Summary
Jason Gill is an American baseball coach and former shortstop and third baseman. He played college baseball for Cuesta College, Cal State Dominguez Hills and Cal State Fullerton from 1991 to 1994. He then served as the head coach of the Loyola Marymount Lions (2009–2019) the USC Trojans (2019–2022).
 Gill in 2011 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 7, 1970 Santa Ana, California, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1991–1992 | Cuesta College |
| 1993 | Cal State Dominguez Hills |
| 1994 | Cal State Fullerton |
| Position(s) | Shortstop / third baseman |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1995–1996 | Cal State Fullerton (GA) |
| 1997–1998 | Nevada (asst.) |
| 1999–2000 | Loyola Marymount (asst.) |
| 2001–2004 | UC Irvine (asst.) |
| 2005–2007 | Cal State Fullerton (asst.) |
| 2008 | Oregon (asst.) |
| 2009–2019 | Loyola Marymount |
| 2020–2022 | USC |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 382–344–1 |
| Tournaments | West Coast: 9–9 NCAA: 2–2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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Playing career edit
Gill attended Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California.[1] He then accepted a scholarship to play at Cuesta College,[2] to play college baseball. He was named an honorable mention All-Western State Conference.[3] After two seasons at Cuesta, Gill then went on to play at Cal State Dominguez Hills. While at Dominguez Hills, Gill was named an honorable mention All-California Collegiate Athletic Association.[4] Gill then moved on to Cal State Fullerton to play his senior season. He batted .345 with .469 on base percentage and slugged .388. He was named a Second Team All-West Coast Conference performer.[5]
Coaching career edit
Gill then served as a graduate assistant at Fullerton for two seasons while completing his degree. Gill then spent two season as an assistant coach for the Nevada Wolf Pack baseball team. He then accepted a role as an assistant for the Loyola Marymount Lions baseball program. Gill then spent three seasons as an assistant for the UC Irvine Anteaters baseball team.[6] He then returned to Cal State Fullerton as an assistant for three seasons.[7]
On August 13, 2008, Gill was named the head coach of the Loyola Marymount program.[8][9] In 2011, Gill was interviewed for the head coaching position at Cal State Fullerton,[10] but remained with the Lions.
On June 14, 2019, Gill was hired to be the new head coach of the USC Trojans baseball program.[11][12] On June 6, 2022, Gill and Trojans agreed to mutually part ways.
Head coaching record edit
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Loyola Marymount Lions (West Coast Conference) (2009–2019) | |||||||||
| 2009 | Loyola Marymount | 30–29 | 13–8 | 2nd | West Coast Championship Series | ||||
| 2010 | Loyola Marymount | 23–33 | 5–16 | 8th | |||||
| 2011 | Loyola Marymount | 30–25 | 11–10 | 3rd | |||||
| 2012 | Loyola Marymount | 27–27 | 14–10 | T-3rd | |||||
| 2013 | Loyola Marymount | 24–27 | 12–12 | 6th | |||||
| 2014 | Loyola Marymount | 32–24 | 17–10 | T-2nd | West Coast tournament | ||||
| 2015 | Loyola Marymount | 33–21–1 | 16–11 | T-3rd | West Coast tournament | ||||
| 2016 | Loyola Marymount | 26–27 | 13–14 | T-5th | |||||
| 2017 | Loyola Marymount | 38–18 | 20–7 | T-1st | West Coast tournament | ||||
| 2018 | Loyola Marymount | 25–30 | 15–12 | 4th | West Coast tournament | ||||
| 2019 | Loyola Marymount | 34–25 | 15–12 | T-4th | NCAA Regional | ||||
| Loyola Marymount: | 322–285–1 | 151–122–1 | |||||||
| USC Trojans (Pac-12 Conference) (2020–2022) | |||||||||
| 2020 | USC | 10–5 | 0–0 | T-3rd | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | ||||
| 2021 | USC | 25–26 | 13–17 | T-8th | |||||
| 2022 | USC | 25–28 | 8–22 | 11th | |||||
| USC: | 60–59 | 21–39 | |||||||
| Total: | 382–344–1 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References edit
- ^ "Prep Baseball : Mater Dei Has to Rally to Overcome Servite". Los Angeles Times. May 13, 1989. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
- ^ "Cuesta College Baseball" (PDF). www.cuesta.edu. Cuesta College. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
- ^ "All-Time All-Conference" (PDF). www.cuesta.edu. Cuesta College. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
- ^ "Baseball History / Honors". www.gotoros.com. Cal State Dominguez Hills. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
- ^ "Titans' Ferguson, Wagner Earn Conference Honors". Los Angeles Times. May 25, 1994. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
- ^ Barry Faulkner (July 15, 2016). "Colleges: Former UCI baseball assistants flourishing". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
- ^ Gary Klein (June 5, 2009). "Fullerton finds a gem behind the plate". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
- ^ "Jason Gill Named Head Baseball Coach". www.lmulions.com. Loyola Marymount University Athletics. August 13, 2008. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
- ^ "Jason Gill returning as head coach of LMU Lions baseball program". www.argonautnews.com. The Argonaut. August 21, 2008. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
- ^ Randy Youngman (June 23, 2011). "CSF talks to three about baseball job". www.ocregister.com. Digital First Media. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
- ^ McCollough, J. Brady (June 14, 2019). "USC hires Loyola Marymount's Jason Gill as baseball coach". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on June 18, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
- ^ Grosbard, Adam (June 14, 2019). "USC hires LMU's Jason Gill as new head baseball coach". Orange County Register. Archived from the original on June 18, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
External links edit
- Loyola Marymount Lions bio
- USC Trojans bio