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Georgia assistant Josh Simpson returning to LSU baseball staff

Josh Simpson is returning to LSU after one season under Wes Johnson at Georgia.

[autotag]Jay Johnson[/autotag] is adding a familiar face to the baseball staff as [autotag]Josh Simpson[/autotag] is returning to LSU to serve as an assistant coach in 2025, the team announced on Monday.

Simpson spent the 2024 season as an assistant coach at Georgia under [autotag]Wes Johnson[/autotag], who took that job after spending 2023 as the Tigers’ pitching coach. Simpson served as LSU’s director of operations in 2023 after spending 2016-22 as a scout for the Texas Rangers.

He was also previously the head coach at New Mexico Junior College from 2008-15. Before that, he was a hitting coach at Central Arizona College, a volunteer assistant at New Mexico and a head coach at Lamar Community College in Colorado.

After a disappointing conclusion to the 2024 season, Johnson has added quite a transfer portal haul, and he also seems to be reworking the staff.

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LSU director of baseball operations to join Wes Johnson at Georgia

After serving as LSU’s director of baseball operations for a little over a year, Josh Simpson is on to his next venture.

After serving as LSU’s director of baseball operations for a little over a year, [autotag]Josh Simpson[/autotag] is on to his next venture. He will be joining former LSU pitching coach [autotag]Wes Johnson[/autotag] in Georgia as the recruiting coordinator.

Simpson came to LSU after working as a scout for the Texas Rangers in the MLB. There’s no better way to exit a program than to go out on top and that’s what the Tigers did in Simpson’s only season on the Bayou.

We will be keeping an eye on who LSU will hire as their new director of baseball operations. The Tigers recently hired Nate Yeskie to fill Wes Johnson’s position as the new pitching coach. There is no timeline on how long it will take to hire a new director of baseball operations.

I’m sure there will be no shortage of applicants trying to join a team that just won the 2023 national championship.

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LSU baseball names new director of operations

The Tigers went to the pro ranks to add on to coach Jay Johnson’s staff.

[autotag]Josh Simpson[/autotag] was announced as the new director of operations for LSU baseball by head coach [autotag]Jay Johnson[/autotag]. Simpson’s last two baseball gigs were with the Texas Rangers and New Mexico Junior College.

For the past seven years, Simpson has served as a regional scout for the Rangers scouting department. Before that, he was a head coach at New Mexico Junior College from 2008-2015. Simpson completed his career in 2015 at New Mexico Junior College as the second-winningest coach in program history, posting a 283-163 record. He saw over 18 players drafted into Major League Baseball and qualified for the regional tournament in eight consecutive seasons.

“We are very excited to add Josh Simpson to our staff as Director of Baseball Operations,” Johnson said in an LSU press release. “Josh will add a lot to our staff, and his experience as a scout in Texas and Louisiana for the Texas Rangers will be invaluable. His experiences, connections, and great people skills will help our program in a lot of different ways.

“It is really hard to find someone for this position that has all of the skills that Josh has as a former scout and coach. We are looking forward to his great contribution to LSU Baseball.”

In 2014, he led NMJC to the Western Junior College Athletic Conference title, and he was named the WJCAC Coach of the Year. Simpson comes to LSU at a great time as the Tigers look to be a pretty good team when next spring rolls around.

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