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 Blinn
College assistant baseball coach Harvey McIntyre was named the
new head baseball coach on July 23.
Coach McIntyre takes over
the Buccaneers' program after seven years as the pitching coach
for Brian Roper, who stepped down after eight seasons to take
a full-time
teaching position on the college's Bryan campus and to spend more time with
his family.
The Bucs finished the 2007 campaign with a 37-18 record
and finished third at the Region 14 Tournament.
Coach McIntyre,
a Brenham native and 1995 graduate of Brenham High School,
played for Coach Roper at Howard College in 1996-97.
Blinn was
his first college coaching position after graduating from Northwestern
State University in Louisiana with a bachelor’s degree
in general studies. He played baseball two years for the Demons
in 1998-99. He also played for the
Alexandria Aces in the Texas-Louisiana Independent Baseball League during
the summer of 1999. He received his master of education degree
in health and physical
education from Prairie View A&M University in 2005.
He is married
to the former Reagan Robinson. They have a daughter, Emma.
Andy Harrington
 Andy
Harrington is in his third year with the Buc baseball staff as
a volunteer coach. He is also an economics instructor at Blinn.
The native of Duncanville graduated from Duncanville High School and played for Coach Brian Roper at Howard College before moving on for two years at Hardin-Simmons University.
He earned his bachelor of business administration and master of business administration degrees at Hardin-Simmons where he also served as a graduate assistant coach for one year.
Coach Harrington is single and has one brother, Logan, who is in the U.S. Navy.
His hobbies include reading, golf and watching movies.
His philosophy on baseball: “Pitch and play solid defense.
Russell
Carter
 Russell Carter begins his first season as an assistant
with Buccaneers working with the catchers.
A native of Richardson,
Coach Carter played college ball for Coach Tom Hager at Jamestown
College in Jamestown, N.D., where
the team won the 2004 regional championship and a berth in
the NAIA World Series. Prior to his time at Jamestown, he
spent two
year at Southwestern University in Georgetown. His senior
year at Jamestown he hit .397.
The former catcher spent two years
as the pitching/catching coach at U.T. Dallas, was an assistant
for the Edenton Steamers
in
the Coastal Plains Collegiate League and coached two years
for USA Athlete International.
Coach Carter has a bachelor
of arts degree in marketing from Jamestown College and a master
of business administration
in finance from U.T. Dallas.
His hobbies include golf,
working out and music.
Troy Moock
 Troy Moock is in his first year at Blinn College after
serving as a volunteer assistant with the Northwestern State
University
Demons for two seasons under Mitch Gaspard, who is now an
assistant coach at the University of Alabama.
At Northwestern, Moock coached
the outfielders and at first base while organizing team travel
and fundraising. His coaching
career began at Blinn in 2005 where he served as the outfield
coach and assisted with the Buccaneer hitters, while helping
steer the Bucs into the regional tournament.
In his current
role with the Bucs, Moock’s duties include
working with the infielders and running the offense from
the third base coach’s box. He also coordinates winter
and summer camps for the Bucs as well as playing a major role
in
recruiting.
During the summers, Moock serves as the hitting
and third base coach for the Vermont Mountaineers in the
New England
Collegiate Baseball League. His teams
won back-to-back NECBL championships in 2006 and 2007, while his offenses
led the league in batting average, on base percentage,
hits and fielding percentages.
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