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SARATOGA SPRINGS — Mike McFerran, a coach for Skidmore College’s baseball team from 2017 to 2020, was named the Kansas City Royals’ new assistant pitching coach last week.
For the past two seasons, McFerran had been with the Athletics, first as a pitching performance coach in 2024 and then in the role of minor league pitching coordinator in 2025.
“Mike’s track record is a good one,” the Royals’ general manager J.J. Picollo told MLB.com. “The way he was able to express his ideas and the way he thinks about pitching really made a lot of sense to us.”
Prior to working in the majors, McFerran was also the pitching lab coordinator and director of player development at Wake Forest University from 2021 to 2023.
At Skidmore, McFerran served in a few different roles, including assistant coach and pitching coach. He’s credited with mentoring a number of All-Liberty League pitchers, including Andrew Aikins, Spencer Anderson, Jay Gamboa, and Will Potter.
“Mike is a phenomenal coach and an even better human being,” Skidmore’s head baseball coach Ron Plourde told Saratoga TODAY last year. “He’s one of the brightest coaches that I’ve had the pleasure of working with.”
McFerran is a Capital Region native, spending his youth in both Albany and Lake George. He attended Catholic Central High School in Troy. His local ties also include a stint as the Amsterdam Mohawks’ pitching coach.
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