Kyle Barrett is making his way into his fourth season as the Associate Head Coach of the MACU baseball program in 2027, primarily serving as the program's pitching coach as well as his seventh year overall with the program.
Over the course of the 2026 season, the Evangels put together its best postseason run in program history. Not only did MACU win its second Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament Championship, the Evangels went on to win their first ever NAIA Opening Round Championship by taking down the 2025 undefeated National Champion No. 12 LSU Shreveport 7-4, punching their ticket to their first ever appearance in the NAIA World Series. The Evangels then went on to defeat No. 10 Doane 8-5 in their first NAIA World Series game.
It was overall a banner year for the MACU Baseball team and pitching staff as a whole. The Evangels amassed a program record in wins, ending the year with a 43-15 overall record and recorded 20 or more wins in SAC play for the third-straight year by finishing second in the league standings with a 20-7 mark. Junior ace Ibrahim Gonzalez headlined the pitching staff by being named the program's first ever NAIA First Team All-American as well as selected as the NCCAA Player of the Year.
Under Barrett, the MACU pitching staff was one of the best in the nation, ending the year with the seventh-lowest ERA in the NAIA at 4.06 while producing the 16th-lowest WHIP (1.42) and 17th-rated strikeout per nine inning ratio (9.32). MACU also ended the year with the third-most saves in the NAIA with a program record 16, 13 of which were notched by All-SAC First Team honoree Liam Taft. The Evangels defense was also stellar, ranking 19th with a .968 fielding percentage and had the second-best runners caught stealing percentage in the country (38.5). MACU also achieved its highest ever ranking in the NAIA Top 25 Coaches' Poll, ending the year ranked No. 8.
In 2025, the Evangels put together a strong postseason run when it advanced all the way to its first NAIA Opening Round Championship game before they eventually fell to the first ever undefeated NAIA National Champions No. 1 LSU Shreveport in the title game. Overall, MACU wrapped up the year with a 41-17 overall record and placed second in the SAC with a 20-7 conference mark. Defensively, MACU ranked 29th in the NAIA in fielding percentage (.965) while the pitchers posted a 5.97 team ERA on the season.
During the 2024 campaign, Barrett helped lead MACU to one of its most successful seasons in program history. The Evangels ended the year with a 41-13 overall record, including a 20-4 record in SAC play to capture both the program's first SAC Championship as well as the team's first SAC Tournament title with a 12-6 victory over Oklahoma City at Bill Smith Ballpark in Chickasha, Okla. on May 7. As the result, MACU earned its first ever bid to the NAIA Opening while also ending the year with its highest ranking ever in the NAIA Top 25 Coaches' Poll at that point at No.11
It was especially a banner year for a MACU pitching staff that finished as one of the best in the nation, ending the 2024 campaign with the sixth-lowest ERA (3.99) and 10th-lowest WHIP (1.35) in the NAIA. Under Barrett's tutelage, MACU earned its first ever NAIA All-American selection in senior staring pitcher Isaac Baez garnering Third Team honors while also tallying a pair of Academic All-Americans in senior right-handed pitchers Cameron Brown and Zane Robeaux tallying Second Team acclaim.
In 2023, Barrett played a vital role in mentoring MACU's pitching staff as the team finished the year with a 39-17 overall record, a 15-9 mark against SAC competition and won the program's first ever NCCAA World Series title with a 3-2 victory over Southwestern Christian in 10 innings on May 23.
MACU wrapped up the season with a 5.14 team ERA, the third-lowest for the program at that point since joining the NAIA in 2008 as well as the third-lowest ERA in the SAC. The Evangels also tallied a record 11 saves and the second-most complete-game shutouts with four. The MACU pitching staff also put together an astounding strikeout-to-walk ratio with the fourth-most punchouts in a season with 380 to tallying a record-low 118 walks to a 3.1-to-1 K/BB ratio.
During the 2022 campaign, the Evangels amassed a stellar 32-22 overall record and closed out the year with its first .500 or better record in SAC play at 12-12. As a result, MACU qualified for its first ever NCCAA World Series and picked up a 19-10 win over Carolina (N.C.) on May 21 for the program's first ever World Series win.
As a squad, MACU wrapped up the year with the program's fourth-lowest ERA in the NAIA at 5.77 to go with the second-most shutouts (4), the second-most saves (8) and just the program's third 400-plus strikeout season at 407.
In his first season with the program in 2021, the Evangels closed out the year with a 24-26 overall record and a 10-14 mark against SAC squads.
However, the Evangels put together a solid season on the bump, notching the program's fifth-lowest ERA in the NAIA Era at 5.85 with a record five shutouts while striking out the second-most batters in the MACU record books with 438.
Barrett came to MACU after serving as the Associate Head Coach of the University of Antelope Valley for the past year, an NAIA institution located in Lancaster, California.
In his lone season as the UAV's Associate Head Coach, Barrett guided the Pioneers to a 16-13 record and a 7-2 record in the California Pacific Conference. Before being promoted, Barrett served as the Pitching Coach and Recruiting Coordinator for the Pioneers since 2016, building upon a program that won four straight CalPac Conference Championships from 2016 through 2019.
Barrett mentored the 2018 UAV team to an appearance in the NAIA World Series, as the Pioneers closed out the year with a 46-14 record. It was the winningest season for the program since becoming an NAIA institution in 2014. In his five seasons at Antelope Valley, the Pioneers accumulated a 172-78 (.688) overall record.
Prior to coaching Antelope Valley, Barrett served as the Assistant Pitching Coach for the NAIA and NCCAA Division II affiliated Fresno Pacific (Calif.) Sunbirds from 2012 to 2015. Barrett guided a pair of NCCAA World Series Championship teams in 2014 and 2015 while coaching two PacWest All-Americans, including the West Region Pitcher of the Year.
FPU won the NCCAA World Series in his final season, accumulating a record of 39-18-1, repeating its championship win in 2014 after completing a 39-19 season.
Barrett competed for the Sunbirds in 2012, tossing four innings and recording a save before becoming an Undergraduate Coach in 2013. Barrett also competed for two seasons at Modesto Community College before transferring to Fresno Pacific to close out his collegiate pitching career.
