John Flynn, who has coached baseball and softball at various levels for 20 years, completed his first season as an assistant coach for the Plattsburgh State baseball team in 2020.
Flynn helped the Plattsburgh State baseball team to a 1-4 (0-0 SUNYAC) record during a 2020 season that was abbreviated due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
He previously coached as an assistant coach with the Plattsburgh State softball team for three years, including a stint as interim head coach.
Flynn served as the softball program's head coach in 2019 on an interim basis, helping the Cardinals finish just two games shy of qualifying for the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Tournament. Two student-athletes earned All-SUNYAC honors, while Jennifer Groat earned the 2018-19 SUNYAC Dr. Dolores Bogard Award and was named the 2019 SUNYAC Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year and 2019 Google Cloud Academic All-America.
Flynn previously led the Peru High School softball program in 2015 and 2016. He also coached the Clinton Mariners for five years and currently serves as their vice president of baseball operations.
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In addition, Flynn serves as the youth director for the Town of Peru, a position he has held for 20 years. In that role, he oversees programming for more than 300 youths.
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Flynn competed as a varsity baseball student-athlete for four seasons at the University of Central Florida, earning Second-Team All-Sunshine State Conference honors in 1982 as a pitcher. A workhorse on the mound, Flynn currently ranks fourth in UCF program history in career complete games with 15. In 1981, he was named the team's Most Valuable Pitcher and Rookie of the Year.
