North Carolina State University Athletics
Scott Lawler Named To Baseball Coaching Staff
6/12/2000 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
RALEIGH, N.C. (June 12) - Scott Lawler, an all-conference performer as an NC State player, has been hired as an assistant baseball coach with the Wolfpack, head coach Elliott Avent announced on June 12. Lawler replaces Mark Fuller, who left NC State following the 2000 season to take a similar position at Auburn.
Lawler brings a wide range of experience to the job. He joined the NC State program as a true freshman in the fall of 1992, played for the Wolfpack from 1993-97, and has served as a volunteer coach and an administrative assistant with the program since ending a one-season professional career in the fall of 1997.
"I'm very excited about having Scott Lawler join our coaching staff," Avent said. "Scott is very intelligent, has a tremendous understanding of the game of baseball and loves the game very much, and he works extremely hard.
"Even more important, though, Scott has been with our program for eight years. As much as anyone, he knows what has made NC State baseball a great program. He knows our traditions. He knows the tremendous dedication that our players have made over the years to make this program successful. He knows what it will take to keep NC State baseball among the top programs in the country. Scott Lawler is the perfect fit for our program.
Lawler, who battled injuries for much of his player career, played 11 games in 1993 before breaking his wrist and earning a medical hardship from the NCAA. He continued to fight injuries as a redshirt freshman in 1994 and as a sophomore in 1995, but finally saw some regular action as a junior in 1996, starting 31 games and batting .299.
Lawler blossomed as a senior in 1997 while playing for Avent, then in his first year as head coach. Lawler started 47 games that season and batted .308 with nine home runs and 43 RBIs. He was voted second team All-Atlantic Coast Conference at designated hitter, and went on to play minor league baseball that summer with the Houston Astros' short-season Class A affiliate at Auburn of the New York-Penn League.
A shoulder injury suffered late in his senior season at NC State derailed Lawler's professional career, but he joined the Wolfpack coaching staff that fall as a volunteer assistant coach and served in that capacity for the 1998 and 1999 seasons. This past school year, he was the program's director of baseball operations, working in an administrative capacity in the baseball office.
A native of Norristown, Pa., Lawler earned his bachelor of arts degree in business from NC State in 1997. The 26-year-old Lawler is single.
