Keith Shumate
Keith Shumate is an American college baseball coach and former player. Shumate is the head coach of the Norfolk State Spartans baseball team.
.jpg.webp) Shumate with North Carolina A&T in 2007 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Norfolk State |
| Conference | MEAC |
| Record | 46–69 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | 1965/1966 (age 54–55)[1] |
| Playing career | |
| 1985–1988 | Western Carolina |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1994–1996 | Greensboro (NC) Grimsley HS |
| 1997–2011 | North Carolina A&T |
| 2013–2015 | Louisburg |
| 2018–present | Norfolk State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 350–567 |
| Tournaments | MEAC: 3–4 NCAA: 0–2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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| Awards | |
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Playing career
Shumate was a player for the Western Carolina Catamounts baseball program from 1985 to 1988.
Coaching career
From 1994 to 1996, Shumate was the head coach at Grimsley High School in Greensboro, North Carolina.[2]
After going 89–216 in his first 5 seasons, Shumate was unsure that he would be able to keep his job under new athletic's director, Charlie Davis,[3] but just two seasons later he led the Aggies to their first MEAC championship in 12 years.[4] On April 19, 2011, Shumate announced that he would be resigning at the end of the season.[5]
Shumate stepped away from his coaching career in 2015 to watch his son's final two seasons of college baseball.[1]
On July 18, 2012, Shumate was named the head coach of Louisburg College.[6]
On August 25, 2017, Shumate was hired as an assistant coach by the Norfolk State Spartans baseball program.[7] On September 28, 2017, Shumate was named the interim head coach after head coach Claudell Clark resigned.[8]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina A&T Aggies (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (1997–2011) | |||||||||
| 1997 | North Carolina A&T | 4–45 | – | ||||||
| 1998 | North Carolina A&T | – | – | ||||||
| 1999 | North Carolina A&T | – | – | ||||||
| 2000 | North Carolina A&T | – | – | ||||||
| 2001 | North Carolina A&T | – | – | ||||||
| 2002 | North Carolina A&T | 19–39 | 6–11 | 3rd (South) | |||||
| 2003 | North Carolina A&T | 13–36 | 6–10 | 3rd (South) | |||||
| 2004 | North Carolina A&T | 23–28 | 10–8 | 4th | |||||
| 2005 | North Carolina A&T | 27–27 | 12–6 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2006 | North Carolina A&T | 22–36 | 6–12 | 6th | |||||
| 2007 | North Carolina A&T | 28–31 | 11–7 | 2nd | |||||
| 2008 | North Carolina A&T | 29–30 | 11–6 | 2nd | |||||
| 2009 | North Carolina A&T | 21–34 | 9–8 | 5th | |||||
| 2010 | North Carolina A&T | 31–26 | 15–3 | 2nd | MEAC Tournament | ||||
| 2011 | North Carolina A&T | 21–34 | 10–8 | 3rd | MEAC Tournament | ||||
| North Carolina A&T: | 304–498 | 96–76 | |||||||
| Norfolk State Spartans (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (2018–present) | |||||||||
| 2018 | Norfolk State | 19–30 | 13–10 | 2nd (Northern) | MEAC Tournament | ||||
| 2019 | Norfolk State | 24–26 | 17–7 | 1st (Northern) | MEAC Tournament | ||||
| 2020 | Norfolk State | 3–13 | 0–0 | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | |||||
| Norfolk State: | 46–69 | 30–17 | |||||||
| Total: | 350–567 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- Bob Sutton (May 17, 2017). "Father steps aside from career to follow Elon infielder". www.thetimesnews.com. GateHouse Media, LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
- John C. Manuel (May 27, 1994). "Scotland Gives Grimsley The Boot". www.greensboro.com. Greensboro News & Record. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
- "Is Shumate next in line?". www.ncatregister.com. The A&T Register. April 1, 2003. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
- "2005 MEAC champs!". www.ncatregister.com. The A&T Register. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
- "Shumate Announces His Resignation". www.ncataggies.com. North Carolina A&T State University. April 19, 2011. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
- "Keith Shumate Named as Baseball's New Skipper". www.lchurricanes.com. Louisburg College. July 18, 2012. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
- "Clark Announces Hiring of Shumate, Promotion of Mitchell". www.nsuspartans.com. Norfolk State University. August 25, 2017. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
- "Clark Resigns as NSU Baseball Coach, Shumate Named Interim". www.nsuspartans.com. Norfolk State University. September 28, 2017. Retrieved July 21, 2018.