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Kevin McMullan
Kevin “Mac” McMullan is an assistant coach for the Virginia Cavaliers. As going through the 2009 season he is entering his 6th season as a coach. As a part of the coaching staff McMullan also helps with recruiting the top players in the country. With his help he has helped bring in some of the top ranked classes in U.Va history. His record of top ranked classes includes the 2004 class ranked 12th, the 2005 class ranked 10th, 2006 class ranked 8th, 2007 class ranked 13th and the 2008 class ranked 14th. Being one of the top recruiters in the nation, he also works with the hitters and catchers of the team and develops them. In his coaching career at U.Va he has gained the respect of many college programs around the county and MLB baseball through his coaching techniques. Some people can argue that McMullan is one of the best developers in the country by putting close to 60 players to a professional organization. Some of the players that McMullan has coached and developed are current Major League Players, Ryan Zimmerman (Washington Nationals), Mark Reynolds (Arizona Diamondbacks) and Joe Koshansky (Colorado Rockies). McMullan has coached the Cavaliers to multiple postseason appearances and continue to break NCAA, School, and Acc records. The Cavaliers have flourished under the coaching of McMullan. Four of the five teams have been in the nation’s top 40 in fielding percentage. The program had it high in 2005 with a .975 percentage. In 2007, Virginia showed its offence by finished in the top three team batting averages in the ACC.. The team as a whole hit .314. With that the program was ranked it highest of No. 3. Virginia also broke the school record for stolen bases in a season with 128. The 128 steals put the Cavalier 11th nationally in steals. The next year the team broke its own record having 134  stolen bases .U.Va was ranked its highest  being fifth nationally in stolen bases. The 2006 team set school records for total wins of 47 and having a total of 21 Acc wins. Every year with the coaching of McMullan the Cavaliers have proved in every aspect of the game and continuing to break records and continuing the winning tradition. Before becoming a coach at U.Va, McMullan had an impressive track with other college programs and professional baseball. Prior to his appearance at U.Va he was manager in the Atlanta Braves organization. With the Braves he worked with catchers in spring training and a coordinator of long spring training. Previous of being a part of the Braves organization he was apart of the East Carolina University baseball team. At east Carolina he was recruiting coordinator, hitting coach and catching instructor later he became head coach in 2001 -2002. As a coach at ECU for the three years he was there the Pirates posted an impressive overall record of 138-46 and finished in the top 25 every year averaging 46 wins a year. This established ECU in the top five programs in the country. East Carolina won three conference championships and an NCAA Regional Championship under McMullan. McMullan also had a tremendous career as an athlete. In college McMullan was a multi-sport athlete. He played catcher for the IUP baseball team and linebacker for the school, he was named All-American in both sports. During his college career he was a apart of six championship teams at IUP. In 1990 he was drafted into professional baseball, he was a member with the New York Yankees (1990-92) and the Salt Lake City Trappers (1990 and 1992). In 1990, he was a Pioneer League All-Star with the Trappers. McMullan is still currently a coach at U.Va and servers the team everyday bringing his hard work ethics and winning traditions. He is a favorite of players and fans making them the best players in the country and bringing success to University of Virginia.