A Lawrence, Kansas, native, McBride enters his third season as a full-time assistant with primary responsibilities handling the Cougar pitching staff.  Playing for the Cougars in the 2005 and 2006 season, McBride returned to Barton after serving as assistant coach during the 2011 and 2012 seasons and more recently as assistant coach at Northeast Texas Community College.

This past season the Cougars finished 29-27 on the season and 15-17 in the rugged Jayhawk Conference boasting an 18-10 record at home.  The 2016 version of the McBride pitching staff again ranked top-six in not allowing free passes nor the long ball while coming in seventh for fewest earned runs allowed and ninth best ERA among the twenty-one team region. 

For the second consecutive season in the Biggs-McBride era, four Cougars landed on the All-Conference team while also accumulating a 3.24 GPA for the second straight year of a 3.20 GPA or better.

The Cougars went 26-27 and 16-16 in McBride’s first year with pitcher Jordan Plank earning All-Conference team honors and grabbing a Gold Glove Award.   The Cougar staff finished the twenty-one team region ranked fifth in walks allowed, seventh in lowest earned runs allowed, and tenth in both ERA and least home runs allowed.