Kerrick Jackson is an American baseball coach and former pitcher, who is the current head baseball coach of the Missouri Tigers. He played college baseball at St. Louis Community College, Bethune–Cookman and Nebraska from 1994 to 1997. He then served as the head coach of the Southern Jaguars (2018–2020) and the Memphis Tigers (2023). He also served as the President of the MLB Draft League in 2021.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head Coach |
| Team | Missouri |
| Conference | SEC |
| Record | 23–32 |
| Playing career | |
| 1994–1995 | St. Louis Community College |
| 1996 | Bethune–Cookman |
| 1997 | Nebraska |
| Position(s) | Pitcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2001 | Fairfield (asst) |
| 2002 | Emporia State (asst) |
| 2003 | Coffeyville CC (asst) |
| 2004–2005 | Jefferson College (MO) (asst) |
| 2006–2007 | Nicholls State (asst) |
| 2008 | St. Louis CC (asst) |
| 2011–2015 | Missouri (asst) |
| 2018–2020 | Southern |
| 2023 | Memphis |
| 2024–present | Missouri |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 99–127 |
| Tournaments | NCAA: 0–2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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| Awards | |
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Amateur career
editJackson attended Kirkwood High School in Kirkwood, Missouri. He played on both the baseball and basketball teams.[1] Upon graduation, Jackson enrolled at St. Louis Community College. After graduating from STLCC, Jackson accepted a baseball scholarship offer from Bethune–Cookman University. Jackson then transferred to play for the Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball program as a senior.[2]
Coaching career
editJackson's first college coaching job came as an assistant for the Fairfield Stags baseball program in 2001.[3] The next season, Jackson became an assistant coach at Emporia State University.[4] Jackson spent the 2003 season as an assistant at Coffeyville Community College before moving on to Jefferson College for the 2004 and 2005 seasons.[5] Jackson coached at Nicholls State University from 2006 to 2007 and St. Louis Community College in 2008.[6] In 2007, he was assistant coach of the Falmouth Commodores, a collegiate summer baseball team in the Cape Cod Baseball League.[7]
Jackson left college baseball to become a professional scout for the Washington Nationals from 2008 to 2010.
On August 14, 2010, Jackson was named the recruiting coordinator and assistant coach for the Missouri Tigers baseball program under coach Tim Jamieson.[8] On May 27, 2015, Jackson left his position with Missouri because of his wife's promotion.[9] Jackson spent his two year hiatus from coaching as an agent.
On July 25, 2017, Jackson returned to coaching as the head coach of the Southern Jaguars baseball team.[10]
In 2019, Coach Jackson led the Southern Jaguars baseball team to the SWAC Baseball Tournament championship and a berth in the 2019 NCAA Baseball Tournament. Southern was eliminated after losses to the Mississippi State University Bulldogs in their first game, 11-6, and the University of Miami Hurricanes, 12-2, in the losers bracket elimination game on the following day. On November 30, 2020, Jackson resigned as head coach of the Southern Jaguars to accept a position as the President of MLB Draft League.[11]
After just a year with the MLB Draft League, Jackson returned to coaching collegiate baseball, being named the head coach of the Memphis Tigers.[12]
On June 3, 2023, Jackson was hired by the Missouri Tigers to become their head baseball coach.[13]
Head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Jaguars (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2018–2020) | |||||||||
| 2018 | Southern | 9–33 | 6–15 | 5th (West) | |||||
| 2019 | Southern | 32–24 | 17–6 | 1st (West) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2020 | Southern | 6–10 | 3–0 | (West) | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | ||||
| Southern: | 47–67 | 26–21 | |||||||
| Memphis Tigers (American Athletic Conference) (2023) | |||||||||
| 2023 | Memphis | 29–28 | 10–14 | T-5th | |||||
| Memphis: | 29–28 | 10–14 | |||||||
| Missouri Tigers (Southeastern Conference) (2024–present) | |||||||||
| 2024 | Missouri | 23–32 | 9–21 | 7th (West) | |||||
| Missouri: | 23–32 | 9–21 | |||||||
| Total: | 99–127 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "1990-1991 Kirkwood Pioneers". www.kirkwoodbasketball.com. SportsEngine. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ^ "2018 Nebraska Baseball Media Guide". www.huskers.com. Nebraska University Communications. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ^ "Kerrick Jackson". www.gojagsports.com. Southern University. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
- ^ Bill Ballew (August 24, 2017). "Kerrick Jackson, Southern Jaguars". www.collegebaseballnow.com. College Baseball Now. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
- ^ Joseph Healy (January 15, 2018). "Kerrick Jackson Looks to Bring Southern Baseball Back to Prominence". www.collegebaseballcentral.com. College Baseball Central. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
- ^ "Kerrick Jackson: Scout, Coach, Jack-of-all-baseball-trades". www.simmonsfield.blogspot.com. Blogger. August 16, 2010. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
- ^ Sherlock, Don (December 27, 2007). "Braves hope picking Berry pays off this time". Yarmouth Register. Yarmouth, MA. p. 15.
- ^ Donald J. Boyles (August 14, 2010). "Mizzou Baseball Coaching Staff Adds Two". www.collegebaseballdaily.com. PenciDesign. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ^ Dave Matter (May 27, 2015). "Mizzou baseball assistant leaving staff". www.stltoday.com. BLOX Content Media System. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
- ^ Mike Gegenheimer (July 25, 2017). "Kerrick Jackson introduced as Southern baseball coach, promises to emphasize 'Jaguar pride'". www.theadvocate.com. BLOX Content Media System. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
- ^ Jim Kleinpeter (November 30, 2020). "Southern baseball coach Kerrick Jackson resigns, accepts job with MLB". www.theadvocate.com. The Advocate. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
- ^ Samaria Terry (May 28, 2022). "Tigers tab Kerrick Jackson as next baseball coach in historic hiring". www.wreg.com. News Channel 3 - Memphis, TN News, Sports and Weather. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
- ^ Kendall Rogers (June 3, 202e). "Missouri set to hire Kerrick Jackson as head coach". www.d1baseball.com. D1Baseball. Retrieved June 3, 2023.