Jay Johnson (baseball coach)

Jay Johnson
Sport(s) Baseball
Current position
Title Head Coach
Team Nevada
Conference Mountain West Conference
Record 31-27
Playing career
1997–1998
1999–2000		 Shasta College
Point Loma Nazarene
Position(s) 2B
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2002–2004
2005
2006–2013
2014–Present		 Point Loma Nazarene (Asst.)
Point Loma Nazarene
San Diego (Asst.)
Nevada
Head coaching record
Overall 31-27
Tournaments MWC: 2-2

Jay Johnson in an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Nevada Wolf Pack baseball program. He was named to that position prior to the 2014 season.[1][2][3]

Johnson played at Shasta College, a junior college in Redding, California, for two years before transferring to Point Loma Nazarene to complete his college career. A second baseman and starter his final two seasons, he hit .326 for the Sea Lions as a senior.[1]

Following his playing career, Johnson coached for four seasons at Point Loma Nazarene, the final year as head coach. He led the Sea Lions to a #6 national ranking in the NAIA and a division championship before moving to San Diego as an assistant. The Toreros won three West Coast Conference championships and made four appearances in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship with Johnson on staff.[1] On June 28, 2013, Nevada announced that Johnson would take over as head coach.[2]

Head coaching records

Below is a table of Johnson's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.[4]

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Nevada (Mountain West Conference) (2014–present)
2014 Nevada 31-27 15-15 4th MWC Tournament
Nevada: 31-27 15-15
Total: 31-27

      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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Jay Johnson bio". San Diego Toreros. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chris Graham (June 28, 2013). "University of Nevada Hires Jay Johnson as Next Baseball Head Coach". CarsonNOW.org. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
  3. ↑ Don Starks. "Nevada Wastes No Time in Signing New Baseball Coach". mwcconnection.com. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
  4. ↑ "2014 Mountain West Conference Standings". TheMW.com. Archived from the original on June 5, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2014.