# Mike McGuire (baseball)

Mike McGuire is an American college baseball coach and former catcher. He is the head baseball coach at Winthrop University. McGuire played college baseball at the University of Akron from 1990 to 1991 and the University of South Carolina from 1992 to 1993 and played semi-professionally in the Frontier League from 1993 to 1994. He served as head coach of the Morehead State Eagles baseball program from 2013 season to 2019.

## Playing career

McGuire played two seasons for Akron before completing his eligibility at South Carolina. He then played two professional seasons with the Independent Zanesville Greys of the Frontier League.

## Coaching career

McGuire began coaching as an assistant for two seasons at Morehead State. He then moved to Winthrop for six seasons. McGuire earned his first head coaching job at Division II Lander. After three seasons with the Bearcats, he returned to Winthrop as associate head coach. After six seasons, he earned another head coaching position at Louisburg, a junior college in North Carolina. After one season, McGuire was hired as head coach at Morehead State.
On June 18, 2019, McGuire left Morehead State to become the head coach for the USC Upstate Spartans baseball program.

## Head coaching record

This table shows McGuire's record as a head coach at the Division I, Division II , and NJCAA level.
Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Lander Bearcats (Peach Belt Conference) (2003–2005) ||||||
| 2003 | Lander | 27-29 | 11-18 | | |
| 2004 | Lander | 33-23 | 12-15 | | |
| 2005 | Lander | 30-28 | 12-19 | | |
| Lander: | Lander: | 90-80 | 35-52 | | |
| Louisburg Hurricanes (Region 10 League) (2012–2012) ||||||
| 2012 | Louisburg | 52-9 | | | |
| Louisburg: | Louisburg: | 52-9 NJCAA | | | |
| Morehead State Eagles (Ohio Valley Conference) (2013–2019) ||||||
| 2013 | Morehead State | 16–40 | 10–20 | 9th | |
| 2014 | Morehead State | 29–22 | 16–14 | T-4th | Ohio Valley tournament |
| 2015 | Morehead State | 38–28 | 20–10 | 2nd | NCAA Regional |
| 2016 | Morehead State | 32–27 | 17–13 | 4th | Ohio Valley tournament |
| 2017 | Morehead State | 36–23 | 18–11 | 2nd | Ohio Valley tournament |
| 2018 | Morehead State | 37–24 | 19–12 | 3rd | NCAA Regional |
| 2019 | Morehead State | 40–21 | 19–11 | T-2nd | Ohio Valley tournament |
| Morehead State: | Morehead State: | 228–191 | 119–91 | | |
| USC Upstate Spartans (Big South Conference) (2020–2024) ||||||
| 2020 | USC Upstate | 13–5 | 0–0 | | Season canceled due to COVID-19 |
| 2021 | USC Upstate | 37–16 | 28–12 | 2nd | Big South tournament |
| 2022 | USC Upstate | 35–22–1 | 17–6–1 | 2nd | Big South tournament |
| 2023 | USC Upstate | 38–22 | 21–6 | 2nd | Big South tournament |
| 2024 | USC Upstate | 36–24 | 16–8 | 3rd | Big South tournament |
| USC Upstate: | USC Upstate: | 159–89–1 | 82–32–1 | | |
| Winthrop Eagles (Big South Conference) (2025–present) ||||||
| 2025 | Winthrop | | | | |
| Winthrop: | Winthrop: | | | | |
| Total: | Total: | 477–360–1 | | | |
| 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 ||||||