Will Bolt

Will Bolt (born 1979) is an American baseball coach and former shortstop, who is the current head baseball coach at the Nebraska Cornhuskers. He played college baseball at Nebraska for coach Dave Van Horn from 1999 to 2002. He then served as the head coach of the Texarkana Bulldogs (2008–2011).

Will Bolt

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Nebraska
Conference	Big Ten
Record	170–126–1
Biographical details
Born	1979 (age 45–46) Conroe, Texas, U.S.
Playing career
1999–2002	Nebraska
Position(s)	Second Baseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2005	Nebraska (asst.)
2006–2007	Texas A&M (asst.)
2008–2011	Texarkana College
2012–2014	Nebraska (asst.)
2015–2019	Texas A&M (asst.)
2020–present	Nebraska
Head coaching record
Overall	170–126–1 (NCAA) 140–82 (NJCAA)
Tournaments	Big Ten: 11–3 NCAA: 5–6
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 Big Ten tournament (2024, 2025) Big Ten (2021)
Awards
Big Ten Coach of the Year (2021)

Playing career

Bolt attended Conroe High School in Conroe, Texas. He then enrolled at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, to play college baseball for the Cornhuskers.^[1]

Career statistics

Year	Team	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	K	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1999	Nebraska	59	254	224	48	63	16	7	4	43	8	3	18	27	.278	.331	.463	.794
2000	Nebraska	65	278	246	57	86	12	0	3	41	18	7	26	25	.350	.421	.435	.856
2001	Nebraska	61	258	211	46	56	10	3	2	30	7	0	38	35	.265	.384	.370	.754
2002	Nebraska	66	272	238	46	76	18	3	2	29	8	1	27	38	.319	.397	.445	.842
Career		251	1062	922	197	281	56	13	11	143	41	11	109	125	.305	.384	.430	.814

Coaching career

Bolt began his college coaching career as a volunteer assistant for Nebraska in 2005, helping guide the team to the 2005 College World Series.^[2] He served as a volunteer assistant for Texas A&M during the 2006 and 2007 seasons. Bolt then was hired as the head coach of Texarkana College.^[3]

In 2012, Bolt joined Darin Erstad's staff at Nebraska.^[4] In the fall of 2014, Bolt joined Rob Childress' staff at Texas A&M. Childress was an assistant at Nebraska during Bolt's playing career.

On June 14, 2019, Bolt was named the head coach of the Cornhuskers.^[5]

On May 30, 2021, Bolt was named Big Ten Coach of the Year.^[6]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Texarkana Bulldogs (Southwest Junior College Conference) (2008–2011)
2008	Texarkana	33–23			Region XIV Tournament
2009	Texarkana	40–15		1st	Region XIV Final
2010	Texarkana	36–21	20–8	1st	Region XIV Tournament
2011	Texarkana	31–23		2nd	Region XIV Tournament
Texarkana:		140–82 (NJCAA)
Nebraska Cornhuskers (Big Ten Conference) (2020–present)
2020	Nebraska	7–8	0–0		Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021	Nebraska	34–14	31–12	1st	NCAA Regional
2022	Nebraska	23–30	10–14	T–8th
2023	Nebraska	33–23–1	15–9	4th	Big Ten tournament
2024	Nebraska	40–22	16–8	2nd	NCAA Regional
2025	Nebraska	33–29	15–15	8th	NCAA Regional
Nebraska:		170–126–1 (.574)	87–58 (.600)
Total:		310–208–1 (.598)
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