The Georgia Dugout Club recently named Georgia Southwestern State University baseball coach Bryan McLain the NAIA coach of the year for the state of Georgia.

In his first year as head coach, McLain guided the Hurricanes to 29-23 record and a 3rd place finish in the Southern States Athletic Conference. The Hurricanes also received a bid from the NAIA for the Region 13 baseball tournament held at LSU-Shreveport.

McLain came to GSW in 1996 as a graduate assistant for then head coach Bill Haywood. He became a full time assistant in 1998 and continued in that position until July, 2004 when head coach Barry Davis left to take the head coaching position at Rider University. McLain, a Tifton native, played college baseball at South Georgia College in Douglas and  West Georgia College where he earned All-American honors as an outfielder.