{{short description|American baseball coach}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Rob McCoy | image = | alt = | caption = | current_title = Head coach | current_team = William & Mary | current_conference = CAA | current_record = {{Winning percentage|42|67|record=y}} | contract = | birth_date = | birth_place = Halfway, Oregon<ref name="republic">{{cite news|url=http://blog.fieldlevel.com/2015/10/fieldlevel-coach-interview-series-rob-mccoy-niagara-university/|title=Coach Interview Series: Rob McCoy (Niagara University)|date=October 2, 2015|agency=''FieldLevel''|access-date=October 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171031021103/http://blog.fieldlevel.com/2015/10/fieldlevel-coach-interview-series-rob-mccoy-niagara-university/|archive-date=October 31, 2017}}</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = Dakota Wesleyan University, University of Virginia | player_years1 = 1999–2000 | player_team1 = Clackamas CC | player_years2 = 2001–2002 | player_team2 = Dakota Wesleyan | player_positions = | coach_years1 = 2003 | coach_team1 = Dakota Wesleyan (assistant) | coach_years2 = 2006 | coach_team2 = James Madison (assistant) | coach_years3 = 2007–2008 | coach_team3 = Niagara (assistant) | coach_years4 = 2009–2024 | coach_team4 = Niagara | coach_years5 = 2025–present | coach_team5 = William & Mary | overall_record = {{Winning percentage|341|527|3|record=y}} | tournament_record = NCAA: 0–2 | championships = *MAAC regular season (2024) *MAAC Tournament (2024) | awards = *MAAC Coach of the Year (2024) | coaching_records = }} '''Rob McCoy''' is an American baseball coach who is currently the head coach at the College of William & Mary.
==Playing career== McCoy spent his first two years playing at Clackamas Community College before transferring to Dakota Wesleyan University. At Wesleyan, he was a captain of the 2002 team that won the Great Plains Athletic Conference championship team, the program's first conference championship in 83 years.<ref name="republic" /> He was also named an NAIA Academic All-American Scholar Athlete in 2001.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rob McCoy - Head Coach |url=https://tribeathletics.com/staff-directory/rob-mccoy/2536 |website=TribeAthletics.com |publisher=William & Mary Athletics Media Relations |access-date=2 February 2026}}</ref>
He would later go on to earn a Master of Education degree in sport and exercise psychology at the University of Virginia while working as a prep coach.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sabato |first1=Nick |title=Coast to coast: McCoy's path to D-I coaching career ran through Mitchell |url=https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/sports/coast-to-coast-mccoys-path-to-d-i-coaching-career-ran-through-mitchell |access-date=2 February 2026 |publisher=Mitchell Republic |date=May 1, 2019}}</ref>
==Coaching career== After graduating from Dakota Wesleyan, McCoy got his first job as an assistant at Dakota Wesleyan in 2003. He later worked as an assistant at James Madison in 2006 and at Niagara from 2007 to 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/college-nu-names-three-new-coaches/article_02c8572e-ae79-5186-b764-54b2878074e9.html|title=NU names three new coaches|date=August 20, 2006|agency=''Niagara Gazette''|access-date=October 30, 2017}}</ref> Folliwng the resignation of head coach Chris Chernisky prior the start of the 2009 season, McCoy was named the Purple Eagles' interim head coach.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://buffalonews.com/sports/baseball/mike-harrington-for-niagara-coach-rob-mccoy-seeing-wynton-bernards-mlb-debut-was-a-real/article_38fc4a2c-23b5-11ed-bb22-53d6b202c0fe.html|title=For Niagara coach Rob McCoy, seeing Wynton Bernard's MLB debut was a real treat|date=August 24, 2022|agency=''The Buffalo News''|author=Harrington, Mike|access-date=October 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824232334/https://buffalonews.com/sports/baseball/mike-harrington-for-niagara-coach-rob-mccoy-seeing-wynton-bernards-mlb-debut-was-a-real/article_38fc4a2c-23b5-11ed-bb22-53d6b202c0fe.html|archive-date=August 24, 2022}}</ref> Following the conclusion of the 2009 season, he was named Niagara's head coach on a permanent basis.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/college-basketball-niagara-takes-interim-tag-of-coach-mccoy/article_5f2c656e-bfa1-5f64-a8d2-6e7676b0bbef.html|title=Niagara takes "interim" tag of coach McCoy|date=June 10, 2009|agency=''Niagara Gazette''|author=Bronstein, Jonah|access-date=October 30, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://eagleonline.niagara.edu/mccoy-named-baseball-head-coach/|title=McCoy Named Baseball Head Coach|agency=''Niagara University Eagle''|access-date=October 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171031020845/http://eagleonline.niagara.edu/mccoy-named-baseball-head-coach/|archive-date=October 31, 2017}}</ref>
McCoy led Niagara to its first MAAC Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance in 2024, for which he would earn MAAC Coach of the Year honors. He amassed 299 wins in his 16 seasons at Niagara, leaving as the school's all-time winningest coach.
The following summer, McCoy was hired as head coach at William & Mary.<ref>{{cite news |title=William & Mary hires baseball coach from Niagara |url=https://www.pilotonline.com/2024/06/20/william-mary-hires-baseball-coach-from-niagara/ |access-date=2 February 2026 |agency=The Virginian-Pilot |date=June 20, 2024}}</ref> He recorded his first win as the Tribe's head coach on February 14, 2025, against Rhode Island, which was also his 300th career win.
==Head coaching record== {{CBB yearly record start | type = coach }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Niagara Purple Eagles | conference= Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference | startyear = 2009 | endyear = 2024}} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2009 | name = Niagara | overall = 20–35 | conference = 14–10 | confstanding = T-4th | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2010 | name = Niagara | overall = 17–36 | conference = 13–11 | confstanding = T-5th | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2011 | name = Niagara | overall = 8–40 | conference = 5–19 | confstanding = 9th | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2012 | name = Niagara | overall = 19–29 | conference = 7–16 | confstanding = 9th | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2013 | name = Niagara | overall = 16–38 | conference = 9–15 | confstanding = T-7th | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2014 | name = Niagara | overall = 20–31 | conference = 8–14 | confstanding = 9th | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2015 | name = Niagara | overall = 13–32–2 | conference = 8–16 | confstanding = 10th | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2016 | name = Niagara | overall = 16–37–1 | conference = 11–13 | confstanding = 7th | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2017 | name = Niagara | overall = 24–24 | conference = 12–12 | confstanding = T-5th | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2018 | name = Niagara | overall = 24–27 | conference = 13–11 | confstanding = 6th | postseason = MAAC Tournament }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2019 | name = Niagara | overall = 15–33 | conference = 9–15 | confstanding = 8th | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2020 | name = Niagara | overall = 6–10 | conference = 0–0 | confstanding = | postseason = Season canceled due to COVID-19 }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2021 | name = Niagara | overall = 17–17 | conference = 17–15 | confstanding = 6th | postseason = MAAC Tournament }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2022 | name = Niagara | overall = 22–32 | conference = 13–11 | confstanding = 6th | postseason = MAAC Tournament }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2023 | name = Niagara | overall = 24–22–1 | conference = 13–11 | confstanding = 5th | postseason = MAAC Tournament }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = confboth | season = 2024 | name = Niagara | overall = 38–17 | conference = 20–4 | confstanding = T-1st | postseason = NCAA Regional }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Niagara | overall = {{winning percentage|299|460|4|record=y}} | confrecord = {{winning percentage|172|193|record=y}} }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = William & Mary Tribe | conference= Coastal Athletic Association | startyear = 2025 | endyear = }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2025 | name = William & Mary | overall = 21–35 | conference = 14–13 | confstanding = 5th | postseason = CAA tournament }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2026 | name = William & Mary | overall = 21–32 | conference = 12–18 | confstanding = 8th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = William & Mary | overall = {{winning percentage|42|67|record=y}} | confrecord = {{winning percentage|26|31|record=y}} }} {{CBB yearly record end| overall = 341–527–4 }}
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==External links== *[http://www.purpleeagles.com/coaches.aspx?rc=518&path=baseball Niagara profile] *{{Twitter|coachrobmccoy}}
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