WATERVILLE, Maine ­--- Dale Plummer has been named the head coach of the Colby College baseball team after spending last year as the interim head coach of the Mules.
Plummer, who pitched in the Boston Red Sox and New York Mets organizations, was the pitching coach for the Mules two years ago and was named interim head coach for the 2007 season when former head coach Tom Dexter was on sabbatical. Dexter will remain with the baseball team as an assistant coach and will continue his duties as defensive coordinator for the Colby football team.
Plummer was selected in the 1988 amateur draft by the New York Mets after graduating from the University of Maine. He earned the Mets’ Class-AAA Most Inspirational Player Award in 1993 and that same year was honored with the Webster Award for being an outstanding minor league representative of the Mets both on and off the field.
A native of Bath, Maine, Plummer had a 38-19 record with 29 saves in his minor league career with the Mets and Red Sox organizations.
Before working at Colby, Plummer was an assistant coach at Bowdoin College from 2001 to 2005.
Plummer was head baseball coach at Gardiner Area High School from 1996 to 2000 and led the Tigers to three consecutive state playoff appearances.