Jackson State Tigers baseball

Jackson State Tigers
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University	Jackson State University
Head coach	Omar Johnson (19th season)
Conference	SWAC East Division
Location	Jackson, Mississippi
Home stadium	Braddy Field (Capacity: 800)
Nickname	Tigers
Colors	Navy blue, white, and light blue
NCAA tournament appearances
2000, 2013, 2014
Conference tournament champions
2000, 2013, 2014
Conference regular season champions
1968, 1971, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2021

The Jackson State Tigers baseball represents Jackson State University, which is located in Jackson, Mississippi. The Tigers are an NCAA Division I college baseball program that competes in the Southwestern Athletic Conference.

The Jackson State Tigers play all home games on campus at Braddy Field. Under the direction of head coach Omar Johnson who has served as head coach since 2007.

Since the program's inception, 7 Tigers have gone on to play in Major League Baseball.

Jackson State in the NCAA Tournament

Year	Record	Pct	Notes
2000	0–2	.000	Baton Rouge Regional
2013	0–2	.000	Baton Rouge Regional
2014	1–2	.333	Lafayette Regional
TOTALS	1–6	.143

Head coaches

Season	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1958–1960	A. F. Smith	3	22–30	.423
1970	Robert Hill	1	24–4	.857
1971–1972	W. C. Gorden	2	44–15	.746
1973–2000	Robert Braddy	28	811–552–5	.595
2001–2006	Mark Salter	6	147–131–1	.529
2007–present	Omar Johnson	16	574–371	.607
Totals	6 coaches	58 seasons	1,622–1,103–6	.595

Notable players

• Oil Can Boyd
• Robert Braddy
• Wes Chamberlain
• Dave Clark
• Dewon Day
• Howard Farmer
• Mike Farmer
• Curt Ford
• Marvin Freeman
• Kelvin Moore

See also

• List of NCAA Division I baseball programs

External links

• Official website