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Duke baseball officially announces the renovation plan for Jack Coombs Field

The Blue Devils announced the start of a major renovation project at Jack Coombs Field on Friday.

Jack Coombs Field will look pretty different when Duke baseball fans return to the stadium in 2025.

The Blue Devils announced the start of a major renovation project for the longtime stadium on Friday. According to a release from the program, the changes include larger dugouts, updated bullpens, and different dimensions for the field.

The release also detailed some upgrades for the fans and players as well. The Blue Devils will add lawn seating alongside first base and down the right-field line, and the Duke baseball team will have a new player development lab at their disposal.

“As the energy surrounding our baseball program continues its upward trajectory, it is incredibly exciting to see this venture reach the construction stage,” Duke athletic director Nina King said in the release. “Having the opportunity to enhance both our student-athlete experience from a developmental perspective as well as the gameday environment for our fans with this multi-phase initiative is especially rewarding.”

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Duke finished the 2024 season with 40 wins, defeating the Florida State Seminoles by 12 runs in the ACC Tournament championship game. D1Baseball graded the Blue Devils as one of the top 30 programs in the country earlier this month.

Duke baseball coach Chris Pollard shares first look at renovations to Jack Coombs Field

Duke baseball coach Chris Pollard shared a photo of Jack Coombs Field undergoing renovations over the weekend, teasing some upgrades.

Jack Coombs Field might be getting some upgrades over the coming months.

Duke baseball coach Chris Pollard shared a photo of the Blue Devils’ stadium over the weekend with renovations clearly being done down the first-base line.

“It’s started,” Pollard wrote on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. “Big things coming to ‘The Jack’!!!”

Jack Coombs Field has been open since 1931, and with the last round of renovations done in 2011, any changes to The Jack seemed a little overdue. However, this past postseason might have been the last straw for the athletic program.

The Blue Devils remained in the mix for one of the 16 regional hosting seeds all year, and while a lackluster end to the regular season seemed to knock them out of contention, a run to the ACC Tournament title seemed to throw Pollard’s team back to the forefront.

Instead, when the 16 host locations were announced later that day, the Blue Devils were left on the outside looking in. Fans and national analysts felt the decision came partly because of Duke’s resources.

Duke fans will need to wait until 2025 to see the new-look ballpark in person, but it seems like some tweaks are coming this fall.