Jason Gill
Gill in 2011
Biographical details
Born (1970-04-07) April 7, 1970 (age 53)
Santa Ana, California, U.S.
Playing career
1991–1992Cuesta College
1993Cal State Dominguez Hills
1994Cal State Fullerton
Position(s)Shortstop / third baseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995–1996Cal State Fullerton (GA)
1997–1998Nevada (asst.)
1999–2000Loyola Marymount (asst.)
2001–2004UC Irvine (asst.)
2005–2007Cal State Fullerton (asst.)
2008Oregon (asst.)
2009–2019Loyola Marymount
2020–2022USC
Head coaching record
Overall382–344–1
TournamentsWest Coast: 9–9
NCAA: 2–2
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • West Coast regular season (2017)
  • West Coast tournament (2019)

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).

Playing career

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

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

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
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

      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


References

  1. ^ "Prep Baseball : Mater Dei Has to Rally to Overcome Servite". Los Angeles Times. May 13, 1989. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  2. ^ "Cuesta College Baseball" (PDF). www.cuesta.edu. Cuesta College. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  3. ^ "All-Time All-Conference" (PDF). www.cuesta.edu. Cuesta College. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  4. ^ "Baseball History / Honors". www.gotoros.com. Cal State Dominguez Hills. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  5. ^ "Titans' Ferguson, Wagner Earn Conference Honors". Los Angeles Times. May 25, 1994. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  6. ^ Barry Faulkner (July 15, 2016). "Colleges: Former UCI baseball assistants flourishing". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  7. ^ Gary Klein (June 5, 2009). "Fullerton finds a gem behind the plate". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  8. ^ "Jason Gill Named Head Baseball Coach". www.lmulions.com. Loyola Marymount University Athletics. August 13, 2008. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  9. ^ "Jason Gill returning as head coach of LMU Lions baseball program". www.argonautnews.com. The Argonaut. August 21, 2008. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  10. ^ Randy Youngman (June 23, 2011). "CSF talks to three about baseball job". www.ocregister.com. Digital First Media. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ 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.

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