University of Arkansas, Monticello Men's Baseball

Harvey was named interim head coach at HSU after serving the previous two seasons as the programs hitting, infield, recruiting, scouting and camp coordinator. In April of 2005, the interim part of his title was removed. In his first season as head coach, the Reddies finished the season with an overall record of 31-22 and 12-11 in GSC games for a fifth place finish in the division. weevilsbaseball University of Arkansas at Monticello Athletics Director Chris Ratcliff announced the hiring of John Harvey to become the universitys 11 In May of 2004, Harvey was named interim head coach at HSU after serving the previous two seasons as the programs hitting, infield, recruiting, scouting and camp coordinator. In April of 2005, the interim part of his title was removed. In his first season as head coach, the Reddies finished the season with an overall record of 31-22 and 12-11 in GSC games for a fifth place finish in the division.

Jelks was hired as the University of Arkansas at Monticellos first full-time assistant baseball coach in August of 2014. He came to UAM after a two-year stint as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Great American Conference member Arkansas Tech University. In his second year at UAM the Weevils had a record breaking season being crowned the 2016 GAC tournament champions and NCAA central region finalist. With an overall record of 40-16 and a GAC record of 21-9 the Weevils finished the 2016 season ranked 21 st nationally by Collegiate Baseball, while setting school records in wins (40), hits (578), doubles (116), home runs (56), runs scored (423), RBIs (382), and walks (259). Similarly to UAM, Jelks helped Arkansas Tech capture its first NCAA tournament berth as the regional No. 1 seed and tournament host in 2014 after the Wonder Boys won the GAC regular season championship. Tech finished that season with a 44-12 overall record and a 25-5 record against GAC competition. Throughout the course of the 2014 season, Jelks and the Wonder Boys broke school records in overall wins (44), conference wins (25) and consecutive wins (22), while also being ranked as high as No. 3 nationally. Jelks is the only coach in the GAC conference to win conference titles at two different institutions. Entering his ninth season as a coach, Jelks has tutored seven MLB draft selections, eight All-America award recipients, 12 All-Region honorees, 35 all-conference picks, four Rawlings Gold Glove winners, one Josh Willingham D2 MVP winner, three GAC Player of the Year recipients, two Josh Willingham D2 MVP Award semi-finalist, and two Brett Tomko D2 Pitcher of the Year semi-finalist. The El Dorado, Arkansas native began his coaching career in 2006 as an undergraduate assistant at his collegiate alma mater, the University of the Ozarks. Following a three-year playing career at Ozarks, Jelks helped the Eagles obtain the programs best record in school history and earn its first berth into the American Southwest Conference Championship Tournament. In 2008, Jelks joined Kirk Bocks staff at Bryant High School, where he helped lead the Hornets to three consecutive 7A-Central conference championships (2009-11). The 2010 Hornets won the 7A state title. In his final year at Bryant, the Hornets climbed in the national high school rankings to as high as No. 8 and ended the season with another trip to the state finals. During his three years at Bryant, Jelks mentored 23 all-conference performers and six all-state players. Prior to joining the staff at Tech, Jelks served a short stint at the University of Central Arkansas as the director of baseball operations, in which he coordinated many of the behind-the-scenes aspects of the Bears baseball program. During his first season at UCA, the Bears finished with their best record in school history after moving to the Division I level. The Bears also reached the Southland Conference Tournament for the first time in school history that year. Jelks earned a bachelors degree in general studies from the University of the Ozarks in 2006.