Tim Donnelly Position: Assistant Coach, Third Season

Tim Donnelly is in his third season as an assistant coach at Marshall. Donnelly, who worked primarily with infielders in his first two seasons with the Herd, will look to continue to build a solid defensive foundation.

Prior to coming to Marshall, Donnelly spent a year at Kent State as an assistant coach and helped lead the Golden Flashes to the Mid-American Conference Regular-Season championship during that year Donnelly was responsible for the infielders, assisted in hitting and was the first base coach. He also handled field maintenance and camp duties.

In 2005, he was an assistant coach at Malone College, where he handled the infielders, hitting and recruiting. He also served as an assistant coach with the Stark County Terriers summer league baseball team (Great Lakes Summer League) in 2005 and helped lead the team to a league title. He has experience working baseball camps at Texas A&M, Texas Christian, Kent State, Malone College and Northeast Texas Community College, where he worked primarily with outfielders and assisted in recruiting during the 2002 season.

Donnelly earned a bachelor's degree in sports fitness and leisure studies in 2004 from Hardin Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, and an associate's degree in arts and science from Northeast Texas Community College in 2001. His father, Rich Donnelly, currently is the Player Development Advisor for the Pittsburgh Pirates, and was previously the third base coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Rich also worked with various MLB teams including the Texas Rangers (1980, 83-85), Pittsburgh Pirates (1986-1996), Florida Marlins (1997-1998), Colorado Rockies (1999-2002), Milwaukee Brewers (2003-2005), and the Los Angeles Dodgers (2006-2007).