Jim Case (baseball)

Jim Case (born January 28, 1960) is an American college baseball coach who formerly served as head coach of the Jacksonville State Gamecocks baseball team. He held that position from 2002 until his retirement in 2023.^[1][2][3] He played at Louisiana Tech, earning all-conference honors as a catcher before serving as a student assistant coach for one season while completing his undergraduate degree. He then became an assistant at Mississippi State where he completed a master's degree before moving to UAB. After ten years, he returned to Mississippi State for a second stint before earning his first head coaching job at Jacksonville State.^[1][4][5][6]

Jim Case

Biographical details
Born	(1960-01-28) January 28, 1960 (age 65)
Playing career
1978–1981	Louisiana Tech
Position(s)	Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1982	Louisiana Tech (assistant)
1983–1986	Mississippi State (assistant)
1987–1997	UAB (assistant)
1998–2001	Mississippi State (assistant)
2002–2023	Jacksonville State
Head coaching record
Overall	667–560
Tournaments	NCAA: 2–10
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3× OVC Regular season (2005, 2008, 2019) 5× OVC Tournament (2004, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2019)
Awards
3× OVC Coach of the Year (2005, 2008, 2019)

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Jacksonville State Gamecocks (Atlantic Sun Conference) (2002–2003)
2002	Jacksonville State	23–31	9–20	T-10th
2003	Jacksonville State	32–26	19–14	T-3rd
Jacksonville State:			28-34
Jacksonville State Gamecocks (Ohio Valley Conference) (2004–2021)
2004	Jacksonville State	31–29	16–11	3rd	NCAA Regional
2005	Jacksonville State	35–24	19–8	1st
2006	Jacksonville State	35–24	19–8	2nd	NCAA Regional
2007	Jacksonville State	33–27	18–9
2008	Jacksonville State	37–21	23–4	1st
2009	Jacksonville State	31–26	10–13
2010	Jacksonville State	32–26	15–8	2nd	NCAA Regional
2011	Jacksonville State	36–23	14–9
2012	Jacksonville State	28–30	17–10	3rd
2013	Jacksonville State	32–26	22–8	T-3rd
2014	Jacksonville State	36–27	18–12	T-2nd	NCAA Regional
2015	Jacksonville State	30–27	15–14	7th
2016	Jacksonville State	34–24	20–10	2nd
2017	Jacksonville State	30–26	17–13	T-3rd
2018	Jacksonville State	32–25	18–12	T-3rd
2019	Jacksonville State	32–25	18–12	1st	NCAA Regional Final
2020	Jacksonville State	7–8	1–2		Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021	Jacksonville State	26–27	16–14	T-4th
Jacksonville State:		633–526	296–177
Jacksonville State Gamecocks (Atlantic Sun Conference) (2022–2023)
2022	Jacksonville State	27–28	19–11	3rd (West)	ASUN tournament
2023	Jacksonville State	27–30	18–12	4th	ASUN tournament
Jacksonville State:		667–560	37–23
Total:		667–560
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

See also

• List of current NCAA Division I baseball coaches