Head coach Matt McDonald
16th Season in 2009-2010
Alma Mater: St. Olaf '89
Overall Record: 374-175 (.681)
MIAC Record : 208-72 (.743)
NCAA Appearances: 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007
MIAC Regular-Season Champions: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007
MIAC Tournament Champions: 2003, 2006
E-mail: mcdonamc@stolaf.edu
Phone: 507-786-3638



St. Olaf skipper Matt McDonald, who is also the school's athletic director, led the St. Olaf baseball team to back-to-back 30-win seasons and NCAA appearances the last two springs (2006, 2007). McDonald, who won the MIAC's Coach of the Year in 2007 for the third time in his career, has led St. Olaf to 20-win seasons in all 14 years he's been at the helm.

The Oles have gone to each of the MIAC's four-team postseason tournament since the event's inception in 2000. St. Olaf won the event in 2003 and 2006 and have been in the championship in six of the eight seasons, including 2007.

Besides 2006 and 2007, St. Olaf had another 30-win spring under McDonald. The 2000 squad, led by three-time MIAC MVP Brian Sprout '02, won a school record 36 games and advanced to the NCAA Division III Midwest Region Final.

Before becoming St. Olaf's athletic director, McDonald chaired the NCAA Division III selection committee and has served in various coaching roles at St. Olaf. He was a football and baseball assistant prior to accepting the head baseball job. After becoming the Oles' 15th head coach, and second since 1966, he continued as a football assistant until 2001. He was the head men's golf coach in 2002.

McDonald, a native of Beaver Dam, Wis., played on the 1988 and 1989 MIAC Championship teams at St. Olaf under Hall of Fame coach Jim Dimick, captaining the 1989 squad. He was named All-MIAC and all-region second baseman in 1988 and 1989, and led the MIAC in hitting in 1988. McDonald also played football, where he was a quarterback for three seasons.

McDonald and his wife Barb reside in Northfield and have two children, Katie, 18 and Tommy 11.

The Oles Under Matt McDonald
Season
Overall
Pct.
MIAC
Pct.
MIAC Place (Tourn)
1995
25-15
.625
11-9
.550
5th
1996
21-12
.636
13-7
.650
3rd
1997
29-13
.690
16-4
.800
2nd
1998
21-16
.567
12-8
.600
3rd
1999
26-11
.702
14-6
.700
2nd
2000
36-7
.837
18-2
.900
1st (2nd)
2001
29-9
.763
18-2
.900
1st (2nd)
2002
27-12
.692
17-3
.850
1st (2nd)
2003
27-14
.658
16-4
.800
2nd(1st)
2004
20-17
.541
13-7
.650
3rd (3rd)
2005
23-17
.575
13-7
.650
2nd (4th)
2006
30-10
.750
15-5
.750
2nd (1st)
2007
32-10
.762
16-4
.800
1st (2nd)
2008
28-12
.700
16-4
.800
2nd (2nd)
Total
374-175
.681
208-72
.743
**MIAC Tournament was not played before 2000