TRIPP MACKAY ASSISTANT COACH FOURTH SEASON OKLAHOMA STATE, 2000 THE MACKAY FILE Personal Hometown ............................................................................................ Mt. Pleasant, Texas High School ..................................................................................................... Mt. Pleasant College ............................................................................................. Oklahoma State, 2000 Family .................................................................................................................wife, Holly daughter, Ali; son, Jack Coaching History 2007-present ............................................................................. Oklahoma Assistant Coach 2001-07 ........................................................................................Private Hitting Instructor 1999-2000 .............................................................................Blinn College Assistant Coach 1998....................................................................................Palm Beach CC Volunteer Coach 1997............................................................................. Northeast Texas CC Volunteer Coach Playing History 1999-2000 ..............................................................Sioux City Explorers (Northern League) 1998-99 ................................................................. Winnipeg Goldeyes (Northern League) 1997 ......................................................................................................Cape Fear Crocs (A) 1996 .......................................................................................................Vermont Expos (A) 1995-96 ....................................................................................Oklahoma State University 1993-94 .............................................................................................. University of Florida
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ripp MacKay begins his fourth season as an assistant on the Oklahoma softball staff where he is responsible for working with OU’s outfielders and the Sooner offense.
MacKay is a familiar name in the state of Oklahoma as he began his collegiate career at the University of Florida and played his final two seasons at Oklahoma State. He was a two-time All-American and a member of the 1996 College World Series team at Oklahoma State. MacKay graduated with a degree in physical education from OSU in 2000. The second baseman moved on to the professional ranks after being drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1996 draft. MacKay played for the Vermont Expos and the Cape Fear Crocs in the Montreal Expos organization from 1996-97 and finished his professional play in the Northern League with the Winnipeg Goldeyes (1998-99) and Sioux City Explorers (1999-00). MacKay began his coaching career with valuable experience at the collegiate level as an assistant coach. He made stops at Blinn College, Palm Beach Community College and Northeast Texas Community College from 1997-2000. He spent seven years as a private hitting instructor in Dallas and, in 2004, became a partner of the Dallas Performance Edge Training Center. MacKay was instrumental in all aspects of the softball side of the academy including pitching, hitting, fielding, catching, base running and position specific skills. While serving as an instructor at Performance Edge, MacKay found time to broaden his coaching credentials. The Columbus, Miss., native served as a hitting instructor at Mike Candrea’s University of Arizona Summer and Holiday Camps. Prior to his stint at Dallas Performance Edge, MacKay served as a hitting instructor at the Dallas Baseball Academy of Texas from 2000-04. Growing up in a baseball family, MacKay’s father, Jack MacKay, was a bat designer for Louisville Slugger from 1990-1997. MacKay is married to the former Holly Cooper and the couple has two children, Ali and Jack.
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Two-time All-American (1995, 1996) Member of the 1996 OSU College World Series team
Jack, Tripp, Ali and Holly MacKay
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