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John McCormack (baseball)

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Sport(s)
  
Baseball

2009–present
  
Florida Atlantic

Career end
  
1990

Title
  
Head coach

Name
  
John McCormack

Conference
  
Conference USA

Record
  
219-147

Role
  
Baseball Coach

Positions
  
Catcher, Third baseman

1987–1990
  
Lynn

Career start
  
1987


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1991–2008
  
Florida Atlantic (asst.)

Team
  
Florida Atlantic Owls baseball

John McCormack is an American college baseball coach who has been the head coach of Florida Atlantic (FAU) since the start of the 2009 season. McCormack was named the Sun Belt Coach of the Year in 2010, and the Owls have appeared in two NCAA Tournaments under him. Previously, he served as an assistant at FAU from 1991–2008. McCormack is an alumnus of both Indian River Community College and Lynn University.

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Coaching career

McCormack began his coaching career in 1991 and spent 18 years as an FAU assistant under head coach Kevin Cooney. During that time, the Owls appeared in six NCAA Tournaments. McCormack handled much of the program's recruiting during his time as an assistant, focusing on players from the South Florida region where FAU is located. Although he was offered coaching positions at other schools and professional scouting jobs, McCormack chose to stay at FAU.

When Cooney retired at the end of the 2008 season, McCormack was hired to replace him. The Owls spent his first five seasons in the Sun Belt, winning two regular season titles and one tournament. They reached the NCAA Tournament in 2010 and 2013, losing in the regional final both times. In 2010, McCormack was named the Sun Belt Coach of the Year. In 2013, after losing their opening game, the team reached the decisive seventh game of the Chapel Hill Regional against #1 national seed North Carolina. The Owls lost, 12-11, in a game that multiple media outlets described as "epic." Trailing 6-2 in the ninth, the Owls took an 8-6 lead, then gave up two runs in the bottom of the ninth to send the game to extra innings. They scored three in the top of the 12th, but UNC answered with three in the bottom half and walked off in the bottom of the 13th. The Owls moved to Conference USA following the 2013 season and missed the conference tournament in their first season in the league.

Head coaching record

Below is a table of McCormack's yearly records as a collegiate head baseball coach.

Personal

McCormack played youth and high school baseball with former Cincinnati head coach Brian Cleary.

References

John McCormack (baseball) Wikipedia