Jason Kelly is a baseball coach and former player, who is the currently the pitching coach of the Texas A&M Aggies. He played college baseball for the Cal Poly Mustangs, the Cuesta Cougars and the Missouri Valley Vikings.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Pitching Coach |
| Team | Texas A&M |
| Conference | SEC |
| Playing career | |
| 1999–2000 | Cal Poly |
| 2001 | Cuesta |
| 2002 | Missouri Valley |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2003 | Cuesta (asst.) |
| 2005–2006 | Chico State (P) |
| 2007–2012 | Cal Poly (P) |
| 2013–2019 | Washington (P/AHC) |
| 2020–2021 | Arizona State (P) |
| 2022 | LSU (P) |
| 2023–2024 | Washington |
| 2025–present | Texas A&M (P) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2004 | Cal Poly (DoBO) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 54–51–1 (NCAA DI) |
| Tournaments | NCAA: 1–2 |
Playing career
editKelly grew up in Santa Maria, California, where he attended St. Joseph High School. As a junior at St. Joseph, Kelly posted a 14–0 record with an earned run average (ERA) of 1.45, and recorded 107 strikeouts in 87 innings pitched, earning him Santa Maria Times All-Area MVP.[1] Kelly enrolled at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, where he played baseball for the Mustangs. As a freshman in 1999, Kelly pitched to a 3–1 record, a 7.91 ERA. and 30 innings pitched. In his second season, he redshirted.[2] For the 2001 season, Kelly transferred to Cuesta College, where he pitched for the Cougars' head coach, Larry Lee. Kelly led the team with ten wins and 107+1⁄3 innings pitched, also getting named First Team All-Western State Conference.[3] Kelly would finish his career playing for the Missouri Valley Vikings during the 2002 season.
Coaching career
editKelly began his coaching career as a volunteer assistant for the Cal Poly Mustangs, a job he supplemented while also working at a local grocery store.[4] The following year, he got his first full-time assist job, being named the pitching coach at Chico State.[5] Kelly would reunite with Larry Lee, joining his staff at Cal Poly as the pitching coach.
On August 16, 2012, Kelly was named the pitching coach of the Washington Huskies.[6] Kelly helped elevate Husky pitching, culminating in a 2018 College World Series appearance. For his efforts during that season, he was named d1baseball.com's Assistant Coach of the Year.[7] At the conclusion of the 2019 season, Kelly left the Huskies to take the same position with the Arizona State Sun Devils.[8] Following head coach Tracy Smith's dismissal, Kelly left Arizona State to become the pitching coach of the LSU Tigers.[9]
On June 24, 2022, Kelly was named the head coach of the Washington Huskies.[10]
On June 30th, 2024, it was announced that Kelly would leave Washington to join new Texas A&M baseball coach Michael Earley as the pitching coach.
Head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Huskies (Pac-12 Conference) (2023–2024) | |||||||||
| 2023 | Washington | 35–20 | 17–12 | 3rd | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2024 | Washington | 19–31–1 | 10–20 | 9th | |||||
| Washington: | 54–51–1 | 27–32 | |||||||
| Total: | 54–51–1 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
edit- ^ "Vault Photos: Jason Kelly's days playing ball in Santa Maria". www.syvnews.com. Santa Ynez Valley News. June 17, 2022. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
- ^ "2012 Cal Poly Baseball Media Guide". www.issuu.com. Cal Poly Mustangs. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
- ^ "01 Baseball Stats". www.cuestaathletics.com. CUESTA COLLEGE ATHLETICS. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
- ^ Joe Bailey (July 19, 2018). "Baseball: St. Joseph grad Jason Kelly named Assistant Coach of the Year at Washington". www.santamariatimes.com. Santa Maria Times. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
- ^ Curtis Crabtree (June 17, 2022). "Washington set to hire Jason Kelly as new baseball coach". www.q13fox.com. FOX Television Stations. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
- ^ Brian Foly (August 16, 2012). "WASHINGTON NAMES JASON KELLY AS PITCHING COACH". www.collegebaseballdaily.com. Foley Creative, INC. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
- ^ Aaron Fitt (July 16, 2018). "Assistant Coach of the Year: UW's Jason Kelly". d1baseball.com. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
- ^ Joe Bailey (June 17, 2019). "Jason Kelly is on the move: St. Joseph grad takes coaching job at Arizona State". www.santamariatimes.com. Santa Maria Times. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
- ^ Joe Bailey (July 7, 2021). "Central Coast native Jason Kelly takes coaching job at LSU". www.syvnews.com. Santa Ynez Valley News. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
- ^ Larry Stone (June 24, 2022). "New UW baseball coach Jason Kelly ready to start 'stacking up recruiting classes'". www.seattletimes.com. Seattle Times. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
