Jason Gill Explained

Jason Gill
Birth Date:7 April 1970
Birth Place:Santa Ana, California, U.S.
Player Years1:1991–1992
Player Team1:Cuesta College
Player Years2:1993
Player Team2:Cal State Dominguez Hills
Player Years3:1994
Player Team3:Cal State Fullerton
Player Positions:Shortstop / third baseman
Coach Years1:1995–1996
Coach Team1:Cal State Fullerton (GA)
Coach Years2:1997–1998
Coach Team2:Nevada (asst.)
Coach Years3:1999–2000
Coach Team3:Loyola Marymount (asst.)
Coach Years4:2001–2004
Coach Team4:UC Irvine (asst.)
Coach Years5:2005–2007
Coach Team5:Cal State Fullerton (asst.)
Coach Years6:2008
Coach Team6:Oregon (asst.)
Coach Years7:2009–2019
Coach Team7:Loyola Marymount
Coach Years8:2020–2022
Coach Team8:USC
Overall Record:382–344–1
Tournament Record:West Coast: 9–9
NCAA: 2–2
Championships:
  • West Coast regular season (2017)
  • West Coast tournament (2019)

Jason Gill is an American baseball coach and former shortstop and third baseman. He played college baseball for Cuesta College, Cal State Dominguez Hills and Cal State Fullerton from 1991 to 1994. He then served as the head coach of the Loyola Marymount Lions (2009–2019) the USC Trojans (2019–2022).

Playing career

Gill attended Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California.[1] He then accepted a scholarship to play at Cuesta College,[2] to play college baseball. He was named an honorable mention All-Western State Conference.[3] After two seasons at Cuesta, Gill then went on to play at Cal State Dominguez Hills. While at Dominguez Hills, Gill was named an honorable mention All-California Collegiate Athletic Association.[4] Gill then moved on to Cal State Fullerton to play his senior season. He batted .345 with .469 on base percentage and slugged .388. He was named a Second Team All-West Coast Conference performer.[5]

Coaching career

Gill then served as a graduate assistant at Fullerton for two seasons while completing his degree. Gill then spent two season as an assistant coach for the Nevada Wolf Pack baseball team. He then accepted a role as an assistant for the Loyola Marymount Lions baseball program. Gill then spent three seasons as an assistant for the UC Irvine Anteaters baseball team.[6] He then returned to Cal State Fullerton as an assistant for three seasons.[7]

On August 13, 2008, Gill was named the head coach of the Loyola Marymount program.[8] [9] In 2011, Gill was interviewed for the head coaching position at Cal State Fullerton,[10] but remained with the Lions.

On June 14, 2019, Gill was hired to be the new head coach of the USC Trojans baseball program.[11] [12] On June 6, 2022, Gill and Trojans agreed to mutually part ways.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Prep Baseball : Mater Dei Has to Rally to Overcome Servite . May 13, 1989 . . October 30, 2018.
  2. Web site: Cuesta College Baseball . Cuesta College . www.cuesta.edu . October 30, 2018.
  3. Web site: All-Time All-Conference . Cuesta College . www.cuesta.edu . October 30, 2018.
  4. Web site: Baseball History / Honors . Cal State Dominguez Hills . www.gotoros.com . October 30, 2018.
  5. Web site: Titans' Ferguson, Wagner Earn Conference Honors . May 25, 1994 . . October 31, 2018.
  6. Web site: Colleges: Former UCI baseball assistants flourishing . Barry Faulkner . July 15, 2016 . . October 31, 2018.
  7. Web site: Fullerton finds a gem behind the plate . Gary Klein . June 5, 2009 . . October 31, 2018.
  8. Web site: Jason Gill Named Head Baseball Coach . August 13, 2008 . Loyola Marymount University Athletics . www.lmulions.com . October 30, 2018.
  9. Web site: Jason Gill returning as head coach of LMU Lions baseball program . August 21, 2008 . The Argonaut . www.argonautnews.com . October 30, 2018.
  10. Web site: CSF talks to three about baseball job . Randy Youngman . June 23, 2011 . Digital First Media . www.ocregister.com . October 30, 2018.
  11. News: USC hires Loyola Marymount's Jason Gill as baseball coach. June 14, 2019. Los Angeles Times. McCollough, J. Brady. June 18, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190618050126/https://www.latimes.com/sports/usc/la-sp-jason-gill-usc-baseball-coach-hired-20190614-story.html. June 18, 2019.
  12. News: USC hires LMU's Jason Gill as new head baseball coach. June 14, 2019. Orange County Register. Grosbard, Adam. June 18, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190618050133/https://www.ocregister.com/2019/06/14/usc-hires-lmus-jason-gill-as-new-head-baseball-coach/. June 18, 2019.