Omar Johnson
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamJackson State
ConferenceSWAC
Record538–351
Biographical details
BornMiami, Florida
Playing career
1995–1996North Alabama
Position(s)Outfielder
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1997–2000North Alabama (asst)
2007–presentJackson State
Head coaching record
Overall538–351
TournamentsSWAC 21–17
NCAA: 1–4
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • 2× SWAC Tournament (2013, 2014)
Awards
  • SWAC Coach of the Year (2021)

Omar Johnson is an American college baseball coach and former outfielder. Johnson is the head coach of the Jackson State Tigers baseball team.

Early life

Johnson was raised in Miami, Florida and attended Miami Senior High School.[1]

Johnson attended the University of North Alabama, where he played for the North Alabama Lions baseball team as an outfielder.

Coaching career

Johnson served as an assistant for North Alabama before being named the head coach at Jackson State University in June 2006.[2] Johnson coached the German national baseball team at the World Baseball Challenge in 2009.[3]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Jackson State Tigers (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2007–present)
2007 Jackson State 33–2317–71st (East)SWAC tournament
2008 Jackson State 37–2218–51st (East)SWAC tournament
2009 Jackson State 36–2116–102nd (East)SWAC tournament
2010 Jackson State 36–1719–61st (East)SWAC tournament
2011 Jackson State 27–2614–103rd (East)SWAC tournament
2012 Jackson State 34–1721–31st (East)SWAC tournament
2013 Jackson State 34–2219–51st (East)NCAA Regional
2014 Jackson State 32–259–154th (East)NCAA Regional
2015 Jackson State 32–2515–93rd (East)SWAC tournament
2016 Jackson State 34–2614–102nd (East)SWAC tournament
2017 Jackson State 38–1720–41st (East)SWAC tournament
2018 Jackson State 34–1817–72nd (East)SWAC tournament
2019 Jackson State 31–2415–92nd (East)SWAC tournament
2020 Jackson State 9–73–0(East)Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Jackson State 34–924–01st (East)SWAC tournament
2022 Jackson State 29–2716–144th (East)SWAC tournament
2023 Jackson State 28–2513–174th (East)SWAC tournament
Jackson State: 538–351270–131
Total:538–351

      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. ↑ Morales, Antonio (April 30, 2016). "Jackson State baseball full of diversity". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  2. ↑ "2009 Jackson State Baseball" (PDF). www.grfx.cstv.com. Jackson State University. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
  3. ↑ Dumlao, Ros (May 29, 2014). "Jackson State's Russell serves as true utility player". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
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