Bio

Kevin Kirkwold joined the MCC baseball coaching staff as head coach in Fall 2025. Kirkwold, previously served as an assistant coach as MCC, brings a wealth of experience and a deep understanding of player development and recruitment to his new role.

Kirkwold joined the MCC baseball staff in the Fall of 2024 as the Assistant Baseball Coach, specializing in pitching and recruiting. In this role, he was instrumental in developing the pitching staff, guiding players toward post-MCC placement, and coordinating campus visits for prospective recruits.

Before his tenure at MCC, Kirkwold held significant roles within the baseball community. From 2020 to 2024, he was an Upper Midwest Assistant for Prep Baseball Report, Iowa, where he identified and evaluated talent across Iowa and Nebraska. He also coached the PBR Iowa-Nebraska Junior Futures/Super Sophomores teams and the PBR Iowa Spring League teams, focusing on player recruitment, development, and promotion.

Since 2015, Kirkwold has served as the Executive Director and Recruiting Coordinator for the Pitch 2 Pitch Millers in Minnesota, overseeing player evaluation, team placement, and facilitating recruitment opportunities with regional colleges.

His coaching career also includes a successful stint as Assistant Baseball Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at Dakota County Technical College from 2018 to 2021, where he contributed to the team achieving a single-season wins record in 2020. Prior to that, he was the Head Varsity Coach at Simley High School, MN, from 2012 to 2015, where he transformed a three-win program into a Metro East runner-up in 2014 and helped numerous players advance to collegiate baseball.

Kirkwold will assume his new duties immediately.