Pat Hallahan has been involved in baseball for 25 years. He is currently the Assistant Coach at Holy Cross Notre Dame in charge of Recruiting. His coaching experience has been at all levels. At the College level Pat coached under Dean Bowyer at Minnesota State Mankato for three years. Hallahan also holds a cerificate from the NAIA in Champions of Character "Character Driven Coaching". At the High School level Pat was an assistant coach at McLeod West, and Holy Family Catholic in Victoria. Pat was the Head coach for 3 years at Winsted Holy Trinity High School. At the Amateur level Pat was the Head coach for 2 years for the Cincinnati Hawks and the coach of the Winthrop Eagles for 2 seasons.
Hallahan has coached many youth programs at all ages within the McLeod County area. He led the Hutchinson Pirates to a State Championship in 2000 and in 2002 he led the MCB Cardinals to a 3rd place finish at state. In 2002 Hallahan started the Brownton Baseball Association and in 2003 Hallahan started up the Glencoe VFW program. Both programs are still around today. While at Winsted coaching the Holy Trinity team Hallahan started the Winsted Legion program in 2005. Hallahan is currently the Director of player Development for Team Maxbat and the Minnesota Chill Softball program.
Hallahan was a 2004 graduate of Minnesota State University where he also coached the JV Baseball program. He is married to his wife of 21 years, Sharon, and between them they have 5 children. Cody is a pitcher at Bethany Lutheran college, Brittney is a player for the Southwest State University Softball team, Jackson is a player for the saints at Holy Cross/Notre Dame, and Cortney is a Varsity Softball player at Holy Family Catholic who will play for the Bethany Vikings in 2011.
Hallahan's playing experience out of high school has all been at the amateur level. Hallahan played 5 seasons for the Glencoe Brewers before he moved to Cincinnati in 1990 where he played 3 seasons with the Cincinnati Hawks as a player/manager. Hallahan returned to Minnesota to start up the Winthrop Eagles in 1994 where he played 2 seasons as a player/manager. After that, he played a season for the Brownton Bruins, and 2 partial seasons with the Hutchinson Huskies and Winsted Wildcats. Hallahan closed out his playing days in 2007 with the Green Isle Irish.
Pat is also an Associate Scout for Team Maxbat
