Wes Johnson (baseball)

Wes Johnson (born 1972) is an American professional baseball coach. He is the pitching coach for the LSU Tigers of NCAA (NCAA).

Wes Johnson
LSU Tigers – No. 47
Pitching coach
Born: 1972 (age 50–51)
Sherwood, Arkansas
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Teams
As coach

Career

Johnson is from Sherwood, Arkansas.[1] He graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello in 1994.[2] He began his coaching career at Abundant Life School in Sherwood.[3] 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.[4] After the 2018 season, the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball hired him as their pitching coach.[2][5]

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.[6]

References
  1. Deckelbaum, Kyle (June 15, 2016). "Sherwood native Wes Johnson named new Razorback pitching coach". KATV. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  2. "Twins to name University of Arkansas' Johnson as pitching coach". StarTribune.com. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  3. Sullivan, Stephen (June 13, 2018). "Sully Says: Wes Johnson is living the dream". KATV. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  4. "MSU pitching coach Wes Johnson headed to Arkansas". The Clarion-Ledger. Clarionledger.com. June 15, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  5. "Twins announce Baldelli's coaching staff". MLB.com.
  6. Nagy, Zack (June 26, 2022). "News: LSU Baseball Hires Pitching Coach Wes Johnson Away From Minnesota Twins". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved June 27, 2022.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)


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