Eastern Michigan Athletics
Baseball Hires Veteran Cory Mee as Volunteer Assistant
9/4/2019 9:39:00 AM | Baseball
Head Coach Eric Roof announced the hiring, Sept. 4
YPSILANTI, MICH. (EMUEagles.com) – Eastern Michigan University baseball Head Coach Eric Roof announced the hiring of Cory Mee as the team's volunteer assistant coach today, Sept. 4. Mee comes to Ypsilanti by way of the University of Toledo, where he spent the previous 16 years as the head coach of the Rockets.
"We are extremely excited to add Coach Mee and his family to our program. His wealth of knowledge for the game, 16 years of experience as a head coach, and over 30 years of experience in Division I baseball will be very beneficial for our program," said Roof. "We can't wait to work with him and get started!"
In his final 10 seasons with the Rockets, Toledo finished in the top half of the MAC West division seven times, including a MAC West title in 2012, and second-place finishes in 2009, 2010 and 2015. The Rockets qualified for the MAC Tournament 10 times under Mee.
Mee was named MAC Coach of the Year in 2010 after leading UT to a record of 34-22, the program's first 30-win season since 1999, as well as a 19-8 record in conference play. The 2010 squad posted the best offensive numbers in UT history, setting school records in hits, doubles, runs scored, RBIs, and slugging percentage. The .328 batting average compiled by the squad ranks second-best in school history.
During his tenure at Toledo, better than 20 Rockets earned All-MAC honors, including a two-time MAC Defensive Player of the Year, Deion Tansel, who earned that honor in both 2015 and 2016. Tansel was the first two-time winner of the award in MAC history.
Prior to the 2019 season, the Rockets achieved a 3.0 team GPA or higher in 24 of 28 semesters that Mee lead the program. This includes a program-record 3.449 GPA in the fall of 2016. During Mee's tenure at UT, 45 different Toledo players were selected as Academic All-MAC honorees.
A native of Hilton, N.Y., Mee made his way to the Buckeye State after serving as an assistant coach at Michigan State from 2000-03. Prior to his stay in East Lansing, Mich., he served as an assistant coach for six seasons at his alma mater, Notre Dame (1993, '95-99).
A four-year starter at Notre Dame from 1989-92 and a captain during his senior campaign, Mee was versatile as a collegiate athlete, spending time at third base, catcher and second base during his Fighting Irish career. He graduated in 1992 with a bachelor's degree in biological sciences and was named first-team Academic All-America.
After graduation, he signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers and played minor league baseball for the Yakima Bears in the Northwest League. In 1993, he returned to his alma mater as a volunteer assistant, helping the Fighting Irish reach the NCAA Regionals. He then spent one year at the Rochester Institute of Technology as an assistant coach before accepting a full-time coaching position at Notre Dame.
Mee and his wife Susan have two daughters, Reilly and McKenna, and one son, Grady.
"We are extremely excited to add Coach Mee and his family to our program. His wealth of knowledge for the game, 16 years of experience as a head coach, and over 30 years of experience in Division I baseball will be very beneficial for our program," said Roof. "We can't wait to work with him and get started!"
In his final 10 seasons with the Rockets, Toledo finished in the top half of the MAC West division seven times, including a MAC West title in 2012, and second-place finishes in 2009, 2010 and 2015. The Rockets qualified for the MAC Tournament 10 times under Mee.
Mee was named MAC Coach of the Year in 2010 after leading UT to a record of 34-22, the program's first 30-win season since 1999, as well as a 19-8 record in conference play. The 2010 squad posted the best offensive numbers in UT history, setting school records in hits, doubles, runs scored, RBIs, and slugging percentage. The .328 batting average compiled by the squad ranks second-best in school history.
During his tenure at Toledo, better than 20 Rockets earned All-MAC honors, including a two-time MAC Defensive Player of the Year, Deion Tansel, who earned that honor in both 2015 and 2016. Tansel was the first two-time winner of the award in MAC history.
Prior to the 2019 season, the Rockets achieved a 3.0 team GPA or higher in 24 of 28 semesters that Mee lead the program. This includes a program-record 3.449 GPA in the fall of 2016. During Mee's tenure at UT, 45 different Toledo players were selected as Academic All-MAC honorees.
A native of Hilton, N.Y., Mee made his way to the Buckeye State after serving as an assistant coach at Michigan State from 2000-03. Prior to his stay in East Lansing, Mich., he served as an assistant coach for six seasons at his alma mater, Notre Dame (1993, '95-99).
A four-year starter at Notre Dame from 1989-92 and a captain during his senior campaign, Mee was versatile as a collegiate athlete, spending time at third base, catcher and second base during his Fighting Irish career. He graduated in 1992 with a bachelor's degree in biological sciences and was named first-team Academic All-America.
After graduation, he signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers and played minor league baseball for the Yakima Bears in the Northwest League. In 1993, he returned to his alma mater as a volunteer assistant, helping the Fighting Irish reach the NCAA Regionals. He then spent one year at the Rochester Institute of Technology as an assistant coach before accepting a full-time coaching position at Notre Dame.
Mee and his wife Susan have two daughters, Reilly and McKenna, and one son, Grady.
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