Former R-MC Assistant Returns to Roanoke Valley
SALEM, Va. --- Matt
McGuire will serve as the new head coach of the
Roanoke College Baseball program announced by Director of
Athletics, Scott
Allison Friday. He will
replace Larry
Wood, who retired after the 2012
season.
"We are very pleased to have Matt join our program," said Allison.
"His baseball pedigree, coupled with his knowledge of
both the ODAC and Roanoke Valley baseball scenes allow us to hit
the ground running. Matt stands ready to lead our program to
new heights, on and off the field.”
McGuire earned his stripes with several Assistant Coaching stints.
He returns to the Roanoke Valley after a year at ODAC
rival Randolph-Macon College and a three-year post at Ferrum
College. During the 2007-08 season, McGuire served as an
assistant at Tennessee Wesleyan College (NAIA). The Bulldogs
won the Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) regular-season and
tournament championship.
In 2006-07 McGuire joined his collegiate coach, Marlin Ikenberry,
at Division I Virginia Military Institute. The Keydets posted
their first wins over ranked opponents that season, defeating No. 3
Virginia and No. 10 Auburn. VMI set the school-record for
wins that year. In addition to the wins over the Cavaliers and the
Tigers, the Keydets defeated the University of Florida.
"I am extremely excited to be coming home to the Valley and landing
my first head coaching position at Roanoke College," said McGuire.
"I've known about the program for ten years. I am very
anxious to get started."
The program brings back a strong local nucleus of talent from the
Roanoke Valley, which include First-Team All-ODAC
selection,Brian
Kluge, Third-Team All-ODAC
pitcher Dalton
Altizer,
slugger Mark
Manthe and third basemen and fellow
William Byrd products, Jacob
Clifton, Jacob McMillian, Chad
Hill and Bradley
Mattox. Senior 2011 All-ODAC
hurler Tyler
Grouten also returns after a tough
season following a knee surgery last summer.
McGuire earned his bachelor's degree in 2003 from the College of
William & Mary, where he played baseball for the Tribe. An
infielder, McGuire was team captain of the Tribe in 2002 and the
W&M squad that captured the programs' first CAA Championship
and advanced to the NCAA Clemson Regional in 2001.
A Vinton, VA native, McGuire was a standout at William Byrd High
School.
McGuire's position will begin effective July 1.
--- This release is
courtesy of the Roanoke College sports information department.
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