Jeremy Beard

Jeremy Beard is an American baseball coach and former pitcher, who is the current head baseball coach of the Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners. He played college baseball at Linn–Benton Community College from 1992 to 1993 before transferring to Oregon State where he played for coach Pat Casey.

Jeremy Beard
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamCal State Bakersfield
ConferenceBig West
Record82–107
Biographical details
Born1971/1972 (age 48–49)[1]
Playing career
1992–1993Linn–Benton Community College
1994–1995Oregon State
Position(s)Pitcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996–1997Oregon State (asst)
1998–2001Portland (OR) Central Catholic
2002–2010Columbia Basin College (asst)
2011–2012Western Nevada College (asst)
2014–2015Portland (asst)
2016Cal State Bakersfield (asst)
2017–presentCal State Bakersfield
Head coaching record
Overall82–107
TournamentsWAC: 4–6
NCAA: 0–0

Playing career

Beard attended North Salem High School in Salem, Oregon for his first three years of high school. He transferred to Tigard High School in Tigard, Oregon for his season year. Upon graduation from high school, Beard enrolled at Linn–Benton Community College. Beard walked-on to the Linn–Benton baseball team and then walked-on to the Oregon State Beavers baseball program.[2] Beard was 9–3 with a 3.62 ERA and 54 strikeouts in 82 innings. Beard lead the Beavers in innings pitched (91) and shutouts (1) in 1995.[3]

Coaching career

Beard joined the Oregon State coaching staff while he completed his degree. Beard was then the head coach at Central Catholic High School from 1998 to 2001.[4]

Beard returned to the college coaching game when he was named the pitching coach at Columbia Basin College. Beard spent 8 seasons at Columbia Basin.[5] Beard moved on to be the pitching coach for Western Nevada College from 2011 to 2012. He also served as the pitching coach for the Portland Pilots baseball team from 2014 to 2015.[6]

In the Fall of 2015, Beard was hired as the pitching coach of the Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners baseball program.[7][8] On December 16, 2016, Cal State Bakersfield fired Bob Macaluso and named Beard the interim head coach.[1] After going 32–24 and advancing to the 2017 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament championship game, Beard was named the full-time head coach of the Roadrunners.[9]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners (Western Athletic Conference) (2017–2020)
2017 Cal State Bakersfield 32–2414–103rdWAC Tournament
2018 Cal State Bakersfield 21–3610–146thWAC Tournament
2019 Cal State Bakersfield 24–3812–156thWAC Tournament
2020 Cal State Bakersfield 5–90–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners (Big West Conference) (2021–present)
2021 Cal State Bakersfield 0–00–0
Cal State Bakersfield: 82–10736–39
Total:82–107

      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

References
  1. Evans, Jeff (December 16, 2016). "CSUB fires baseball coach Macaluso; Beard named interim coach". The Bakersfield Californian. Bakersfield, California: TBC Media. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  2. Stephen Hicks (July 11, 2017). "Jeremy Beard introduced as new CSUB head baseball coach with goal to recruit locally". www.turnto23.com. Scripps TV Station Group. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  3. "Oregon State Baseball Records" (PDF). www.osubeavers.com. Oregon State University. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  4. "Kevin Gunderson". www.osubeavers.com. Oregon State University. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  5. Rick McCorkle (March 13, 2008). "CC Notebook: Ex-LCC coach takes Columbia Basin post". www.tdn.com. The Daily News Online. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  6. "Jeremy Beard - Staff Directory - University of Portland". www.portlandpilots.com. University of Portland. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  7. Jim Seimas (August 29, 2016). "Seaside's Andrew Ciandro commits to pitch for Bakersfield". www.montereyherald.com. Monterey County Herald. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  8. "Beard And Roberts Join CSUB Baseball Staff". www.gorunners.com. CSU Bakersfield. October 2, 2015. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  9. Trevor Horn (July 11, 2017). "CSUB names Beard as permanent baseball coach". www.bakersfield.com. TBC Media. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
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