Coaching Staff
Head coach JIM McKINNON enters his fifth season with the Blue Jays. Over the past four years, McKinnon has compiled a record of 65 wins and 68 losses while leading the team to the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) tournament in two of the past three seasons. He had had two players selected all-conference.
Prior to joining the Blue Jays staff, McKinnon was the head softball coach at Northwest Catholic High School for four seasons and an assistant coach at Rocky Hill High School for two. He has also coached with the Conn. Eliminators travel softball program and was a boys and girls basketball and football coach at Rocky Hill.
McKinnon earned his Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice from the University of New Haven where he competed on the Chargers lacrosse team and was a captain his senior season. He recently retired after 38 years of service to the State of Connecticut including 10 as an Agency Police Sergeant and 15 as Director of Residential and Rehabilitation Services for the Department of Veteran Affairs in Rocky Hill.
A native of Wallingford, Connecticut, McKinnon currently resides in Newington with his wife Joanne. The couple has four children; twins Jimmy IV and Christine, daughter Jennifer and son Matthew.
