Stinger Coach Bio

Baseball

Head Coach - Preston McDonald

Coach McDonald is from Sumter, SC where he is a 2003 graduate of Lakewood High School. He went on to play at Coker College in Hartsville, SC where he graduated in 2007. Coach McDonald started his coaching career in the Sumter Dixie Majors league where he also coached the All-Star team.

He was named Head Coach of Dalzell-Shaw American Legion baseball team in 2006. After going winless in his first season, he led the Jets to 21 wins and their first league championship and first ever birth in the state tournament in his second season as head coach. He also served as a student assistant coach at Coker College in 2007.

In 2008, he was an assistant coach at Lakewood High School and became the Head Coach of Bishopville American Legion Baseball team where he coached for two summers. He coached 15 American Legion Baseball players that went on to play college baseball.

Coach McDonald served as Recruiting Coordinator and Infield coach for Florence Darlington Tech during the 2008-2009 school year and season before being named Head Coach in April 2009. He is also a teacher at Robert E. Lee Academy.