Pat McMahon
Pat McMahon is the head baseball coach at the University of Florida. One of the most respected coaches in the game, success has followed McMahon at every destination. He assumed his present position at Florida in 2001 after serving four years as the head baseball coach at Mississippi State where he led the Bulldogs to a College World Series appearance in 1998, two consecutive NCAA Super Regional Berths (2000 and 2001), four straight NCAA Regionals and a 164-88 overall record. In 2001, his squad won the SEC Tournament title, finished 39-24 and advanced to NCAA Super Regional play for the second straight season. In nine years as a head coach at both Mississippi State (1998-2001) and Old Dominion (1990-94), he amassed a 353-174 record and .670 winning percentage. McMahon took over the Mississippi State baseball program in 1998 after three seasons as an associate head coach under MSU head coach Ron Polk. In his first season, McMahon was named the AVCA South Region Coach of the year after guiding the Bulldogs to the College World Series in 1998. He became just the second coach in SEC history to lead a school to the CWS in his initial season in the league. He concluded his four-year MSU head coaching tenure with a 164-88 record and led the SEC with 37 SEC Academic Honor Roll recipients. A graduate of Stetson University, McMahon began his collegiate coaching career as a graduate assistant coach in 1980 at Mississippi State. He then moved on to Old Dominion as an assistant coach for two seasons and helped lead the Monarchs to their first-ever NCAA Tournament berth in 1982 before returning to Starkville as head coach Ron Polk’s chief assistant/pitching coach from 1983-89. From 1990 to 1994, McMahon guided Old dominion to newfound prominence and unprecedented levels of success including two NCAA regional appearances, two school-record 40+ win seasons and an outstanding 189-86 record. His 1994 squad sported a 40-14 overall record, won the Colonial Athletic Association regular season title and advanced to the NCAA Regionals. That year he was honored as coach of the year in both the NCAA and the state of Virginia. McMahon then moved back to Starkville and Mississippi State as Polk’s associate head coach in 1995.
