Link Jarrett

Link Jarrett

Jarrett in 2014
Sport(s)	Baseball
Current position
Title	Head Coach
Team	UNC Greensboro
Conference	Southern Conference
Biographical details
Born	(1972-01-26) January 26, 1972 Tallahassee, Florida
Playing career
1991–1994	Florida State
Position(s)	SS
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999–2001	Flagler (Asst.)
2003	Florida State (Asst.)
2004–2005	Mercer (Asst.)
2006–2009	East Carolina (Asst.)
2010–2012	Auburn (Asst.)
2013–Present	UNC Greensboro
Head coaching record
Overall	142–131
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1
Awards
2016 Southern Conference Coach of the Year 2010 SEC Ast Coach of the Year 2009 C-USA Ast Coach of the year

Lincoln "Link" Jarrett (born January 26, 1972) is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the UNC Greensboro Spartans baseball program. He was named to that position prior to the 2013 season.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Playing career

Jarrett was a four year starter at shortstop for the Florida State Seminoles, appearing in three College World Series. He holds the All-Time NCAA Assists record of 802. He was an NCBWA All-American in 1993 and 1994, and also earned All-ACC honors. Jarrett graduated holding the Seminole records for consecutive games, at bats, and assists. He was drafted in the 22nd round of the 1994 MLB Draft by the Colorado Rockies. He played five years in the Rockies organization, reaching the class-AA New Haven Ravens before turning to coaching. Jarrett hit .303 for New Haven in 1997, and was named "Most Spectacular Defensive Player" following the 1994 season in Bend, Oregon.^[1][7]

Coaching career

Jarrett began his coaching career in 1999 as an assistant at Flager, where he remained for three seasons. The Saints set several school records during his tenure, and won 40 games in 2001. He returned to Florida State in 2003, helping the Seminoles to 53 wins, an ACC regular season championship, and a super regional berth. In 2004 and 2005, Jarrett served as recruiting coordinator at Mercer. After seeing the Bears double their win total from his first season to his second and earn their first winning season since 1999, Jarrett accepted the same position at East Carolina. In Jarrett's four seasons, the Pirates made three NCAA Tournament appearances, including a Conference USA Championship, regional championship leading to an NCAA super regional in 2009. For his efforts that year, he was named Conference USA Assistant Coach of the Year by SEBaseball.com. East Carolina averaged 40 wins per year from 2006-2009. In 2010, Jarrett moved to Auburn, where he worked for three seasons, earning Southeastern Conference Assistant Coach of the Year from SEBaseball.com. In his time at Auburn, the Tigers appeared in three SEC Tournaments, Won the SEC West Regular Season Championship, Hosted the 2010 Auburn Regional, averaged 34 wins, and saw 19 players drafted in the Major League Baseball Draft. The Auburn hitters also broke 7 school records under his guidance. Jarrett's teams have led the NCAA in 8 offensive categories since 2009. Jarrett has been a part of conference championships in the ACC, Conference USA, and the SEC. Overall Jarrett's teams have led their conference statistically in 36 categories over the last 9 seasons. On July 26, 2012, Jarrett was hired at UNC Greensboro, his first head coaching position. UNCG's overall record in 2016 led the SoCon and was UNCG's most successful season since 1997. 2016 saw UNCG accumulate the 3rd most wins in program history. Jarrett's program at UNCG has also been recognized nationally by the American Baseball Coaches Association for overall academic performance. ^[1][2][6][7]

See also

• Career statistics and player information from The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
• List of current NCAA Division I baseball coaches

References