Gary Rath

Gary Rath
Head coach
gary.rath@mgccc.edu

• Pitched in professional baseball for 15 seasons
• Career pitching stats: 131-111, 3.87 ERA
• Made 8 appearances in Major League baseball with the Los Angeles Dodgers (1998) and Minnesota Twins (1999)
• Pitched 7 seasons in Asia between Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan (61-45 record)
• Second Round pick of Los Angeles Dodgers (47th overall selection) in June 1994 draft
• Played college baseball at Mississippi State (1992-94)
• 1994: First-team All-SEC honors, First-Team All-American (baseball America, ABCA)
• 1994: Second-team All-American (Collegiate baseball, Mizuno)
• 1994: Third-Team All-American (NCBWA, Super Smith team)
• 1994: ABCA All-South Region team
• 1994: GTE/CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-American
• 1993-94: SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2007: Bachelor’s Degree, Troy University (Sport & Fitness Management—Summa cum Laude)
• 1991: Long Beach High School Graduate
• 2010 : Master’s Degree (Sport Management-U.S. Sports Academy)

Jeffery Long

Jeffery Long
Asst. baseball coach
jeffery.long@mgccc.edu

• First season as MGCCC assistant baseball coach
• Coaching infielders and hitters
• 2009: Assistant baseball coach at Pearl River C.C.
• 2008: assistant coach at Pascagoula High School
• 2005-2007: assistant baseball coach at William Carey University (worked with infielders and hitters)
• 2001-2004: Infielder at William Carey University
• Academic All-Conference for 4 years @ William Carey University
• 2002-2004: Played for 3 teams that won conference championships
• 2nd in school history in games played at WCU
• 2000: 1st team all-state shortstop at East Central High School (Hurley, MS.)
• 2000: East Central High School Graduate