CONWAY, S.C. – Coastal Carolina head coach Kevin Schnall announced Thursday that Mickey Beach is joining the staff as Director of Baseball Operations. Beach previously served as a graduate assistant and a student manager during his first stint in Conway.

Beach has spent the last three seasons as an assistant coach at Longwood, working with current CCU associate head coach and recruiting coordinator Chad Oxendine. 

As a graduate assistant at Coastal, Beach earned a pair of master's degrees in three years while also fulfilling coaching duties that included assisting with infielders and serving as a liaison to the analytics team. He also directed the student managers, developing their schedules and responsibilities. As an undergraduate student, Beach was a student manager for two years while completing his undergraduate degree. He was the head on-field undergraduate manager with duties that included coordinating and organizing the equipment room and working with the operations director.

Beach holds dual master's degrees in business administration and sport management and an undergraduate degree in recreation and sport management.

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