Patrick Mason was an American

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coach and former

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. He was the volunteer assistant coach at

Northeastern University Northeastern University (NU) is a private university, private research university with its main campus in Boston. Established in 1898, the university offers undergraduate and graduate programs on its main campus as well as satellite campuses in ...

. Mason played

for coach Neil McPhee from 1994 to 1997 and played in the

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for one season in 1997. He served as the head coach at

Virginia Tech Virginia Tech (formally the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and informally VT, or VPI) is a Public university, public Land-grant college, land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. It also ...

from 2014–2017. Mason was a catcher for

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for four years, before a brief minor league career. He helped lead the Huskies to a pair of conference titles in 1994 and 1997. He then earned an assistant coaching position at

Boston College Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Founded in 1863, the university has more than 9,300 full-time undergraduates and nearly 5,000 graduate students. Although Boston College is classifie ...

, his first position under

Pete Hughes Pete Hughes (born January 11, 1968) is an American college baseball coach and head coach of the Kansas State Wildcats baseball team. Previously he served as the head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners baseball and the Virginia Tech Hokies baseball team ...

. After four season with the Eagles, he spent one year at Framingham State before returning to his alma mater for six seasons. Mason was reunited with Hughes at

in 2011, earning the associate head coach position in 2012. Following Hughes' departure for

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following the Hokies' first-ever selection as a regional host in 2013, Mason was promoted to head coach. After a 90–126–1 record in 4 season at Virginia Tech, Mason was fired. On September 25, 2017, Mason returned to Northeastern as a volunteer assistant coach.

Head coaching record

The following is a table of Mason's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mason, Pat Living people Baseball catchers Baseball players from Massachusetts Boston College Eagles baseball coaches Framingham State Rams baseball coaches Northeastern Huskies baseball coaches Northeastern Huskies baseball players People from Franklin, Massachusetts Virginia Tech Hokies baseball coaches Year of birth missing (living people)

Head coaching record

See also

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