Kerrick Jackson

Kerrick Jackson is an American baseball coach and former pitcher. He played college baseball at St. Louis Community College, Bethune–Cookman and Nebraska from 1994–1997. He then served as the head coach of the Southern Jaguars (2018–2020).

Kerrick Jackson
Playing career
1994–1995St. Louis Community College
1996Bethune–Cookman
1997Nebraska
Position(s)Pitcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2001Fairfield (asst)
2002Emporia State (asst)
2003Coffeyville CC (asst)
2004–2005Jefferson College (MO) (asst)
2006–2007Nicholls State (asst)
2008St. Louis CC (asst)
2011–2015Missouri (asst)
2018–2020Southern
Head coaching record
Overall47–67
TournamentsSWAC: 4–1
NCAA: 0–2
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • SWAC West Division (2019)
  • SWAC Tournament (2019)
Awards
  • SWAC Coach of the Year (2019)

Amateur career

Jackson 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

Jackson'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 2006–2007 and St. Louis Community College in 2008.[6]

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.[7] On May 27, 2015, Jackson left his position with Missouri because of his wife's promotion.[8] Jackson spent his two year hiatus from coaching as an agent.

On July 25, 2017, Jackon returned to coaching as the head coach of the Southern Jaguars baseball team.[9]

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.[10]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Southern Jaguars (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2018–2020)
2018 Southern 9–336–155th (West)
2019 Southern 32–2417–61st (West)NCAA Regional
2020 Southern 6–103–0(West)Season canceled due to COVID-19
Southern: 47–6726–21
Total:47–67

      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. "1990-1991 Kirkwood Pioneers". www.kirkwoodbasketball.com. SportsEngine. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  2. "2018 Nebraska Baseball Media Guide". www.huskers.com. Nebraska University Communications. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  3. "Kerrick Jackson". www.gojagsports.com. Southern University. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
  4. Bill Ballew (August 24, 2017). "Kerrick Jackson, Southern Jaguars". www.collegebaseballnow.com. College Baseball Now. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
  5. 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.
  6. "Kerrick Jackson: Scout, Coach, Jack-of-all-baseball-trades". www.simmonsfield.blogspot.com. Blogger. August 16, 2010. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
  7. Donald J. Boyles (August 14, 2010). "Mizzou Baseball Coaching Staff Adds Two". www.collegebaseballdaily.com. PenciDesign. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  8. Dave Matter (May 27, 2015). "Mizzou baseball assistant leaving staff". www.stltoday.com. BLOX Content Media System. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  9. 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.
  10. Jim Kleinpeter (November 30, 2020). "Southern baseball coach Kerrick Jackson resigns, accepts job with MLB". www.theadvocate.com. The Advocate. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
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