Gary Rath
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- Email:
- gary.rath@mgccc.edu
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- Title:
- Head Baseball Coach
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- Organization:
- MGCCC
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- City:
- Perkinston
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- State:
- Mississippi
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- ZIP Code:
- 39573
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- Country:
- USA
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- Phone:
- 601-528-8415
Bio
- Entering fifth season as MGCCC head baseball coach (106-80 in 4 seasons)
- Spent one season as MGCCC assistant baseball coach (2009)
- 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
- 2010: Master’s Degree (Sport Management-U.S. Sports Academy)
- 2007: Bachelor’s Degree, Troy University (Sport & Fitness Management—Summa cum Laude)
- 1991: Long Beach High School Graduate