Mike McRae (baseball)
| Sport(s) | Baseball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Canisius |
| Conference | MAAC |
| Record | 304–257 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | Niagara Falls, Ontario |
| Alma mater |
Colby College '91 Niagara University '93 |
| Playing career | |
| 1988–1991 | Colby |
| Position(s) | P |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1996–1997 | Niagara (asst.) |
| 1998 | Winthrop (asst.) |
| 1999–2001 | Maine (asst.) |
| 2002–2004 | Niagara |
| 2005–present | Canisius |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 369–343 |
| Tournaments | NCAA: 0–2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| MAAC Coach of the Year (2003, 2008, 2010, 2014) | |
Mike McRae is a Canadian college baseball coach who is currently the head coach of the Canisius Golden Griffins. McRae has been Canisius's head coach since the start of the 2005 season. Under McRae in 2013, Canisius advanced to its first NCAA Tournament. Before becoming the head coach at Canisius, he was the head coach at Niagara from 2002–2004, and an assistant at several NCAA Division I programs from 1996–2001.
McRae attended Division III Colby College in Waterville, Maine. He played four seasons of baseball and one season of ice hockey for the Mules.
After starting a club baseball team at Brock University in Ontario, Canada and coaching it for the 1995 season, McRae got his first NCAA coaching job as an assistant at Niagara. He coached there from 1996–1997, and Niagara won a MAAC North Division championship in his second season. In 1998, he was an assistant at Winthrop in Rock Hill, South Carolina, before returning to the northeast to become an assistant at Maine from 1999–2001.
On July 3, 2001, McRae was named head coach at Niagara, where he attended graduate school. In comments on his reasons for accepting the job, McRae said, "One, my aspirations to become a head coach, and there aren't that many Division I openings that come up each year. Also, it's near home and it gives me a chance to see friends and family again. And my wife is from that area as well."
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