[3] An alumnus of the Trinity-Pawling School in Pawling, New York, McClatchy went on to graduate from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
McClatchy immediately assumed the posts of managing general partner and chief executive officer, becoming the public face of the ownership group.
At some point after 2005, which is not entirely known because the Pirates are a private corporation, Wheeling, West Virginia newspaper publisher G. Ogden Nutting and his family became the plurality and then majority owners in the franchise.
The Nuttings, however, mostly shied from the spotlight and allowed McClatchy to continue serving as the main or even sole voice of the ownership group.
On September 8, 2007, Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports reported that baseball executive Frank Coonelly will be hired by the Pirates to replace McClatchy as CEO.