HEAD BASEBALL COACH
 

    

 

                 Chris Rose
                          Head Baseball Coach (2006 - Present)
                          MCC Recruiting Coordinator (2004-2005)
                         
Email: crose@meridiancc.edu
 


2009 Region 23 Champions

2006
36 Wins
Central Division Champions
MACJC State Champions
MACJC Coach of the Year
2007
41 Wins
Central Division Champions
NJCAA National Player of the Year
2008
34 Wins
Central Division Champions
MACJC State Champions
MACJC Coach of the Year
MS Coaches Assoc: Coach of the Year
2009

37 Wins
Region 23 Champions
Region 23 Coach of the Year

All-Americans
2007 - Tyler Moore
(National POY)
2007 - Lee Swindle
2008 - Tyler Koelling
2009 - Corey Dickerson
All-District
2006 - Michael Guerrero
2006 - Tyler Moore
2007 - Tyler Moore
2007 - Lee Swindle
2008 - Jarrod Parks
2008 - Tyler Vick  
2008 - Tyler Koelling
2009 - Tyler Vick
2009 - Corey Dickerson
2009 - William Beckwith
All-Region
2006 - Michael Guerrero
2006 - Tyler Moore
2007 - Tyler Moore
2007 - Lee Swindle
2008 - Jarrod Parks
2008 - Tyler Vick  
2008 - Tyler Koelling

2009 - Tyler Vick
2009 - Corey Dickerson
2009 - William Beckwith
2009 - Wesley Thigpen
2009 - Jordan King
2009 - Brent Tanner
2009 - Jarred Cavanaugh





              


 

 

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.



An Ohio native, Rose is married to the former Dana Jones of Demopolis, Ala. The couple are the proud parents of two daughters and a son: Peyton (10), Madeline (7), and Cy (4). 

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Coach Rose Congratulates Captain Wesley Thigpen after another HR.

           
 



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