Jake Boss Jr. is the 16th head coach in Michigan State baseball history and has quickly become one of the most successful coaches in the program’s 130-year history. In 12 seasons at MSU, Boss has compiled a 342-275 (.554) record. His 342 wins are the most over a 12-year span in program history. Five of the 10 winningest seasons in MSU history have come under Boss’ direction. He has guided the Spartans to 30-win seasons in seven of the last 10 completed seasons, as well as the Big Ten regular-season championship in 2011 and the NCAA Tournament in 2012. During Boss’ tenure at Michigan State, MSU has had 34 selections in the Major League Baseball Draft, including three or more in six of the last 10 years.
Prior to becoming MSU’s head baseball coach in 2008, Boss was an assistant coach at Iowa Central Community College, Eastern Michigan University, the University of Michigan, and a head coach at Eastern Michigan University. He was a four-year letterwinner in baseball at Alma College in Michigan.
In this episode, Coach Boss talks about:
- How he has built a proud baseball tradition at Michigan State over the past 10+ years
- His approach to the athlete recruiting process What attributes help recruits stand out in his eyes
- Listeners will learn what a Division I coach expects from incoming recruits and how to be successful early in one's college career.
Any aspiring college baseball player or athlete in general will benefit from listening to this episode.