Bio

Jim McGuire is currently starting his fourth season as the head coach at Volunteer State Community College.  The Pioneers have won 81 games during the previous three seasons with 37 players have moved on to 4-year institutions.

McGuire spent 26 years coaching at Middle Tennessee State University, where he was the assistant coach from 1993-2012 under head coach Steve Peterson.  After eight years as an assistant under Peterson, McGuire was elevated to associate head coach and then became the head coach from 2013-2018 (162-175-1 record).  In 2015 he was named the Conference USA Coach of the Year and in 2009 was the Sun Belt Conference Assistant Coach of the Year. He was a part of 15 winning seasons, six trips to the NCAA Tournament, seven league championships, and five conference tournament titles.  McGuire helped mold 61 players who were drafted professionally (including two first round picks in Dewon Brazelton-2001 and Bryce Brentz-2010) and 100 first-team all-conference performers, including six conference players of the year and 11 All-Americans.  He was also involved in camps and clinics throughout Middle Tennessee.

Prior to taking over at Vol St he was the Director of Baseball Operations for the Hit after Hit Outlaws from 2018-2021 working with players and teams from the Nashville area.

He was also Head Coach at Rend Lake (IL) Junior College (220-116 record) before arriving at MTSU. McGuire’s playing career began at Illinois State before transferring to Rend Lake.  The final two years of his collegiate career were spent playing under Woody Hunt at Cumberland University.

                 Volunteer State CC

Year                       Overall                  TCCAA

2024                       20-26                   8-18

2023                       34-21                   14-13

2022                       27-21                   10-17

Overall record 81-68 (.543 winning percentage)

Class of 2023

Carter Vrabel – IF – Tennessee Tech University (NCAA D1)

Landon Godsey – IF/C – Belmont University (NCAA D1)

Jase Mizell – OF – Trevecca Nazarene University (NCAA D2)/Kentucky Wesleyan (NCAA D2)

Nathan Rhodes – LHP – Bethel University (NAIA)

Caid Sanders – RHP – Tusculum University (NCAA D2)

Cade McKee – LHP – Midway University (NAIA)

Eli Clotfelter – RHP - Reinhardt University (NAIA)

Ethan Huddleston – IF – University of Montevallo (NCAA D2)

Ethan Hear – OF – Earlham College (NCAA D3)

Matt Hall – IF – Maryville College (NCAA D3)

Braden Vinyard – C – Kentucky Wesleyan (NCAA D2)

Danton Rinehart – LHP – UT Southern (NAIA)

Class of 2024

Caleb Pica – LHP – Lipscomb University (NCAA D1)

Stephen Bell – OF – Eastern Michigan University (NCAA D1)

Christian Dunn – C – Grambling University (NCAA D1)

Noah Eatman – RHP – Keiser University (NAIA)

Brody Melton – IF – Milligan University (NAIA)

Logan Molnar – IF – Kentucky Wesleyan (NCAA D2)

Thedrick Harris – IF – Stillman College (NAIA)

Caiden Johnson – LHP- Tennessee Wesleyan University (NAIA)

Connor Paul – IB – Belmont Abbey College (NCAA D2)

Reggie Cooper- OF – Spring Hill College (NCAA D2)

Landon Lutterman – Milligan University (NAIA)

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