Scot McCloughan fs '92 left WSU a professional baseball player but has spent the past nine years working in a sport Wichita State hasn't hosted since 1986 — football.
McCloughan is vice president of player personnel for the San Francisco 49ers. His responsibilities include the organization's college and pro scouts, the draft and free agents.
McCloughan enjoyed two appearances at the College World Series before being drafted by the Toronto Bluejays. He was "just an average baseball player," he says, "and the minor leagues weren't what I really wanted."
After three years in the minor leagues, Ron Wolf (with the Green Bay Packers) offered him a regional scouting position. McCloughan spent four years with the Packers and five with the Seattle Seahawks before joining the 49ers early this year.
Football was his first love but a knee injury in junior high school kept him from playing. Football comes naturally to him; his dad Kent, a college scout, has been with the Raiders since 1965. McCloughan joined the team at the same time as the new head coach, Mike Nolan. "I really liked what I saw," he says about Nolan. "That's one of the reasons I took this job."
