Wes Johnson (baseball) explained

Wes Johnson
Current Title:Head Coach
Current Team:Georgia
Current Conference:SEC
Birth Date:9 September 1971
Birth Place:Sherwood, Arkansas, U.S.
Alma Mater:University of Arkansas at Monticello
Player Years1:1991
Player Team1:Texas Wesleyan
Player Years2:1992–1993
Player Team2:Arkansas-Monticello
Coach Years1:1997–2002
Coach Team1:Sylvan Hills HS (asst.)
Coach Years2:2003
Coach Team2:Arkansas Baptist HS (asst.)
Coach Years3:2004–2007
Coach Team3:Abundant Life School
Coach Years4:2008
Coach Team4:Central Arkansas (pitching)
Coach Years5:2009
Coach Team5:Southern Arkansas (pitching)
Coach Years6:2010–2011
Coach Team6:Central Arkansas (pitching)
Coach Years7:2012–2015
Coach Team7:Dallas Baptist (pitching)
Coach Years8:2016
Coach Team8:Mississippi State (pitching)
Coach Years9:2017–2018
Coach Team9:Arkansas (pitching)
Coach Years10:2019–2022
Coach Team10:Minnesota Twins (pitching)
Coach Years11:2023
Coach Team11:LSU (pitching)
Coach Years12:2024–present
Coach Team12:Georgia

Wes Johnson (born September 9, 1971) is an American baseball coach. He is the head coach for the Georgia Bulldogs.

Career

Johnson is from Sherwood, Arkansas.[1] He graduated from Sylvan Hills High School in Sherwood[2] and from the University of Arkansas at Monticello in 1994 after playing baseball there for two years.

Johnson began his coaching career as an assistant at Sylvan Hills and Arkansas Baptist High School before landing the head coaching job and winning a state championship at Abundant Life School in Sherwood.[3] He has served as a pitching coach for the Central Arkansas Bears and Dallas Baptist Patriots, before joining the Mississippi State Bulldogs in 2016. He spent one season with Mississippi State before he was hired to coach the Arkansas Razorbacks pitchers.[4] After the 2018 season, the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball hired him as their pitching coach.[5] [6]

On June 26, 2022, Johnson was announced as the new pitching coach of the LSU Tigers. Leaving his pitching coach role with the first-place Twins for the same position at the NCAA level was reported as a rare move by many in the media, including Jeff Passan.[7]

On June 5, 2023, Johnson was hired as the Georgia Bulldogs head baseball coach.[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Deckelbaum . Kyle . Sherwood native Wes Johnson named new Razorback pitching coach . June 15, 2016 . November 16, 2018 . KATV.
  2. https://www.onlineathens.com/story/sports/college/bulldogs-extra/2023/06/05/georgia-baseball-wes-johnson-josh-brooks-scott-stricklin-lsu-tigers-ncaa-baseball/70277427007/
  3. Web site: Sullivan . Stephen . Sully Says: Wes Johnson is living the dream . June 13, 2018 . November 16, 2018 . KATV.
  4. News: June 15, 2016 . MSU pitching coach Wes Johnson headed to Arkansas . The Clarion-Ledger . November 16, 2018 . Clarionledger.com.
  5. Web site: Twins to name University of Arkansas' Johnson as pitching coach . November 16, 2018 . StarTribune.com.
  6. Web site: Twins announce Baldelli's coaching staff. MLB.com.
  7. Nagy. Zack. June 26, 2022. News: LSU Baseball Hires Pitching Coach Wes Johnson Away From Minnesota Twins. June 27, 2022. Sports Illustrated.
  8. Web site: Thamel . Pete . Georgia hires LSU's Wes Johnson as head baseball coach . . June 6, 2023 . June 5, 2023.