MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Former Middle Tennessee All-American and Major League Baseball veteran Michael McKenry has joined the Blue Raider baseball program as director of player development, as announced by Head Coach Jim McGuire Friday.
The announcement came during the annual Groundhog Luncheon and on the heels of McKenry retiring from professional baseball after 12 years. McKenry had a stellar three-year career for the Blue Raiders from 2004-06 before being selected by Colorado in the seventh round of the 2006 MLB First-Year Player Draft in June, 2006. The Knoxville, Tenn., native was inducted into the Blue Raider Sports Hall of Fame in 2017.