Jay Johnson (baseball coach)

Jay Johnson
Sport(s) Baseball
Current position
Title Head Coach
Team Arizona Wildcats baseball
Conference Pac-12 Conference
Playing career
1997–1998 Shasta College
1999–2000 Point Loma Nazarene
Position(s) 2B
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2002–2004 Point Loma Nazarene (Asst.)
2005 Point Loma Nazarene
2006–2013 University of San Diego (Asst.)
2014–2015 Nevada
2016–Present Arizona
Head coaching record
Overall 158–80
Tournaments MWC: 3–4, NCAA: 10-2
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
MWC Champion (2015)
Awards
MWC Coach of the Year (2015)

Jay Johnson in an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Arizona Wildcats baseball program. He was named to that position June 8, 2015.[1]

He was named as the Nevada head coach prior to the 2014 season.[2][3][4]

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.[2]

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 University of 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.[2] On June 28, 2013, Nevada announced that Johnson would take over as head coach.[3]

In two seasons at Nevada, Johnson guided the Wolf Pack to a 72–42 record. In 2015, Nevada posted a 41–15 record and captured the school’s first-ever Mountain West title with a 22–7 mark in league play. The Wolf Pack was ranked in the top 25 for much of the season and totaled a 13–1 record in series of at least three games. The 41 overall wins ranked second in program history. In 2015 Johnson was named Mountain West Coach of the Year.

Head coaching records

Below is a table of Johnson's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.[5]

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Point Loma Nazarene Sea Lions (Pacific West Conference) (2005–2005)
2005 Point Loma Nazarene 37–16
Loma Nazarene: 37–16
Nevada Wolfpack (Mountain West Conference) (2014–2015)
2014 Nevada 31–27 15–15 4th 3–2 MWC Tournament
2015 Nevada 41–15 22–7 1st 0–2 MWC Tournament
Nevada: 72–42 37–22
Arizona Wildcats (Pac-12 Conference) (2015–present)
2016 Arizona 49-22 16-14 3rd College World Series
Total: 158–80

      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. "Jay Johnson Named Arizona Baseball Head Coach". arizonawildcats.com. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Jay Johnson bio". University of San Diego Toreros. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
  3. 1 2 Chris Graham (June 28, 2013). "University of Nevada Hires Jay Johnson as Next Baseball Head Coach". CarsonNOW.org. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
  4. Don Starks (July 1, 2013). "Nevada Wastes No Time in Signing New Baseball Coach". mwcconnection.com. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
  5. "2014 Mountain West Conference Standings". TheMW.com. Archived from the original on June 5, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
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