Jake Boss

Jake Boss
Sport(s) Baseball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Michigan State Spartans
Conference Big Ten
Record 194-137
Biographical details
Alma mater Alma College '93
Playing career
1990-1993 Alma Scots
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996-1997
1998-2004
2005-2007
2008
2009-Present		 Iowa Central Tritons (asst.)
Eastern Michigan Eagles (asst.)
Michigan Wolverines (asst.)
Eastern Michigan Eagles
Michigan State
Head coaching record
Overall 219-171
Tournaments NCAA: 0-4
Accomplishments and honors

Championships

1 MAC West Division Championship (2008)
1 MAC Tournament Championship (2008)
1 Big Ten Regular Season Championship (2011)
2 NCAA Regional Appearances (2008, 2012)

Jake Boss is an American college baseball coach, currently the head coach of Michigan State. He is the former head baseball coach of Eastern Michigan.

Early career

Boss played college baseball at Division III Alma College from 1990-1993. In the mid-1990s, Boss served as a high school and community college baseball coach before accepting an assistant coaching position at Eastern Michigan prior to the 1997 season. He left Eastern Michigan after the 2004 season to serve as an assistant at Michigan from 2005-2007.[1][2]

Head coaching career

Boss was named the head coach at Eastern Michigan for the 2008 season and spent one year there. Under Boss, the team lost its first 17 games but went 25-17 for the remainder of the season. The Eagles won the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Western Division Title and the MAC Tournament, thus qualifying for the NCAA Tournament.[3][4]

On July 1, 2008, Boss was named head baseball coach at Michigan State.[5] Boss made his first NCAA Tournament appearance with Michigan State in 2012.[6]

Record

Below is a table of Boss's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.[7][8][9][10]

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Eastern Michigan Eagles (Mid-American Conference) (2008–2008)
2008 Eastern Michigan 25-34 15-8 (West) 1st NCAA Regional
Eastern Michigan: 25-34 15-8
Michigan State (Big Ten Conference) (2009–present)
2009 Michigan State 23-31 13-11 5th Big Ten Tournament
2010 Michigan State 34-19 11-13 T-7th
2011 Michigan State 36-21 15-9 T-1st Big Ten Tournament
2012 Michigan State 37-23 13-11 5th NCAA Regional
2013 Michigan State 33-17 12-9 7th
2014 Michigan State 31-26 11-13 6th Big Ten Tournament
Michigan State: 194-137 75-66
Total: 219-171

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Jake Boss Jr.". MSUSpartans.com. Michigan State Sports Information. Archived from the original on 2012-06-16. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  2. ↑ "Jake Boss Jr. Joins Michigan Staff as Assistant Coach". MGoBlue.com. Archived from the original on 2012-06-16. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "Eagles Earn Spot in NCAA Baseball Tournament". The Detroit News. 25 May 2008. Archived from the original on 2012-06-16. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "2008 MAC Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Archived from the original on 2012-06-16. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  5. ↑ Grinczel, Steve (1 July 2008). "New MSU baseball coach Jake Boss first hire for new AD Hollis". MLive. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
  6. ↑ "2012 Stanford Regional". CollegeBaseballInsider.com. Archived from the original on 2012-06-16. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  7. ↑ "2012 Eastern Michigan Baseball Media Guide". EMUEagles.com. Eastern Michigan Sports Information Department. pp. 58–59. Archived from the original on 2012-06-16. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  8. ↑ "2012 Michigan State Baseball Media Guide". Michigan State Sports Information Department. pp. 49–50. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-16. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  9. ↑ "2012 Big Ten Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Archived from the original on 2012-06-16. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  10. ↑ "2013 Big Ten Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on May 28, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2013.