baseball
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coach and former catcher, who is the pitching coach for the
Memphis Tigers
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. He played
college baseball
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Missouri Tigers
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(1995–2016). The second winningest coach in school history, Jamieson coached in 3 conferences, and took his teams to 9 NCAA Regionals, winning two conference championships in the process.
Rock Bridge High School
Rock Bridge High School is a public high school located in southern Columbia, Missouri, United States. The school serves grades 9 through 12 and is one of four High Schools in Columbia Public Schools. It is located next to the Columbia Area Car ...
. Jamieson's father, Dick, played for the New York Titans before serving as the
Missouri
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University of New Orleans
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where was a
catcher
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for the
New Orleans Privateers
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baseball team. Jamieson and the Privateers made the NCAA tournament three times and Jamieson was named the team's
most valuable player
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his senior year.
Coaching career
Jamieson's first coaching job was as an assistant coach at his alma mater, the
University of New Orleans
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. While Jamieson was on the staff, the
New Orleans Privateers
New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created.
New or NEW may refer to:
Music
* New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz
Albums and EPs
* ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013
* ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator ...
made the NCAA tournament four times in five years and made the 1984 College World Series. In 1988, Jamieson returned to his hometown as an assistant coach for the
Missouri Tigers
The Missouri Tigers intercollegiate athletics programs represent the University of Missouri, located in Columbia. The name comes from a band of armed Union Home Guards called the Fighting Tigers of Columbia who, in 1864, protected Columbia fr ...
under Gene McArtor.
When McArtor retired following the 1994 season, Jamieson took over as head coach. In 1996, just his second season as head coach, and Missouri's last in the
Big Eight Conference
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, Jamieson led the Tigers to a conference championship and was named Big 8 Coach of the Year.
From 2003 to 2009, Jamieson led Missouri to seven consecutive NCAA tournaments. In the
2006 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
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, Missouri won the Malibu regional, becoming the first #4 seed ever to win a regional. In 2007, Jamieson won
Big 12 Conference Baseball Coach of the Year
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Key
Winners
Winners by school
See also
* Big 12 Conference Basebal ...
Texas
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in 2009, and Texas A&M in 2011.
Jamieson has had 58 players selection in the
Major League Baseball Draft
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, including three first round draft choices in Max Scherzer, Aaron Crow, and Kyle Gibson. Ten Missouri players have earned All-American honors under Jamieson and 30 players have earned All-Conference honors with
Aaron Senne
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Amateur career
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earning
Big 12 Conference Baseball Player of the Year
The Big 12 Conference Pitcher of the Year is a baseball award given to the Big 12 Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1997 season, with both pitchers and position players eligible. After the 2001 season, th ...