during spring training. [4] In 2009, he was named the ABCA/Baseball America Assistant Coach of the Year. [5]
In 2001–02, he was a recruiting coordinator, hitting coach, and catching instructor for the Pirates, East Carolina University's baseball team; he later became the Pirate's acting head coach. Under McMullan's three-year tenure, the Pirates recorded 138 wins and 46 losses, finished within the top 25 teams each year, and won three conference championships and an NCAA Regional Championship. [2]
Players coached by McMullan have gone on to play in Major League Baseball, including Ryan Zimmerman ( Washington Nationals), Mark Reynolds ( Arizona Diamondbacks) and Joe Koshansky ( Colorado Rockies). [6]