Jay Bradley Johnson (born April 20, 1977) is an American

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coach and former second baseman, who is the current head baseball coach of the

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. He played

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at Shasta from 1997 to 1998 before transferring to

Point Loma Nazarene Point Loma Nazarene University (PLNU) is a private Christian liberal arts college with its main campus on the Point Loma oceanfront in San Diego, California, United States. It was founded in 1902 as a Bible college by the Church of the Nazarene. ...

. He then served as the head coach of the Point Loma Nazarene Sea Lions (2005),

Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...

(2014–2015) and the

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(2016–2021).

Education

Born and raised in

Oroville, California Oroville (''Oro'', Spanish for "Gold" and ''Ville'', French for "town") is the county seat of Butte County, California, United States. The population of the city was 15,506 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, up from 13,004 in the 200 ...

, Johnson graduated from

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in 1995 and began his college baseball career at

Shasta College Shasta College is a public community college in Redding, California, with branch campuses in Burney, Weaverville, and Red Bluff. It was founded in 1950 and later moved to a much larger campus while the original campus became the new locatio ...

, a junior college in

Redding, California Redding is the economic and cultural capital of the Shasta Cascade region of Northern California and the county seat of Shasta County. Redding lies along the Sacramento River, north of Sacramento, and south of California's northern border wi ...

, in 1997. After two years at Shasta, Johnson transferred to

in the 1998–99 school year to complete his college career. A second baseman and starter in the 1999 and 2000 seasons, he hit .326 for the Sea Lions as a senior.

Coaching career

While completing his bachelor's degree in physical education, Johnson became an assistant coach at Point Loma Nazarene in 2001 and remained an assistant coach after graduating before being promoted to head coach for the 2005 season. Johnson led the Sea Lions to a #6 national ranking in the NAIA and a division championship. On August 23, 2005, Johnson became an assistant coach at the

University of San Diego The University of San Diego (USD) is a private Roman Catholic research university in San Diego, California. Chartered in July 1949 as the independent San Diego College for Women and San Diego University (comprising the College for Men and Schoo ...

. The Toreros won three

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championships and made four appearances in the

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with Johnson on staff. On June 28, 2013,

announced that Johnson would take over as head coach. In two seasons at Nevada, Johnson guided the Wolf Pack to a 72–42 record. In 2015, Nevada posted a 41–15 record and captured the school's first-ever Mountain West title with a 22–7 mark in league play. The Wolf Pack was ranked in the top 25 for much of the season and totaled a 13–1 record in series of at least three games. The 41 overall wins ranked second in program history. In 2015 Johnson was named Mountain West Coach of the Year. In 2016 Johnson guided the wildcats to a seventh appearance in the College World Series where they ended up falling to Coastal Carolina in the championship series. On June 24, 2021, Johnson left Arizona to become the head coach of the

Head coaching record

Below is a table of Johnson's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.

References

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Education

Coaching career

Head coaching record

See also

References