Jim McGuire (baseball coach)
# Jim McGuire (baseball coach)

Jim McGuire in an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders baseball program. He was named to that position prior to the 2013 season.

McGuire's playing career began in 1982 at Illinois State. After one season, he transferred to Rend Lake, a junior college. He then completed his eligibility at Division II Cumberland. McGuire spent the 1986 season as an assistant at UMSL. He then returned to Rend Lake, serving two seasons as an assistant before being elevated to the top job in 1989. After four years, he joined Middle Tennessee as an assistant. He served as an assistant for eight years before becoming associate head coach following the 2000 season. McGuire was named head coach after the 2012 season.

## Head coaching record

The following lists McGuire's record as a head coach at the Division I level.

Statistics overview :

| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rend Lake College Warriors (Records Not Available) (1989–1992) ||||||
| Middle Tennessee (Sun Belt Conference) (2013) ||||||
| 2013 | Middle Tennessee | 28–28 | 11–19 | 9th | |
| Middle Tennessee (Conference USA) (2014–2018) ||||||
| 2014 | Middle Tennessee | 31–27 | 17–13 | T-5th | C-USA Tournament |
| 2015 | Middle Tennessee | 30-25 | 19-11 | 4th | C-USA Tournament |
| 2016 | Middle Tennessee | 20–35 | 5–24 | 12th | |
| 2017 | Middle Tennessee | 24–31 | 10–20 | 10th | |
| 2018 | Middle Tennessee | 27–27–1 | 12–17–1 | 9th | |
| Middle Tennessee: | Middle Tennessee: | 162–175–1 | 74–104–1 | | |
| Total: | Total: | 162–175–1 | | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||
