Jerry Meyers

Jerry Meyers (born March 8, 1965) is the pitching coach for the University of South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team.

Meyers attended the Iowa State University from 1984-1987 before starting his coaching career as a graduate assistant at South Alabama. Later he was an assistant coach at Gulf Coast Community College, UNC-Wilmington, and Old Dominion. Prior to the 1996 season he joined the coaching staff at University of South Carolina as the pitching coach the under Ray Tanner.

Old Dominion

Meyers spent eight seasons at South Carolina before being named the head baseball coach at Old Dominion University after the 2004 college baseball succeeding Tony Guzzo. During his time at ODU Meyers compiled an overall record of 167-158 in six seasons. He was named the 2006 CAA Coach of the Year and in 2008 he was the pitching coach for Team USA.

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Old Dominion (CAA) (2005–2010)
2005 ODU 22-33 5-19 9(9)
2006 ODU 39-17 21-9 2(11)
2007 ODU 35-24 18-11 2(11)
2008 ODU 25-27 14-14 5(11)
2009 ODU 22-27 13-11 4(11)
2010 ODU 24-30 11-13 6(11)
ODU: 167-158 82-77
Total: 167-158

      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

    Second Stint at South Carolina

    After six seasons Meyers left Old Dominion for USC in 2010 where he now coaches pitchers again.

    Jerry Meyers coached some of the best college pitchers at South Carolina, including 2000 Golden Spikes Award winner Kip Bouknight. One common theme for the successful Gamecock pitching staffs under his leadership was the presence of a dominating closer.

    Two of these closers rank in the top 10 all-time in single season saves, with one more being in the top 15.

    Personal

    Meyers and his wife Christina have two daughters, Jaye Riley and Audrey Reese.

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