Keith Shumate is an American

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coach and former player, who is the head baseball coach of the

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. He played

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at Western Carolina from 1985 to 1988. He served as the head coach of the North Carolina A&T Aggies (1997–2011) and the Louisburg Hurricanes (2013–2015).

Playing career

Shumate was a player for the

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program from 1985 to 1988.

Coaching career

From 1994 to 1996, Shumate was the head coach at

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. After going 89–216 in his first 5 seasons, Shumate was unsure that he would be able to keep his job under new athletic's director, Charlie Davis, but just two seasons later he led the Aggies to their first MEAC championship in 12 years. On April 19, 2011, Shumate announced that he would be resigning at the end of the season. Shumate stepped away from his coaching career in 2015 to watch his son's final two seasons of college baseball. On July 18, 2012, Shumate was named the head coach of

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. On August 25, 2017, Shumate was hired as an assistant coach by the

baseball program. On September 28, 2017, Shumate was named the interim head coach after head coach Claudell Clark resigned.

Head coaching record

References

External links

Norfolk State Spartans bio
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Playing career

Coaching career

Head coaching record

See also

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