Baseball

2012-13 will be Coach Shumate’s first year at the helm of the Hurricanes baseball team. Prior to LC, Keith spent 15 seasons as the head baseball coach at North Carolina A&T State University where he left his post with over 300 career wins. Under his direction, the Aggies made the conference championship game four out of his last seven years and picked up one regular season and one conference tournament title. Prior to NC A&T, Shumate spent three seasons coaching at Grimsley High School in Greensboro, NC.

As a student-athlete, Shumate attended Western Carolina University where he played baseball under legendary coach Jack Leggett. While at WCU he also earned his Bachelor of Science in Education with an emphasis on Spanish.