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Episode 39: Micky McMurtry - Retired Head Baseball Coach - Lassiter High School - Marietta, GA.

August 19, 2021 • Don Baker & Josh Mathews • Season 2 • Episode 39

Today we wrap up our coach’s series with a conversation with one of the most successful high school baseball coaches not only in the state of Georgia but in the nation. Coach Micky McMurtry, retired head baseball coach of Lassiter High School in Marietta, GA.

Coach McMurtry helped establish Lassiter as a state power during his tenure and retired after the 2009 season with a total of 445 wins over 17 total seasons.

He was inducted into the Georgia Dugout Club Hall of Fame in 2008 and led the school to two state titles in 1999 and 2006 with the 99 team being named National Champions.

It won’t take long for you to get an understanding of Coach Mic‘s mantra of “it isn’t about me…it’s about us” and how it helped shape his life as a successful teacher and coach whose influence is still helping those he has taught in coached along the way as they take on the world. Let’s settle in…and get to know Coach Micky McMurtry.