Jason Kelly

Jason Kelly
Current position
TitlePitching Coach
TeamTexas A&M
ConferenceSEC
Playing career
1999–2000Cal Poly
2001Cuesta
2002Missouri Valley
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2003Cuesta (asst.)
2005–2006Chico State (P)
2007–2012Cal Poly (P)
2013–2019Washington (P/AHC)
2020–2021Arizona State (P)
2022LSU (P)
2023–2024Washington
2025–presentTexas A&M (P)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2004Cal Poly (DoBO)
Head coaching record
Overall54–51–1 (NCAA DI)
TournamentsNCAA: 1–2

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.

Playing career

Kelly 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

Kelly 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

Statistics overview
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

      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

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "2012 Cal Poly Baseball Media Guide". www.issuu.com. Cal Poly Mustangs. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  3. ^ "01 Baseball Stats". www.cuestaathletics.com. CUESTA COLLEGE ATHLETICS. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Brian Foly (August 16, 2012). "WASHINGTON NAMES JASON KELLY AS PITCHING COACH". www.collegebaseballdaily.com. Foley Creative, INC. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  7. ^ Aaron Fitt (July 16, 2018). "Assistant Coach of the Year: UW's Jason Kelly". d1baseball.com. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.