Bob Mclaughlin- Coker University | Day to Day Life of a College Baseball Player
Bob Mclaughlin is the Head Coach at Coker University, a Division II baseball program a part of the South Atlantic Conference. He started his collegiate playing career at Hudson Valley Community College and finished it in 2013 at Alderson Broaddus University a Division II program in West Virginia. Than in the Summer of 2013 he played Independent baseball before volunteering at his alma mater, Alderson Broaddus in 2014. Later, from 2015-2016 he coached at Adrian University, then from 2017-2019 he was an assistant coach as well as strength and condition coach at Coker University. In November of 2019 he was named the Head Coach at Coker University, where he still remains.
In this episode, we start off talking about what Coker baseball players do off of the field and what helped them to receive a team 3.48 gpa in the classroom. We than dive into player relationships and the importance of those to run a good college program.
Coach Mclaughlin and I also talk about his thoughts on personal goals and team goals. He uses smaller, weekly goals in order for his players to see the process behind those bigger goals. Additionally, we talk thoroughly about the day to day life of a college level baseball player and what goes into that. As well as the importance of an approach when hitting at a higher level.