Bowling Green State University Athletics
Softball
Jacob Jeffries
- Title:
- Assistant Softball Coach
- Email:
- jeffrij@bgsu.edu
Jacob Jeffries enters his second season on the BGSU softball staff in the 2023-24 academic year. Head coach Candace Fenton-Bockbrader announced the hiring of Jeffries to her staff in September of 2022.
"I want to thank Coach Fenton for giving me this opportunity to be a Falcon," said Jeffries at the time of his hiring. "I am extremely excited to be a part of this program and the vision that Coach Fenton has for it. I'm ready to give everything I've got to help develop this program not only successfully on the field, but off the field too."
The 2023 season saw Fenton-Bockbrader, Jeffries and the staff rely heavily on a plethora of newcomers, with several returnees sprinkled into the lineup as well. The six-member pitching staff included three first-year Falcons, and the returning hurlers had combined to pitch just 16 percent of the total innings (and only 14% of the innings in MAC play) in the previous season.
BGSU's lone returning All-MAC Team player, Greta L'Esperance, suffered a season-ending injury on opening day, While the Falcons struggled in terms of wins and losses in 2023, the youthful squad gained valuable experience that the coaching staff will look to utilize in future years.
In the classroom, a total of eight student-athletes were named to the Academic All-MAC Team in 2023, while five Falcons earned CSC (formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-District accolades.
As a team, BGSU had a 3.523 grade-point average in the Spring 2023 semester. A total of 12 Falcons made the Dean's List in the spring, with no fewer than seven earning a perfect 4.000 GPA that semester.
Jeffries came to BG after spending the last year as a volunteer assistant at Maryville University, where he was responsible for all aspects of the team's travel in addition to his coaching duties.
He joined the Maryville staff after spending a year in a similar role at Jacksonville University. At JU, Jeffries worked defensively with the catchers and outfielders. A catcher by trade from his playing days, he helped the Dolphins' catching corps throw out better than 38% of would-be base stealers during the 2021 season, an increase of nearly 25% from the previous season. Overall, Jacksonville posted a .964 fielding percentage, the team's best since 2013.
While earning his undergraduate degree at the University of North Florida, Jeffries served as the student manager for the Osprey softball program for three years. While there, he assisted with on-field drills and exercises, handled team equipment which included uniforms, softballs, protective nets, bats, and other equipment, compiled data on opponents and assisted in the completion of compliance paperwork.
He has also served as the coach of the Jacksonville Sharks in the Jacksonville Men's Adult Baseball League, and was a Southside Youth Athletic Association Baseball Coach as well.
Jeffries earned a Bachelor of Science degree in sport management from UNF in 2020, graduating Summa Cum Laude.
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"I want to thank Coach Fenton for giving me this opportunity to be a Falcon," said Jeffries at the time of his hiring. "I am extremely excited to be a part of this program and the vision that Coach Fenton has for it. I'm ready to give everything I've got to help develop this program not only successfully on the field, but off the field too."
The 2023 season saw Fenton-Bockbrader, Jeffries and the staff rely heavily on a plethora of newcomers, with several returnees sprinkled into the lineup as well. The six-member pitching staff included three first-year Falcons, and the returning hurlers had combined to pitch just 16 percent of the total innings (and only 14% of the innings in MAC play) in the previous season.
BGSU's lone returning All-MAC Team player, Greta L'Esperance, suffered a season-ending injury on opening day, While the Falcons struggled in terms of wins and losses in 2023, the youthful squad gained valuable experience that the coaching staff will look to utilize in future years.
In the classroom, a total of eight student-athletes were named to the Academic All-MAC Team in 2023, while five Falcons earned CSC (formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-District accolades.
As a team, BGSU had a 3.523 grade-point average in the Spring 2023 semester. A total of 12 Falcons made the Dean's List in the spring, with no fewer than seven earning a perfect 4.000 GPA that semester.
Jeffries came to BG after spending the last year as a volunteer assistant at Maryville University, where he was responsible for all aspects of the team's travel in addition to his coaching duties.
He joined the Maryville staff after spending a year in a similar role at Jacksonville University. At JU, Jeffries worked defensively with the catchers and outfielders. A catcher by trade from his playing days, he helped the Dolphins' catching corps throw out better than 38% of would-be base stealers during the 2021 season, an increase of nearly 25% from the previous season. Overall, Jacksonville posted a .964 fielding percentage, the team's best since 2013.
While earning his undergraduate degree at the University of North Florida, Jeffries served as the student manager for the Osprey softball program for three years. While there, he assisted with on-field drills and exercises, handled team equipment which included uniforms, softballs, protective nets, bats, and other equipment, compiled data on opponents and assisted in the completion of compliance paperwork.
He has also served as the coach of the Jacksonville Sharks in the Jacksonville Men's Adult Baseball League, and was a Southside Youth Athletic Association Baseball Coach as well.
Jeffries earned a Bachelor of Science degree in sport management from UNF in 2020, graduating Summa Cum Laude.
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