Coker won 16 games in 2021, with 13 of them coming in South Atlantic Conference play. McLaughlin coached one Southeast Region Player of the Week and one South Atlantic Conference Player of the Week in Reilly Hall (Apr. 6), before landing Lake Lybrand (All-Defensive Team) and Drew Klaserner (All-Conference Honorable Mention Team) on the league's All-Conference teams. 22 baseball players were named to the 2020-21 South Atlantic Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll, while 11 also received the 2020-21 D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award. In addition, the baseball team earned the American Baseball Coaches Association's 2020-21 Team Academic Excellence Award. Coker also posted the program's first South Atlantic Conference tournament win in 2021. 

The Cobras won eight games in the COVID-19-shortened 2020 season, including two in South Atlantic Conference play. McLaughlin coached one South Atlantic Conference Pitcher of the Week in John DeFazio (Feb. 11), while 23 baseball players were named to the 2019-20 South Atlantic Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll. In addition, the baseball team posted a 3.48 GPA for the year and also ranked No. 3 in all of Division II in community service hours. 

Bob McLaughlin joined the Coker baseball staff in August of 2016. In November 2019, McLaughlin was elevated to Head Coach upon the departure of Luke Harrigan. 

McLaughlin came to Coker after a two-year stint at Division III Adrian College. McLaughlin graduated from Alderson Broaddus in the spring of 2013 with his bachelor's degree in Sports Management. He played at Hudson Valley Community College in New York for one season before transferring to A-B for his final three years under former Coker head coach Luke Harrigan.

As a Battler, he played in every game from 2011-2013, starting all but two. McLaughlin was a staple in the middle of the order, hitting .344 and accumulating double-digit doubles all three years. Upon graduation, McLaughlin played with the Taos Blizzards in the Pecos League in the summer of 2013.

McLaughlin is a native of Schenectady, N.Y. and resides in Hartsville with his wife Ali, a two-time Coker graduate and their daughter, Murphy Grace.