Date Posted: 1/31/2007

MACON, Ga. – Mercer University Athletics Director Bobby Pope announced the hiring of Mike Raynor as the interim softball coach Wednesday.

Raynor is the fifth head coach in school history, taking over a team that returns eight starters and finished with a 26-28 overall record and a 12-6 record in Atlantic Sun Conference play last season.

Raynor has coached travel teams in Cobb County for the past 14 years, most recently serving as coach for the East Cobb Bullets Gold team. His teams won two national championships and five state championships. Last year, he also served as a community coach at Sequoyah High School, the 2006 AAAA State Champions.