Returning for his 10th season with the UIC baseball program is Sean McDermott, who serves as the team's recruiting coordinator in addition to working with UIC's offense and defense.

As the chief recruiter for the Flames, McDermott has been instrumental in bringing the top-notch recruits that have played a big part in resuscitating the Flames program in order to produce over 300 wins, six Horizon League regular season titles, three Horizon League tournament crowns and three berths to the NCAA Regionals.

Under McDermott's guidance, the UIC offense has flourished and improved each season. In 2007 the Flames exploded on the offensive end when it counted most, outscoring their opposition in the Horizon League Championship by a 35-10 margin with a team batting average of .417 and 23 extra-base hits in three games to sweep their way to a league title and NCAA Regional bid.

In 2006 the Flames led the Horizon League in team batting average, home runs, stolen bases and on-base percentage while setting school records in runs per game and hits per game. Eight UIC players hit .300 or better that season to spur a final team batting average of .325. The Flames also hit 115 doubles and 53 home runs while averaging of seven runs of offense per game.

A year earlier the Flames set a school record for runs scored in a single season (429) while batting .307 with 120 doubles to key UIC's road to an NCAA Regional berth.

McDermott has also played a major role in the development of UIC's infielders and catching corps, shoring up the defensive side of the Flames' game while coaching the same players to success at the plate.

While coaching UIC's infielders and catchers, McDermott helped the Flames to fielding percentages of .961 in 2002 and .953 in 2003. UIC catchers have thrown out over 50% of all base stealers with McDermott as their coach, and three of McDermott's catchers at UIC, Nelson Gord, Justin Johnson and Kevin Nelson, have moved on to the professional baseball ranks.

McDermott joined the Flames in 1998 after serving three years as head baseball coach at Viterbo College in LaCrosse, Wis. During his stint with the V-Hawks, the squad set a single-season record for wins with 32 victories in 1997, and then made their first-ever appearance in the NAIA Regional Tournament in 1998.

At Viterbo McDermott's teams set several school records, including runs scored, home runs, walks, hits, RBI, and doubles. In 1997 he led Viterbo to 32 victories, which is the best single-season win total in the program's history.

Prior to his position at Viterbo College, McDermott served as an assistant coach/recruiting coordinator at Princeton University for two seasons. Additionally, he was the head baseball coach at J. Frank White Academy and a graduate assistant coach at Lincoln Memorial University, both located in Harrogate, Tenn.

McDermott began his collegiate playing career as a second baseman at Indian Hills Community College in Centerville, Iowa before transferring to Lincoln Memorial University, where he played shortstop for two seasons.

McDermott, a 1993 graduate of Lincoln Memorial University, is married to Lois and they have two sons, Jack and Joe.