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Mizzou basesball coaching search: MU hiring former assistant, per report
By Andrew Olson
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Missouri has reportedly found its new baseball coach. Multiple outlets, including D1 Baseball, are reporting that Memphis coach Kerrick Jackson will be the new Mizzou skipper.
Jackson served as a Mizzou assistant from 2011-to-2015. He was the head coach at Southern from 2018-to-2020. In Jackson’s lone season at Memphis, the Tigers went 29-28.
?BREAKING: @MizzouBaseball is hiring Kerrick Jackson as its new head coach, @d1baseball learned earlier today. Jackson heads back to Columbia after serving as an assistant a few years ago and as the head man at #Memphis last season.
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— Kendall Rogers (@KendallRogers) June 4, 2023
Last Sunday, Mizzou athletic director Desireé Reed-Francois announced the dismissal of Steve Bieser, who went 188-155-1 in 7 seasons with the Tigers. Reed-Francois has pledged more resources to the Mizzou baseball program.
“Baseball is important to our University, our conference, and our state,” Reed-Francois said when announcing the coaching change. “We understand the vital role baseball plays, and we are committed to further increasing our investment in the program and look forward to future successes.”
Mizzou went 30-24 in 2023, missing the NCAA Tournament.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
