Jake McKinley named Nevada Wolf Pack baseball head coach

Jake McKinley, who has spent the previous 4 seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers and has greater than a decade of collegiate teaching expertise, has been named the top baseball coach at Nevada, Appearing Athletic Director Invoice Johnson and incoming Athletic Director Stephanie Rempe introduced in a information launch.
“After an intensive nationwide search, I’m thrilled to welcome Jake to the Wolf Pack household,” stated Rempe. “He’s an elite coach, a pupil of the sport and has an unbelievable means to attach with athletes. Jake is aware of how one can develop gamers and coaches and his expertise as a really profitable head coach at two establishments makes him the right coach to proceed the trajectory of the Nevada baseball program. I’m excited to welcome Jake again to Northern Nevada and the Reno neighborhood.”
McKinley takes over a Nevada program which went 29-26 and completed second within the Mountain West standings in 2022, a season after the group reached its first NCAA Regional since 2000.
He has been the Brewers’ vp of participant improvement since 2021, having beforehand served because the group’s director of participant improvement Initiatives (2019-21) and minor league pitching coordinator (2018-19).
“I’m so honored to change into the following head baseball coach at Nevada. This system affords a singular mix of location, lecturers, sturdy athletics custom, and nice amenities,” stated McKinley. “I’m assured we are going to carry the legacies of previous applications and frequently construct Wolf Pack Baseball right into a nationally-competitive program that thrives on the sphere, within the classroom, and within the Reno neighborhood.”
Previous to becoming a member of the Brewers’ group, McKinley spent 13 years within the collegiate ranks, together with 5 seasons as a head coach (2014-17 at Menlo School; 2018 at William Jessup). At Menlo School, McKinley gained 131 video games over his 4 seasons on the helm, turning into this system’s all-time winningest head coach. The next season, he inherited a William Jessup group that had gained simply 10 video games the earlier 12 months, and guided it to a 41-17 marketing campaign, marking, on the time, the most important single-season turnaround in faculty baseball historical past.
Scholar-athletes throughout McKinley’s tenure at Menlo School obtained honors in a number of classes, amongst them 2017 GSAC Participant of the Yr (Jordan Getzelman) and Pitcher of the Yr (Jason Alexander). Different accolades embrace 12 All-Convention honorees, six NAIA All-Individuals, 4 NAIA Tutorial All-Individuals, six Scholar-Athletes, and two Capital One Tutorial All-District picks.
4 of his Menlo gamers had been chosen within the Main League Baseball Draft and McKinley was acknowledged as MLB Scouts Northern California School Coach of the Yr in 2016. Of these 4 draftees, two had been chosen within the Prime 10 rounds, most notably Lucas Erceg who was chosen forty sixth total by the Brewers. One participant from his 2018 William Jessup group was chosen within the draft, whereas one other signed with the Brewers as a free agent.
In 4 years as a head coach, McKinley noticed 13 former gamers go on to play skilled baseball after being drafted or signing as a free agent.
Previous to Menlo School, McKinley spent 4 years (2010-13) as an assistant coach at Sacramento State, serving because the director of baseball operations, a volunteer assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, serving to the Hornets to a 67-55 report over his last two seasons.
McKinley began his teaching profession after graduating from Bethany College (Santa Cruz, Calif.) as an assistant for the Bruins. One 12 months later, he left his alma mater and headed to Campbellsville College (Ky.) to tackle an assistant coach place from 2007-09. At Campbellsville, he performed a serious position in main the group to a 39-12 report and a visit to the 2009 NAIA World Collection. McKinley returned house in 2009 for 2 years at West Valley School, the place he served as pitching coach.
McKinley graduated from Bethany School in 2006 with a Bachelor of Arts in speech communications and earned a Grasp’s of Arts in Social Science from Campbellsville in 2008.
As a Bethany participant, he was a standout pitcher and first baseman, setting a number of data over his profession, together with most strikeouts in a profession, most strikeouts in a single season, lowest single season ERA, and most innings pitched in each a season and profession.