Gary McClure

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Gary McClure

Biographical Information[edit]

Gary McClure coached college baseball for over two decades.

McClure was an infielder in college. He was a student assistant coach in 1987 after using up his playing eligibility. He was interim head coach at Austin Peay State University in 1988, going 23-27, then was promoted to head coach.

In 1994, Austin Peay won its first Ohio Valley Conference regular season title. They won again in 1996, when they also won the OVC Tournament for the first time and set a school record with 44 wins. McClure led Austin Peay to OVC regular season titles in 2003 and 2004 (with a OVC-record 20 conference wins in '04). The school won the Conference Tournament in 2005 and 2007. He resigned after the 2015 season after being arrested on a patronizing prostitution charge.

McClure has helped develop Jamie Walker, George Sherrill, A.J. Ellis and Shawn Kelley.

Source: Austin Peay bio

Year-by-Year Coaching Record[edit]

Year School Overall Record Conference Record Notes
1988 Austin Peay State University 23-26 10-12
1989 Austin Peay State University 32-25-1 10-7 OVC
1990 Austin Peay State University 31-25 6-8 OVC
1991 Austin Peay State University 15-37-1 6-11
1992 Austin Peay State University 29-28-1 14-7 OVC
1993 Austin Peay State University 30-22 13-8
1994 Austin Peay State University 27-31 12-6 OVC
1995 Austin Peay State University 24-32 9-12
1996 Austin Peay State University 44-22 13-7 OVC / CWS Regionals
1997 Austin Peay State University 28-31 14-10 OVC
1998 Austin Peay State University 23-32 9-15
1999 Austin Peay State University 29-27 13-10 OVC
2000 Austin Peay State University 32-27 14-10 OVC
2001 Austin Peay State University 32-30 9-12 OVC
2002 Austin Peay State University 30-27 12-9 OVC
2003 Austin Peay State University 27-27-1 14-5-1 OVC
2004 Austin Peay State University 35-21 20-7 OVC
2005 Austin Peay State University 38-24 16-11 OVC / CWS Regionals
2006 Austin Peay State University 32-27 14-13 OVC
2007 Austin Peay State University 40-22 19-8 OVC / CWS Regionals
2008 Austin Peay State University 27-29 14-12 OVC
2009 Austin Peay State University 22-30 7-12
2010 Austin Peay State University 28-25 8-13
2011 Austin Peay State University 34-24 17-6 OVC / CWS Regionals
2012 Austin Peay State University 40-24 19-7 OVC / CWS Regionals
2013 Austin Peay State University 47-15 22-7 OVC / CWS Regionals
2014 Austin Peay State University 23-33 14-16
2015 Austin Peay State University 25-26 15-15