Barton County Community College Men's Baseball

Biggs enters his third season leading the Barton Baseball program.  Having been an assistant coach under former Head Coach Mike Warren for six years, Biggs took over the program where his collegiate playing career began.  This past season the Cougars finished 29-27 on the season and 15-17 in the rugged Jayhawk Conference boasting an 18-10 record at home.  For the second consecutive season in the Biggs era, four Cougars landed on the All-Conference team including three freshman giving Barton a solid nucleus to the upcoming season.   Biggs also led his team off the field where the Cougars accumulated a 3.24 GPA for the second straight year of a 3.20 GPA or better. In his first season at the helm, the Cougars went 26-27 and 16-16 with four players earning post-season honors including three landing on the All-Conference team and two earning Gold Glove Awards.  In addition to the on-field accomplishments, four players earned individual national recognition for their work in the classroom helping lead the team to a 16th overall national placing with a 3.23 GPA which led the Jayhawk West and was 5th best in Region VI. A Great Bend native playing second base for Barton from 2004-2006, Biggs finished his collegiate playing career at Fort Hays State University before returning to assist the Cougars in 2008. Starting 105 out of his 108 appearances for the Cougars, Biggs was a 1st team All-Jayhawk West second base selection his sophomore year at Barton hitting .300 to go along with his .958 fielding percentage. Biggs also earned honorable mention conference recognition his freshman season hitting .335 with a .962 fielding percentage.  Continuing his collegiate career at Fort Hays State University, Biggs added to his postseason honors at the next level.  In his senior season Biggs led the Tigers in runs scored with 58, as well as, posting a .975 fielding percentage to earn honorable mention All-MIAA honors. Biggs also played summer baseball during his collegiate playing career, helping the Park City Cowboys to a 7th place finish in the NBC World Series. He also earned a Rawlings Gold Glove for his play at 2nd base with the Bellingham Bells of the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League.  In the summer prior to returning to Barton to begin his coaching career, Biggs helped the Rochester Honkers of the Northwoods League coaching the hitting and infield where he produced 3 infielders to the NWL All-Star Team in the summer of 2008. Biggs and his wife Kaylee have one child, a daughter Logan.

McBride returned to Barton after serving as assistant coach during the 2011 and 2012 seasons and more recently as assistant coach at Northeast Texas Community College. This past season the Cougars finished 29-27 on the season and 15-17 in the rugged Jayhawk Conference boasting an 18-10 record at home.  The 2016 version of the McBride pitching staff again ranked top-six in not allowing free passes nor the long ball while coming in seventh for fewest earned runs allowed and ninth best ERA among the twenty-one team region.  For the second consecutive season in the Biggs-McBride era, four Cougars landed on the All-Conference team while also accumulating a 3.24 GPA for the second straight year of a 3.20 GPA or better. The Cougars went 26-27 and 16-16 in McBrides first year with pitcher Jordan Plank earning All-Conference team honors and grabbing a Gold Glove Award.   The Cougar staff finished the twenty-one team region ranked fifth in walks allowed, seventh in lowest earned runs allowed, and tenth in both ERA and least home runs allowed.