Jake Boss

Not to be confused with Jake Bloss.

Jacob Boss Jr. is an American baseball coach and former player, who is the current head baseball coach of the Michigan State Spartans. He played college baseball at Alma College for head coach Bill Klenk from 1990 to 1993. He then served as the head coach of the Eastern Michigan Eagles in 2008.

Jake Boss Jr.

Boss during a game at Theunissen Stadium in 2012
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Michigan State
Conference	Big Ten
Record	468–408 (.534)
Biographical details
Alma mater	Alma College Eastern Michigan University
Playing career
1990–1993	Alma
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1994	St. Clair (MI) Lakeview (asst.)
1995	Webberville (MI)
1996–1997	Iowa Central CC (asst.)
1998–2004	Eastern Michigan (asst.)
2005–2007	Michigan (asst.)
2008	Eastern Michigan
2009–present	Michigan State
Head coaching record
Overall	493–442 (.527)
Tournaments	B1G: 10–19 (.345) NCAA: 0–4 (.000)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 MAC West Division Championship (2008) 1 MAC Tournament championship (2008) 1 Big Ten Regular season Championship (2011) 2 NCAA Regional Appearances (2008, 2012)

Early career

Boss played college baseball at Division III Alma College from 1990–1993. In the mid-1990s, Boss served as a high school and community college baseball coach before accepting an assistant coaching position at Eastern Michigan prior to the 1997 season. He left Eastern Michigan after the 2004 season to serve as an assistant at Michigan from 2005–2007.^[1][2]

Head coaching career

Michigan State Baseball during the 2022 Season

Boss was named the head coach at Eastern Michigan for the 2008 season and spent one year there. Under Boss, the team lost its first 17 games but went 25–17 for the remainder of the season. The Eagles won the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Western Division Title and the MAC tournament, thus qualifying for the NCAA tournament.^[3][4]

On July 1, 2008, Boss was named head baseball coach at Michigan State.^[5] During his 14 seasons at Michigan State University, Coach Boss has achieved significant success. He holds a record of 383-332 (.536), making him the winningest coach in program history over a 14-year span. Under his leadership, the MSU baseball team has experienced five of the top 10 winningest seasons in program history.^[6] They have also achieved seven 30-win seasons in the last 12 years, won the Big Ten regular-season championship in 2011, and made his first NCAA tournament appearance with Michigan State in 2012.^[7]

Head coaching record

Below is a table of Boss's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.^{[8][9][10][11]}

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Eastern Michigan Eagles (Mid-American Conference) (2008)
2008	Eastern Michigan	25–34	15–8 (West)	1st	NCAA Regional
Eastern Michigan:		25–34	15–8
Michigan State Spartans (Big Ten Conference) (2009–present)
2009	Michigan State	23–31	13–11	5th	Big Ten tournament
2010	Michigan State	34–19	11–13	T-7th
2011	Michigan State	36–21	15–9	T-1st	Big Ten tournament
2012	Michigan State	37–23	13–11	5th	NCAA Regional
2013	Michigan State	33–17	12–9	7th
2014	Michigan State	31–26	11–13	6th	Big Ten tournament
2015	Michigan State	34–23	14–10	T-3rd	Big Ten tournament
2016	Michigan State	36–20	13–11	T-6th	Big Ten tournament
2017	Michigan State	29–23	10–14	9th
2018	Michigan State	20–32	11–12	8th	Big Ten tournament
2019	Michigan State	20–34	8–15	11th
2020	Michigan State	9–6	0–0		Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021	Michigan State	17–27	17–27	11th
2022	Michigan State	24–30	8–16	12th
2023	Michigan State	33–22	12–12	8th	Big Ten tournament
2024	Michigan State	24–27	11–13	T-9th
2025	Michigan State	28–27	13–17	12th	Big Ten tournament
Michigan State:		468–408 (.534)	192–213 (.474)
Total:		493–442 (.527)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

Personal life

Boss has a nephew, Ike Irish, who plays in the Baltimore Orioles organization.^[12]

See also

• List of current NCAA Division I baseball coaches