Wes Johnson (baseball)

Wes Johnson (born September 9, 1971) is an American baseball coach. He is the head coach for the Georgia Bulldogs.

Wes Johnson

Current position
Title	Head Coach
Team	Georgia
Conference	SEC
Record	86–34 (.717)
Biographical details
Born	(1971-09-09) September 9, 1971 (age 53) Sherwood, Arkansas, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Arkansas at Monticello
Playing career
1991	Texas Wesleyan
1992–1993	Arkansas-Monticello
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1997–2002	Sylvan Hills HS (asst.)
2003	Arkansas Baptist HS (asst.)
2004–2007	Abundant Life School
2008	Central Arkansas (pitching)
2009	Southern Arkansas (pitching)
2010–2011	Central Arkansas (pitching)
2012–2015	Dallas Baptist (pitching)
2016	Mississippi State (pitching)
2017–2018	Arkansas (pitching)
2019–2022	Minnesota Twins (pitching)
2023	LSU (pitching)
2024–present	Georgia
Head coaching record
Overall	86–34 (.717)
Tournaments	NCAA: 5-4

Career

Johnson is from Sherwood, Arkansas.^[1] He graduated from Sylvan Hills High School in Sherwood^[2] and from the University of Arkansas at Monticello in 1994 after playing baseball there for two years.^[3]

Johnson began his coaching career as an assistant at Sylvan Hills and Arkansas Baptist High School before landing the head coaching job and winning a state championship at Abundant Life School in Sherwood.^[4] He has served as a pitching coach for the Central Arkansas Bears and Dallas Baptist Patriots, before joining the Mississippi State Bulldogs in 2016. He spent one season with Mississippi State before he was hired to coach the Arkansas Razorbacks pitchers.^[5] After the 2018 season, the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball hired him as their pitching coach.^[3][6]

On June 26, 2022, Johnson was announced as the new pitching coach of the LSU Tigers. Leaving his pitching coach role with the first-place Twins for the same position at the NCAA level was reported as a rare move by many in the media, including Jeff Passan.^[7]

University of Georgia

On June 5, 2023, Johnson was hired as the Georgia Bulldogs head baseball coach.^[8] In his first season as head coach, he led the Georgia Bulldogs to host an NCAA Super Regional. The 2024 Georgia Bulldogs baseball team finished just one win short of reaching the College World Series. After the season, Charlie Condon was selected third overall in the MLB Draft, with Corey Collins and Fernando Gonzalez also being drafted in 2025 MLB Draft.

In his second season, Johnson guided the Bulldogs to their best start in program history, going 32–6 through 38 games, including a series win over then–No. 1 Arkansas. ^[9]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Georgia Bulldogs (Southeastern Conference) (2024–present)
2024	Georgia	43–17	17–13	3rd (Eastern)	NCAA Super Regional
2025	Georgia	43–17	18–12	5th	NCAA Regional
Georgia:		86–34 (.717)	35–25 (.583)
Total:		86–34 (.717)
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