Jerry Meyers
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Jerry Meyers (born March 8, 1965) was named the head baseball coach at Old Dominion University after the 2004 college baseball season. He spent the previous eight seasons as the pitching coach the University of South Carolina under Ray Tanner.
Meyers attended the Iowa State University from 1984-1987 before starting his coaching career as a graduate assistant at South Alabama. Later he was an assistant coach at Gulf Coast Community College, UNC-Wilmington, and Old Dominion. Prior to the 1996 season he joined the coaching staff at South Carolina.
Jerry Meyers coached some of the best college pitchers at South Carolina, including 2000 Golden Spikes Award winner Kip Bouknight. One common theme for the successful Gamecock pitching staffs under his leadership was the presence of a dominating closer. Two of these closers rank in the top 10 all-time in single season saves, with one more being in the top 15.
On July 19, 2004, Meyers succeeded Tony Guzzo as the head coach of the Old Dominion baseball program.
Meyers and his wife Christina have two daughters, Jaye Riley and Audrey Reese.
External links
- Biography from uscsports.com (http://uscsports.collegesports.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/meyers_jerry00.html)
- Announcement of Meyer's hiring at ODU (http://odusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/071904aaa.html)
- 2004 college baseball record books in .pdf format (http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/baseball_records_book/2004/2004BaseballRecords.pdf)