PRESCOTT, Ariz. (August 14, 2025)
Marc MacMillan joins the legendary Yavapai College baseball program as the team's eighth head coach.
He will lead the Roughriders after successful coaching tenures at NCAA Division I programs Charleston Southern, Ole Miss, and Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Coach MacMillan also served as a major league scout for the Seattle Mariners.
"We are very happy to welcome Coach MacMillan to Yavapai College," said Athletic Director
Tim Kneip. "His professionalism and experience at the highest levels of intercollegiate baseball made Marc the clear choice to lead our program back into the national spotlight."
MacMillan recently served as Head Coach of Charleston Southern University from 2020-2024, guiding the Buccaneers to their best three-year record in two decades. In 2022, they finished as Big South Tournament runner-up, defeating the #1, #2, and #4 teams. The 2024 team earned the program's best regular season record since 2011 and defeated the #1 team in the conference tournament. During his tenure at Charleston Southern, he helped develop numerous MLB draft picks including RJ Petit, Evan Truitt, Ryan Waldschmidt, and Freshman All-American Nick Rodriguez.
Coach MacMillan's teams also excelled academically, surpassing a 3.0 GPA and earning ABCA Academic Excellence Award recognition during all four seasons. His fundraising and camp operations generated significant growth for the baseball program while emphasizing a positive relationship with the local community.
As Director of Operations and Assistant Coach at Ole Miss, MacMillan helped the Rebels reach five NCAA Regionals and win the SEC Western Division title in route to the NCAA College World Series in 2014. The team captured the 2018 SEC Tournament Championship, finished runner-up in the 2019 SEC Tournament, and won 16 consecutive games in 2020. During his tenure at Ole Miss, the Rebels won 48 games on two occasions, signed the nation's #1 recruiting class in 2017, and had 7 outfielders selected in the MLB Draft.
MacMillan was a four-year letterman at Ole Miss (1992-96) where he was a utility player under Head Coach Don Kessinger. He was a member of the 1995 NCAA Regional team that won 40 games before falling to Florida State in the Regional Championship, just shy of earning a berth in the College World Series.
He earned a degree in Business Administration from Ole Miss, and a Master of Science degree in Sport Administration from Canisius College in Buffalo, New York. Coach MacMillan is married to the former Andrea Adams of Memphis, Tennessee. They have two wonderful children, Tanner (8) and Ava (5).
