Middle Georgia State Men's Baseball

Knights after leading the program in it's final year in the NJCAA and first year in the NAIA.  He finished the 2014 season with a record of 38-15 in the final year of the NJCAA.  After losing all but two players from the 2014 roster, Coach Knight rebuilt his roster for the first year of NAIA play to go 17-32 including 7-7 against teams ranked in the NAIA Top 25 and 2-2 against teams ranked #1 at the time of the game. Before coming to Middle Georgia, Knight served as head baseball coach at Lenoir-Rhyne University and Florida Tech, both in NCAA Division II.  He has recruited and coached multiple major league, All-Conference, and All-American players over his career and his teams have set multiple school and conference records.  His teams have set records for individual and career homeruns, team earned run average (ERA), batting average, and on-base percentage among others. Before becoming a head coach he spent six years as an associate head coach at Wingate University and two years as graduate assistant with the University of Richmond, reaching the NCAA Regionals once with each program. Coach Knight graduated from Methodist College in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science before earning his Masters in sports management from Richmond in 1996. As a player for Methodist, Knight was part of two NCAA Division III World Series Teams. Knight was born in Huntington, Long Island, NY and raised in Montvale, NJ.  His family includes his wife, Kirsten, his son, Tyler, and daughter, Kaylee. Follow Coach Knight on Twitter @Paul_Knight_16 Career Record as Head Coach (2003-Present):  347-372. NCAA DII - Florida Tech (2003-07):  139-128 NCAA DII - Lenoir-Rhyne (2008-2013):  114-179 NJCAA - MGA (2014):  38-15 NAIA - MGA (2015-Present):  56-50 John Jeanes is entering his 3rd year as assistant coach/ recruiting coordinator at Middle Georgia State University. Coach Jeanes first recruiting was honored very heavily at the SSAC Banquet receiving 11 different awards. Including Pitcher of the Year Chris Rich, Newcomer of the Year catcher Andy Mocahbee, as well as Freshman of the Year RHP Whit Campbell. Andy Mocahbee was named a 2 team All America, while Chris Rich was named as Honorable Mention All American. Jeanes staff carded a 4.02 ERA in 2016 and helped the team to an appearance in the NAIA National Tournament, while being our first year of being playoff eligible. The squad boasted 311 strikeouts and held opponents to a .250 batting average. Highlighting the staff was Chris Rich 13 victories while Freshman Whit Campbell followed with 8 wins.  A native of Hatchechubbee, AL, he started and concluded his playing career at Post University (Waterbury, CT). He was a four year starter finishing 4 in career innings pitched and 5 in strikeouts, as well as 6 in all time appearances. As a pitcher at Post University the staff set the three lowest team ERAs in program history. Jeanes began his coaching career with the Ohio Warhawks; where his staff won the Past time National Championship in Indianapolis Indiana. In his two summers with the Warhawks their combined record was 90-7 with a sub 2.5 ERA. His first stint in collegiate coaching was at University of The Cumberlands (Williamsburg, KY).Head Coach at University of the Cumberlands had this to say about Coach Jeanes, Coach Jeanes took a pitching staff with only 1 senior and no returning starters and he was able to produce a staff  that tallied 31 wins. That staff included 3 sophomores who logged 180 innings and still had the lowest walk total since 2009 season. He will be a great addition to the staff at Middle Georgia In his tenure at University of The Cumberland his staff was bolstered by 2 all Mid-South Conference Relievers Claudio Valencia and Tony Webster. Jeanes received his Bachelors in Sports Management from Post University. Jerry Stuckey was born in Warner Robins, GA.  Jerrys success on the mound in high school earned him a full ride to Georgia State University (Division 1) where he was used in almost every pitching role.  In his 4 year career at GSU, he had at least 21 pitching appearances each year with 11 career starts 8 career wins and 5 career saves.  In his senior year, Stuckey broke the previous school record for career appearances (81) when he pitched against Georgia Tech at home.  Stuckey continued on to finish with a career total of 92 appearances. During his senior year he was a part of another school record as the Panthers set a team low in ERA in 2015. After his college career, Stuckey was hired at Georgia State to be an assistant coach while he finished up his final semester of school.  He graduated in the fall of 2015 with a bachelors degree in Economics and minor in Hospitality.  Although he only pitched at the collegiate level as a player, Stuckey worked mainly with hitting and fielding as a coach.  Iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. Proverbs 27:17

Jeanes first recruiting was honored very heavily at the SSAC Banquet receiving 11 different awards. Including Pitcher of the Year Chris Rich, Newcomer of the Year catcher Andy Mocahbee, as well as Freshman of the Year RHP Whit Campbell. Andy Mocahbee was named a 2 team All America, while Chris Rich was named as Honorable Mention All American. Jeanes staff carded a 4.02 ERA in 2016 and helped the team to an appearance in the NAIA National Tournament, while being our first year of being playoff eligible. The squad boasted 311 strikeouts and held opponents to a .250 batting average. Highlighting the staff was Chris Rich 13 victories while Freshman Whit Campbell followed with 8 wins.  A native of Hatchechubbee, AL, he started and concluded his playing career at Post University (Waterbury, CT). He was a four year starter finishing 4 in career innings pitched and 5 in strikeouts, as well as 6 in all time appearances. As a pitcher at Post University the staff set the three lowest team ERAs in program history. Jeanes began his coaching career with the Ohio Warhawks; where his staff won the Past time National Championship in Indianapolis Indiana. In his two summers with the Warhawks their combined record was 90-7 with a sub 2.5 ERA. His first stint in collegiate coaching was at University of The Cumberlands (Williamsburg, KY).Head Coach at University of the Cumberlands had this to say about Coach Jeanes, Coach Jeanes took a pitching staff with only 1 senior and no returning starters and he was able to produce a staff  that tallied 31 wins. That staff included 3 sophomores who logged 180 innings and still had the lowest walk total since 2009 season. He will be a great addition to the staff at Middle Georgia In his tenure at University of The Cumberland his staff was bolstered by 2 all Mid-South Conference Relievers Claudio Valencia and Tony Webster. Jeanes received his Bachelors in Sports Management from Post University. Jerry Stuckey was born in Warner Robins, GA.  Jerrys success on the mound in high school earned him a full ride to Georgia State University (Division 1) where he was used in almost every pitching role.  In his 4 year career at GSU, he had at least 21 pitching appearances each year with 11 career starts 8 career wins and 5 career saves.  In his senior year, Stuckey broke the previous school record for career appearances (81) when he pitched against Georgia Tech at home.  Stuckey continued on to finish with a career total of 92 appearances. During his senior year he was a part of another school record as the Panthers set a team low in ERA in 2015. After his college career, Stuckey was hired at Georgia State to be an assistant coach while he finished up his final semester of school.  He graduated in the fall of 2015 with a bachelors degree in Economics and minor in Hospitality.  Although he only pitched at the collegiate level as a player, Stuckey worked mainly with hitting and fielding as a coach.  Iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. Proverbs 27:17