Since being named the AMC Head Baseball Coach in 2007, and inheriting an 0-28 club, Dave McNamara has transformed the AMCATS into a Conference Championship contender through his hard work and dedication to the program. The baseball team has improved their conference record every year under Coach McNamara and has broken nearly every record in program history. The AMCATS won a school-record 21 games in 2010, and earned the program’s first trip to the ECAC Championship Tournament after advancing to the third round of TCCC Conference Tournament.
McNamara is a 2004 graduate of Clark University, where he was an Academic-All American and Captain of the Baseball and Basketball teams, after graduating from Worcester Academy (2000) and Holy Name High School (1999).
McNamara was a NEWMAC All-Conference First Team selection in Baseball as a senior while graduating with the single-season RBI record at Clark University. In ’04, he finished second in the NEWMAC Conference in hitting (.387), while also ranking among league leaders in hits (43), runs (27), RBI (31), 2B’s (10), SB’s (12), and OBP (.457), finishing his career with over 100 hits.
In basketball, McNamara led Clark University to back-to-back Elite Eight NCAA Tournament appearances in 2001 and 2002. McNamara is second on Clark’s All-Time scoring list with 1,827 career points. An Academic All-American, he earned multiple awards including All-Regional honors and New England & NEWMAC Rookie of the Year. Dave is one of only two players in NEWMAC League history to be named All-Conference First Team all four years in basketball, and as a junior, he finished third in the country in 3-point shooting at 47.4%(91-192).
Prior to coaching at AMC, McNamara was an assistant coach for the Clark University basketball team and for the Doherty High School baseball team. Dave currently resides in Holden, Mass. with his wife, Julia.
