Scott Jackson is an American baseball coach, who previously was the head baseball coach at Liberty University. Jackson attended college at Campbell University and played on the Campbell Fighting Camels baseball team.[1] Jackson served as an assistant baseball coach and recruiting coordinator at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 2009 to 2016.[2][3] Jackson was named head baseball coach at Liberty University on July 17, 2016.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10] Jackson resigned on July 11, 2024 to go back to Chapel Hill as an assistant coach and recruitting coordinator at UNC.[11]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant coach/recruiting coordinator |
| Team | North Carolina |
| Conference | ACC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | Winchester, Virginia, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1995–1998 | Campbell |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2000 | Wofford (assistant) |
| 2001 | Barton (assistant) |
| 2002 | Campbell (assistant) |
| 2003–2007 | UNC Wilmington (pitching coach) |
| 2008 | Liberty (pitching coach) |
| 2009–2016 | North Carolina (assistant coach) |
| 2017–2024 | Liberty |
| 2025–present | North Carolina (assistant coach) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 246–181 |
| Tournaments | NCAA: 3–6 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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| Awards | |
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Head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Flames (Big South Conference) (2017–2018) | |||||||||
| 2017 | Liberty | 32–23 | 16–8 | 2nd | Big South Tournament | ||||
| 2018 | Liberty | 32–26 | 17–10 | 3rd | Big South Tournament | ||||
| Liberty: | 33–18 | ||||||||
| Liberty Flames (ASUN Conference) (2019–2023) | |||||||||
| 2019 | Liberty | 43–21 | 15–9 | 2nd | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2020 | Liberty | 10–7 | Season canceled on March 12 due to Coronavirus pandemic[12] | ||||||
| 2021 | Liberty | 41–16 | 19–2 | 1st (North) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2022 | Liberty | 37–23 | 19–11 | T-1st (East) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2023 | Liberty | 27–31 | 16–14 | 6th | ASUN tournament | ||||
| Liberty: | 69–36 | ||||||||
| Liberty Flames (Conference USA) (2024) | |||||||||
| 2024 | Liberty | 24–34 | 11–13 | 5th | C-USA tournament | ||||
| Liberty: | 246–181 | 11–13 | |||||||
| Total: | 246–181 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
edit- ^ Holaday, Chris (2003). Baseball in North Carolina's Piedmont. Mount Pleasant, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-7385-1413-0.
- ^ "Scott Jackson joins Carolina baseball staff". WRAL. July 15, 2008. Archived from the original on February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
- ^ Sorenson, Eric (August 6, 2015). "Sorenson: Q&A With UNC's Scott Jackson". d1baseball.com. Archived from the original on February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
- ^ "LU hires UNC assistant Jackson as head baseball coach". The News & Advance. July 17, 2016. Archived from the original on June 20, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
- ^ Robertson, Mark D. (July 18, 2016). "Flames introduce Jackson as head baseball coach". The News & Advance. Archived from the original on June 7, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
- ^ Pryor, Brooke (July 31, 2016). "Scott Jackson on becoming a head coach, leaving UNC and faith in baseball". North State Journal. Archived from the original on February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
- ^ "Liberty Names Jackson New Head Baseball Coach". WDBJ. July 17, 2016. Archived from the original on February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
- ^ Trendel, Avery (July 18, 2016). "UNC Baseball Assistant Scott Jackson Named Head Coach at Liberty". WCHL. Archived from the original on February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
- ^ Lara-Cinisomo, Vince (July 17, 2016). "Liberty Hires UNC's Jackson As Head Coach". Baseball America. Archived from the original on February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
- ^ Vernon, Jeremy (July 17, 2016). "UNC baseball assistant Scott Jackson takes head coaching job at Liberty". dailytarheel.com. Archived from the original on February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
- ^ Walls, Dave (July 11, 2024). "Scott Jackson resigns as Liberty head baseball coach". WSET.com. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
- ^ "ASUN Conference Cancels Intercollegiate Competitions for Remainder of Academic Year". 12 March 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2020.