Coaches
Before taking the position at Western Kentucky, McLaury was head coach and sports center manager at Lincoln Trail ComMike McLaury munity College in Robinson, Ill. McLaury guided Lincoln Trail to a regular-season championship for the first time in school history, earning Great Rivers Pitching Coach Fifth Season Athletic Conference Coach of the Year honors in the process. In 2000, McLaury worked as pitching coach at Middle Ten nessee, where he was assistant recruiting coordinator, assistant A familiar face returned to the Middle Tennessee program in camp director, and field maintenance coordinator. The Blue 2006 to assume the responsibilities of pitching coach: former Raiders won the OVC Tournament title in 2000, advancing to conference pitcher of the year and one-time assistant coach the finals of the NCAA Regional at Clemson, S.C., where they Mike McLaury. eliminated Old Dominion and Illinois before falling to host McLaury is in his second stint at his alma mater after serving Clemson in the Regional final. as Middle Tennessee’s pitching coach in 2000. He also was a Before returning to Middle Tennessee, McLaury was pitching standout pitcher for the Blue Raiders coach at Columbia State Community Colduring the 1992-93 seasons and became lege from 1997 to 1999. Columbia State finthe first player in program history to ished fifth in the NJCAA Division I World Seearn Pitcher of the Year when he was so ries in 1997. The highly successful McLaury honored by the OVC in 1993. also was head baseball coach at Community To date, McLaury and former Blue High School in Unionville, Tenn., in 1996 and Raider Dewon Brazelton are the only served as assistant baseball coach at Motlow pitchers in Middle Tennessee history State Community College in 1995. to earn their league’s Pitcher of the Year During his playing career at Middle Tenhonor. nessee, McLaury was named OVC Pitcher of McLaury spent the previous four the Year in 1993 and was First-Team All-OVC. seasons at Western Kentucky, where he He compiled a 13-11 record with a 2.94 ERA was pitching coach, assistant recruitand 153 strikeouts in 211.0 innings of work ing coordinator, field maintenance coduring his Blue Raider career. ordinator, assistant camp coordinator McLaury is married to the former Ashlie and tournament director. During his Jones. The couple has one child, five-year-old four years in Bowling Green, McLaury Jack. developed two Sun Belt Conference Pitchers of the Year (2002, 2003). Personal His pitching staff paved the way for Birthdate: November 21, 1970 Hometown: Oelwein, Iowa Western Kentucky to win the 2004 Family - Wife, Ashlie; son, Jack Sun Belt Tournament championship and earn a berth in the NCAA Regional in Oxford, Miss. Once there, the fourth-seeded Education Hilltoppers shocked host Ole Miss, 1-0, in their first game. WKU High School: Oelwein HS also reached the finals of the 2003 Sun Belt Championships.
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College: B.S. Middle Tennessee (1994) M.S. Middle Tennessee (1998) Playing Experience 1990-91 Muscatine CC 1992-93 Middle Tennessee
Coaching Experience 2006- Pitching Coach - Middle Tennessee 2002-05 Pitching Coach - Western Kentucky 2001 Head Coach - Lincoln Trail CC 2000 Pitching Coach - Middle Tennessee 1997-99 Pitching Coach - Columbia St. CC 1996 Head Coach - Unionville HS 1995 Assistant Coach - Motlow State CC
The McLaury family (L to R): Ashlie, Mike and Jack.
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Postseason Experience 2004 NCAA Louisville Regional 2004 NCAA Oxford Regional 2000 NCAA Clemson Regional 1997 NJCAA World Series
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