New Missouri baseball head coach Kerrick Jackson turned to a familiar figure for his first selection to his 2024 coaching staff, officially tabbing former Tiger head coach Tim Jamieson as the program’s pitching coach.
“We couldn’t be more excited to have 'Coach J' join us,” Jackson said. “His experience, his knowledge base and his track record of developing not only pitchers, but players, in general, and coaches as well…you couldn’t ask for a better fit. I’m glad he’s going to be on this journey with us to get this program back to the top.”
In 22 seasons as Mizzou's head baseball coach, Jamieson led the Tigers to 698 wins, trailing only Gene McArtor (733) on the Tigers’ all-time coaching victories chart. He coached eight All-Americans and 10 Freshman All-Americans and saw 75 of his Mizzou players drafted, including four first-rounders.
Jamieson, who was selected for induction into the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame in May 2023, returns to Columbia after serving as pitching coach under Jackson in his lone season at Memphis, where the duo helped lead the Tigers to their first winning season since 2017. Prior to his stop at UM, Jamieson spent three seasons (2020-22) as pitching coach at Southern Illinois, helping the Salukis compile a 96-42 record that included a pair of 40-win seasons. During that span, Jamieson's pitching staff led the Missouri Valley Conference in earned run average in 2022, after posting the second-best team ERA in the circuit in 2021.
“I'm extremely excited about coming back and helping fulfill Coach Jackson's vision for Mizzou Baseball,” Jamieson stated. "My relationship with my former players here has always been a source of inspiration for me. This coaching opportunity makes i much easier to stay connected to them."
As head coach of Missouri from 1995-2016, Jamieson’s teams topped the 30-win plateau on 15 occasions and captured nine NCAA Regional berths, including seven-straight appearances from 2003-09. He was a two-time conference coach of the year and piloted Mizzou to its last two conference crowns -- the 1996 Big 8 regular-season championship and the 2012 Big 12 Tournament title.
A highly-respected developer of talent, Jamieson has helped mentor Major League Baseball All-Stars Max Scherzer, Ian Kinsler, Aaron Crow and Kyle Gibson. Additionally, he has seen a total of 22 of his former pupils play in the big leagues. In addition to Scherzer (New York Mets) and Gibson (Baltimore), six more of his former Tiger standouts -- Tanner Houck (Boston), Josh Lester (Baltimore), Pete Fairbanks (Tampa Bay), Michael Plassmeyer (Philadelphia), Rob Zastryzny (Pittsburgh) and Bryce Montes De Oca (New York Mets) -- currently hold spots on Major League 40-man rosters. In all, Jamieson’s big league protégés have totaled 14 MLB All-Star nods, three Cy Young Awards and two Gold Glove Awards.
After completing his own standout playing career at the University of New Orleans, Jamieson spent six seasons (1983-88) on the UNO coaching staff, helping the Privateers to an appearance in the 1984 College World Series. He then returned to Columbia, where he was an assistant coach under McArtor for six years before being elevated to head coach in 1995.
Jamieson garnered 1996 Big 8 Coach of the Year and 2007 Big 12 Co-Coach of the Year honors, as his Missouri teams won 35 games or more nine times during his head coaching career. He was also selected to lead USA Baseball’s Collegiate National Team as head coach in 2011.
A Columbia native, Jamieson grew up around the University of Missouri, as his father, Dick Jamieson, served as a Mizzou Football assistant coach on Al Onofrio’s staff from 1972-78.
Jamieson received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration from New Orleans. A graduate of Columbia Rock Bridge High School, Jamieson is married to a Mizzou graduate, the former Cindy Thornton. They are the parents of two sons, Mickey and Ty.
