Tristan McGinnis is in his second season as assistant coach with the Lynn University baseball program. McGinnis joined the Fighting Knight staff after serving as the pitching coach at Ashland University in 2022. The pitching staff led the Great Midwest Athletic Conference in earned-run average and strikeouts, while the Eagles finished 35-21 and earned a spot in the NCAA Midwest Regional. As recruiting coordinator, his 2022 class was ranked in the top 20 in NCAA Division II by Perfect Game. Prior to Ashland, McGinnis spent two seasons at Florida Atlantic University as an assistant coach, where he focused his attention on assisting with the development of the Owls’ pitching staff and camp coordinator. During the 2021 season, McGinnis managed the Owls' in-game pitchers to a conference series split against No. 19 Southern Mississippi and a midweek shutout victory over the University of Miami. That same season, the Owls posted 32 wins, the No. 3 seed in the Conference USA East Division, and the staff featured Second Team All-C-USA member Hunter Cooley (who posted an 8-4 record) as well as Javi Rivera (who went undefeated with a 7-0 mark) and was a 20th-round selection of the Cincinnati Reds in the MLB Draft. McGinnis is also the founder and director of Student Athlete Community Service Network Inc. (SACSN), a 501(c)(3) public charity dedicated to providing a platform for high school student-athletes to give back, stand out, and succeed through sports and volunteerism. Over one-hundred alumni have been drafted by Major League Baseball including sixteen 1st-round picks, and ten making their MLB debut. McGinnis graduated from Concord in 2018 with a Bachelors degree in Business Administration and minor in Pre-Law. He earned his Masters degree in Health Promotion from Concord in May 2020.