Following a national championship victory, LSU coach [autotag]Jay Johnson[/autotag] has made a pitching coach hire to replace [autotag]Wes Johnson[/autotag].
The Tigers are hiring [autotag]Nate Yeskie[/autotag], who spent the last two seasons with Texas A&M in the same role. It’s a reunion between Yeskie and Jay Johnson as the pair worked together at Arizona in 2020 and 2021, when Yeskie was also the pitching coach there.
Yeskie is a two-time National Pitching Coach of the Year and won a College World Series championship in 2018 while working at Oregon State.
“I couldn’t be more excited to add Nate Yeskie as our new pitching coach,” Johnson said in a release. “Nate has an unmatched track record in college baseball for pitching coaches relative to developing pitching talent for professional baseball, College World Series trips, and winning in general. His coaching acumen is very complete and current, and future pitchers at LSU will develop to their highest potential because of the opportunity to work with Coach Yeskie.
“Nate is the perfect coach to lead a great group of returning pitchers in the 2024 season. This is another great step for LSU Baseball coming on the heels of a seventh National Championship. Adding Coach Yeskie is a great first step toward working for No. 8!”
Nate Yeskie, a National Assistant Coach of the Year and College World Series Champion, Hired as LSU Pitching Coach
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— LSU Baseball (@LSUbaseball) July 1, 2023
Yeskie replaces Wes Johnson, who spent 2023 with the Tigers after previously working as the pitching coach in the MLB for the Minnesota Twins. Johnson left to become the head coach at Georgia following the season.
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