# Neil McPhee

Neil Patrick McPhee (born October 14, 1943) is an American former college baseball coach and second baseman. He played college baseball and college hockey at Northeastern University from 1961 to 1965. He was the head coach of the Northeastern Huskies baseball program from 1986 to 2014.

## Playing career

McPhee was a standout second baseman at Northeastern for four seasons, including a trip to the 1964 NCAA tournament. McPhee also played ice hockey for the Huskies, completing two seasons before losing his senior season to a broken arm. The Minnesota Twins made him a fifth round pick in the 1965 MLB Draft, and he played three seasons in the Twins organization, reaching Class-A. McPhee was inducted into the NU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1980.

## Coaching career

In 1967, McPhee hung up his spikes and turned to coaching. He began at Newton South High School in Newton, Massachusetts, where he coached baseball and ice hockey from 1967 to 1985. After several league titles and appearances in Eastern Massachusetts tournaments, McPhee was hired as the tenth head baseball coach at Northeastern. In his 28 years with the Huskies, he claimed three Conference Tournament titles (all in the America East Conference), two regular season crowns, and appeared in three NCAA tournaments. He saw fourteen players drafted, including Carlos Peña and Adam Ottavino; several other players have signed professional contracts. McPhee led the Huskies to nineteen winning seasons and was named NAC Coach of the Year twice. After he announced his planned retirement at the close of the 2014 season, the Huskies named Mike Glavine, another McPhee product who played in the major leagues, as his successor. Glavine succeeded McPhee following the end of the season, in which Northeastern finished 5th in the CAA and went 1-2 in the conference tournament.

## Head coaching record

This table shows McPhee's record as a head coach at the Division I level.
Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Northeastern (North Atlantic/America East Conference) (1986–2005) ||||||
| 1986 | Northeastern | 25–14 | 9–5 | 2nd | |
| 1987 | Northeastern | 20–14 | 9–6 | | |
| 1988 | Northeastern | 19–23–1 | 7–8 | 5th | |
| 1989 | Northeastern | 21–20–1 | 5–10 | | |
| 1990 | Northeastern | 26–20 | 9–6 | 3rd | |
| 1991 | Northeastern | 35–15 | 12–3 | 2nd | |
| 1992 | Northeastern | 22–18–1 | 16–12 | 4th | |
| 1993 | Northeastern | 17–19 | 7–14 | 7th | NAC tournament |
| 1994 | Northeastern | 35–16 | 18–6 | 2nd | NCAA Regional |
| 1995 | Northeastern | 29–17 | 16–8 | 2nd | NAC tournament |
| 1996 | Northeastern | 18–26 | 11–11 | 5th | NAC tournament |
| 1997 | Northeastern | 33–19 | 12–12 | 5th | NCAA Regional |
| 1998 | Northeastern | 26–22 | 17–9 | 2nd | AEC tournament |
| 1999 | Northeastern | 28–21 | 18–10 | 3rd | AEC tournament |
| 2000 | Northeastern | 25–24 | 15–11 | 4th | AEC tournament |
| 2001 | Northeastern | 19–32 | 11–17 | 4th | AEC tournament |
| 2002 | Northeastern | 29–22 | 11–11 | 3rd | AEC tournament |
| 2003 | Northeastern | 27–24 | 12–10 | 4th | NCAA Regional |
| 2004 | Northeastern | 28–20 | 14–6 | 1st | AEC tournament |
| 2005 | Northeastern | 26–23 | 14–6 | 1st | AEC tournament |
| Northeastern (AEC): | Northeastern (AEC): | 508–419–3 | 243–181 | | |
| Northeastern (Colonial Athletic Association) (2006–2014) ||||||
| 2006 | Northeastern | 27–23 | 19–10 | 3rd | |
| 2007 | Northeastern | 24–22 | 12–17 | 8th | |
| 2008 | Northeastern | 25–26–1 | 12–17–1 | 7th | |
| 2009 | Northeastern | 28–25 | 13–11 | 4th | CAA Tournament |
| 2010 | Northeastern | 13–31 | 5–19 | 11th | |
| 2011 | Northeastern | 18–33 | 12–18 | 9th | |
| 2012 | Northeastern | 23–28 | 13–17 | 8th | |
| 2013 | Northeastern | 31–26 | 12–15 | 7th | CAA tournament |
| Northeastern (CAA): | Northeastern (CAA): | 189–214–1 | 98–124–1 | | |
| Total: | Total: | 697–652–4 | | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||
* ↑ All eight of the NAC's teams qualified for the tournament in 1993.
* ↑ All eight of the NAC's teams qualified for the tournament in 1995.
* ↑ The top six finishers of the NAC's nine teams qualified for the tournament in 1996.
* ↑ The top four finishers of the AEC's eight teams qualified for the tournament in 1998.
* ↑ The top four finishers of the AEC's eight teams qualified for the tournament in 1999.
* ↑ The top four finishers of the AEC's eight teams qualified for the tournament in 2000.
* ↑ The top four finishers of the AEC's eight teams qualified for the tournament in 2001.
* ↑ The top four finishers of the AEC's seven teams qualified for the tournament in 2002.
* ↑ The top four finishers of the AEC's eight teams qualified for the tournament in 2004.
* ↑ The top four finishers of the AEC's eight teams qualified for the tournament in 2005.
* ↑ The top six finishers of the CAA's eleven teams qualified for the tournament in 2009.
* ↑ The top six of the CAA's eight eligible teams qualified for the tournament in 2013. Old Dominion and Georgia State were ineligible.