New Jersey Institute of Technology Athletics

Robbie McClellan enters his eighth season as head coach of NJIT baseball in 2026. Over that time, McClellan has compiled 151 victories and has led the program to five America East Tournaments and one NCAA Tournament in 2021.

Robbie McClellan joined the NJIT coaching staff as an assistant coach in 2011-12, filling that role for seven seasons until being named to interim head coach to succeed Brian Guiliana as head coach in August 2018. Following the 2019 season, NJIT Associate Vice President/Director of Athletics Lenny Kaplan announced that McClellan was being promoted to Head Coach of the Highlanders.
 
McClellan, who pitched in the minor leagues for three seasons after being drafted in the 12th round of the 2003 Major League Baseball June Amateur Draft by the Kansas City Royals, made a quick transition into college coaching when his playing career ended prematurely due to injury.
 
After retiring from playing in the summer of 2007, he joined the coaching staff at Chandler Gilbert Community College in Arizona that September and was the program's pitching coach until signing on for the staff at NJIT. At Chandler Gilbert, a national-level two-year program, 27 of his pitching pupils have either moved on to NCAA Division I programs or to sign professional contracts.
 
McClellan, himself, pitched two years at Seward County Community College in his native Kansas before moving on to the top Division I program at Arizona State, where his teammates included current major league stars Dustin Pedroia (2007 American League Rookie of the Year and 2008 AL Most Valuable Player for the Red Sox) and Andre Ethier (two-time National League All-Star for the Dodgers).
 
McClellan was all-conference both of his years at Seward, ranking second in the nation in strikeouts per inning as a freshman (80 strikeouts in 51 innings). At Arizona State, he was a key part of the 2003 team that won 50 games, was ranked first in the nation at one point, advanced to the NCAA postseason Super Regional and ranked seventh in the final national poll, as he posted a 7-0 won-lost record. A year earlier, he was honorable mention all-Pac-10 Conference and earned Pac-10 and National Pitcher of the Week.
 
Drafted by the Royals, he won 14 games in two seasons in their organization before missing the 2005 season. Joining the independent minor league Traverse City club in Michigan in 2006, he won 12 more games before retiring in July 2007. His manager, Jon Cahill, said at the time: “Robbie has been a great competitor for us the past two seasons and is a first class individual on and off the field. I wish more players had the heart and soul for the game of baseball like he does."
 
In addition to his coaching at Chandler Gilbert Community College, McClellan served as pitching coach for teams in the famed Cape Cod Baseball League and in the Texas Collegiate League, two of the top summer circuits for college players. In three years on the summer scene, he coached 35 players who were drafted by major league baseball.
 
He is a 2011 graduate of Northern Arizona University.
 

McClellan's All-Time Accolades

Career Record	151-167-1 (.475) in 7 seasons
America East Regular Season Record	82-83 (.497)
NCAA Tournament Appearances (last)	1 (2021)
NCAA Tournament Record	(1-2)
America East Tournament Appearances (last)	5 (2025)
America East Tournament Record	7-7 (.500)
ABCA All-Region Selections	Jake Rappaport (First Team; 2021), Julio Marcano (Second Team; 2021)
America East First-Team Selections	10 - Albert Choi (2021, 2022), Julio Marcano (2021), Jake Rappaport (2021), Ryan Fischer (2022), Aidan Kidd (2023), Cade Ladehoff (2024), Nate DeSchryver (2025), Ty Sallie (2025), Mason Wolf (2025),
America East Second-Team Selections	6 – David Marcano (2021), Ryan Fischer (2021), Paul Franzoni (2022), Ryan Fischer (2023), Aidan Kidd (2024), Kevin Putsky (2024), Andrew Eppinger (2025), MT Morrissey (2025), Ray Ortiz (2025)
America East Pitcher of the Year	1 - Ryan Fischer (2022)
America East Rookie of the Year	2 - Albert Choi (2021), Cade Ladehoff (2024)
America East All-Tournament Team	Ryan Fischer (2021), Jake Rappaport (2021), Tyler Stafflinger (2021), Aidan Kidd (2022, 2024), Luke Longo (2022, 2024), Jared Donnelly (2023), Cole Campbell (2025), MT Morrissey (2025)

 

 

 

McClellan Year-by-Year
Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record (Finish)	Conference Tournament	Postseason
2019	NJIT	17-21-1	7-17 (9th, ASUN)	n/a	---
2020*	NJIT	6-10	n/a	n/a	---
2021	NJIT	27-24	23-17 (2nd, America East)	2-0	1-2, NCAA Fayettevile Regional
2022	NJIT	26-27	15-15 (3rd, America East)	3-2
2023	NJIT	22-31	11-13 (6th, America East)	0-1
2024	NJIT	26-28	12-11 (3rd, America East)	2-2
2025	NJIT	27-26	14-10 (2nd, America East)	0-2
Career Record	7 Seasons	151-167-1	82-83	7-7	1-2

*2020 Ended Early Due To COVID-19 Pandemic