He is among the best in all of college baseball. Jerry Meyers is a national championship pitching coach. Ray Tanner, South Carolina AD, former HC at South Carolina The Gamecocks won the national championship in 2011 and also reached the CWS championship game two other times (2002, 2012) with Meyers as Pitching Coach.
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South Carolina reached the College World Series six times during Meyers’ tenure as pitching coach. Meyers won 167 games in six seasons as Head Coach at Old Dominion, and he was also instrumental in the success of some of South Carolina’s most successful teams.
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Several of his former collegiate pitchers have reached the professional ranks. Meyers developed 17 All-American pitchers during his time at South Carolina, where his pitching staffs generally ranked near the top of the SEC and nationally, in wins, earned run average, strikeouts and WHIP. Meyers enjoyed immense success in his baseball career both as head coach at Old Dominion for six years, and as a longtime assistant at South Carolina, where he served as Pitching Coach and Associate Head Coach for 15 seasons during two separate stints. It will be our mission to compete every day to make Blue Raider Nation proud.” “There have been many outstanding players and coaches that have built this program and its proud tradition over many years. “I have great respect for the Blue Raider program and its history,” Meyers said after his promotion. Newcomers such as Sells and Jalen Wirtz each proved to be reliable arms on the MT pitching staff while Hamm set new career highs in strikeouts (65) and innings pitched (59.1).įollowing the season, pitchers Wigginton and Zach Keenan signed professional contracts in the American Association.
Peyton Wigginton earned Conference USA Pitcher of the Week May 16 after a complete-game shutout performance at Rice.īlue Raider pitchers combined to throw five complete games and record 421 strikeouts. In his first season, Meyers coached two Conference USA Second Team All-Conference pitchers in Trent Seibert and Jaden Hamm, and an All-Freshman team pitcher in James Sells. “I am very appreciative and excited for this opportunity,” Meyers said. “I’m thankful our administration has trusted me with the responsibility of guiding the young men in our program.” After serving as Associate Head Coach/Pitching Coach during the 2022 season, Jerry Meyers was promoted to Head Coach of the Blue Raider baseball program in August of 2022.
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