| Years at Northeast: | 1992-2006 |
| Sports: | Baseball |
| Occupation: | Head Coach |
Ray Scott brought the Northeast Mississippi Community College baseball program back to postseason prominence during his 15 seasons as head coach.
His very first team in 1992 won the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC) North Division for the first time in over 20 years. Ralph Johnson's 1970 squad was the last before then to do so and went 8-4-1 with a loss to Perkinston Junior College in a one-game state championship playoff.
The Tigers closed the regular season with eight straight wins and finished 20-23 overall, 14-6 in the North. They earned the right to host Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in the MACJC State Championship series at Harold T. White Field.
The Bulldogs won the series, but Northeast still qualified for a program first National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region 23 Tournament.
Eight years later, Scott broke the school record for wins in a season at the time with 26 victories on the way to another playoff bid. Ronnie Key's 1989 troup held the previous mark with 24 wins.
All told, Scott left the baseball diamond as the winningest headman in program history with 277 total triumphs. His teams earned five postseason berths, including three straight from 1999-to-2001.
Northeast returned to the NJCAA Region 23 Tournament in 2004 in the final playoff appearance of Scott's storied career.
Scott earned an Associate's degree from Northeast and both Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Mississippi State University. He started his coaching career with baseball and football stints at Baldwyn High School and Corinth High School.
He and his wife Wendy have two sons, Jon Andy and Jake.