Chris Rose

Coach Rose is starting his fourth season as head coach at MCC and is very excited about the 2009-2010 squad. Last season the Eagles won the Region and advanced to the Division Tournament in Missouri. Many new faces are in uniform this year as the eagles sent 10 players on with Division 1 scholarships. The goals once again in Grand Junction and an 8th trip to the JUCO World Series.

Coach Rose joined a long line of successful coaches (MCC Coaching Legacy) when he became head baseball coach at Meridian Community College for the 2006 season. Rose had already established himself as one of the finest recruiters in the Southeast before taking over as head coach. The last class brought in by Rose which graduated in 2007; seven signed Division-1 scholarships or signed professionally.

Rose maintains the high standards at MCC as the Eagles have won two MACJC State Championship. Coach Rose was honored as the Mississippi Association of Community/Junior Colleges Baseball Coach of the Year in 2006 & 2008 and was honored as the Mississippi Association of Coaches 2008 Coach of the Year and Region Coach of the Year in 2009.

Coach Rose has been just as impressed with his team classroom accomplishments as he was with their play on the field. The Eagle players had 32 Dean's List student-athletes, and 19 Phi Theta Kappa members. The programs GPA since 2006 has been 3.15.

Rose was an assistant to Coach Chad Caillet in 2005 when the Eagles went 41-12 and posted the first undefeated home-field record in school history. The native of Ohio came to MCC after five years as an assistant at the University of Mobile. He was a four-year letterman as a catcher at UM. As an assistant coach at Mobile, Rose helped guide the Rams to their first-ever NAIA World Series appearance in 2001. In coaching the Ram pitchers, Rose’s staff compiled the lowest earned run average in the Gulf Coast Atlantic Conference every year of his tenure at UM.

Coach Rose is a member of the JUCO Advisory Board for Perfect Game representing Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana. Coach Rose has served as a Camp Coordinator for MSU's high school and pitcher/catcher camps the past two years. Coach Rose most recently received an honorary membership into Phi Theta Kappa.