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Head Coach Scott Malone

Texas native Scott Malone enters his second season at the helm of the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi baseball team after going 24-33-1 in his debut season. He is the third head coach in the history of the Islander program.

The new mentor made an immediate impact on the program on and off the field in his first season on the Island. The Islanders advanced to the Southland Conference Tournament for the first time in school history winning two games in the tournament over regular-season champion UTSA. They were the first No. 8 seed to win a game in the conference tournament and finished the season at 24-33-1.

Under his guidance Trey Hernandez became the school’s first Freshman All-American, while then-junior catcher Stephen was named the Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year. Hernandez hit .339 with 10 home runs and 56 RBI, while Flora hit .380 as a junior to lead the team and the Southland Conference. He helped direct Omar Gutierrez to a solid final season resulting in the staff’s ace being drafted by San Diego Padres, while outfielder Chase Williams was a free agent signee for the Padres.

Malone arrived on the Island after spending the past three seasons as an assistant coach at UNLV. In his three seasons at UNLV, he oversaw all aspects of the Rebels recruiting efforts and served as the team’s hitting instructor on the field. In 2005, UNLV won the Mountain West Conference regular season and tournament titles, advancing to the NCAA Regional.

Prior to joining the Rebels, Malone served as an assistant coach at two Southland Conference schools serving as the hitting coach at each stop. He was an assistant at Texas-Arlington during the 2003 and 2004 seasons after spending the two previous seasons at Texas-San Antonio.

In four seasons in the Southland, Malone’s hitters led the league in batting three times – twice at UTA and once at UTSA. He coached former Maverick and current Houston Astros standout Hunter Pence and UTSA’s Mark Schramek. Both were first round picks in the Major League Amateur draft.

Malone began his coaching career as a student assistant at McMurry University, where he graduated from in 1998 with a Bachelors of Science degree in exercise and sports science. He then served as a volunteer assistant at TCU and the University of Kentucky.

Before embarking on his coaching career, Malone had an impressive career as a first baseman at TCU. As a collegiate player with the Horned Frogs, the Islander mentor was named the Southwest Conference Player of the Year in back-to-back seasons and was invited to the 1992 Olympic Trials. Malone was an All-America honoree in 1991 and 1992.

His success on the collegiate level led to Malone being selected in the ninth round of the 1992 MLB draft by the Texas Rangers. He spent five years in the Rangers farm system reaching as high as Double A before spending one year with Abilene, where he won a Texas-Louisiana League title with the Prairie Dogs.

"My goal is to make this program as successful as it can possibly be," said Malone. "This is a dream job for me and I am fully committed to seeing Islander Baseball rise to the next level."

Malone, and his wife, Lee, a former administrator at A&M-Corpus Christi, are expecting their first child this spring.