Head Coach Jim Case
1/31/2002 11:05:00 AM | Baseball
JIM CASE
Head Coach
This spring, JSU head coach Jim Case begins his inaugural season with the Gamecock baseball program.
Case was hired on April 17, 2001 to succeed Hall-of-Fame coach Rudy Abbott, who retired following 32 seasons as head coach.
Although this is his first head coaching position, Case has a wealth of baseball experience. Case's coaching expertise spans three decades and more than 1,000 games on the collegiate level, including the last four as an assistant coach at Mississippi State.
"I'm very excited about the opportunity to be the head baseball coach at Jacksonville State University," said Case. "To me, the tradition of baseball at Jacksonville State is outstanding.
"Coach Rudy Abbott has done a tremendous job and I look forward and I look forward to being part of the tradition and the baseball program," Case said.
The Birmingham, Ala. native joined the Mississippi State staff in June, 1997 after serving as an assistant at UAB the previous 11 seasons. He served as a graduate assistant coach at Mississippi State from 1984 to 1986, tutoring MSU's catchers. During that span, Case helped the Bulldogs to the 1985 NCAA College World Series and a No. 3 national ranking.
"Jim brings a wealth of experience at extremely successful programs throughout the South," said JSU Athletics Director Tom Seitz. "He is a class individual and an excellent coach."
Case was a three-sport letterman and all-city performer in baseball and football during his high school career at Birmingham's Ensley High School, where he played under coach George Gould and was regarded as one of the top defensive catchers in the city's prep ranks.
Following high school graduation in 1978, Case continued his baseball playing career at Louisiana Tech, where he earned All-Southland Conference honors as a catcher in 1981. He served as a student assistant coach in 1983 at Louisiana Tech before joining Mississippi State as a graduate assistant in 1984.
Case is married to the former Jan Orton of Birmingham and they are the proud parents of two daughters, Catherine and Elizabeth.
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
HIGH SCHOOL:
Ensley High School (Birmingham)
COLLEGE:
Four-year letterman (1979-82) for Louisiana Tech
1981 All-Southland Conference as a catcher
COACHING CAREER
1983 - Louisiana Tech - Student Assistant Coach
1984-86 - Mississippi State University - Graduate Assistant Coach
1987-97 - UAB - Assistant Baseball Coach
1997-2001 - Mississippi State University - Assistant Baseball Coach
PERSONAL
Born: January 28, 1960 in Birmingham
Married: former Jan Orton
Children: daughters, Catherine and Elizabeth
College: Louisiana Tech (1982)
YEAR SCHOOL W-L PCT CONF NCAA
1983 Louisiana Tech 20-30 .400 5-8 --
1984 Mississippi State 45-16 .738 18-5 3-2
1985 Mississippi State 50-15 .769 16-8 3-1
1986 Mississippi State 34-21 .618 12-15 --
1987 UAB 23-21 .523 8-10 --
1988 UAB 22-28-1 .441 4-12 --
1989 UAB 28-27 .509 7-11 --
1990 UAB 27-26 .509 8-10 --
1991 UAB 29-30 .492 9-7 1-2
1992 UAB 43-18 .705 17-1
1993 UAB 35-23 .603 12-6
1994 UAB 32-23 .582 16-6
1995 UAB 34-22 .607 13-9
1996 UAB 33-25 .569 13-11
1997 UAB 31-29 .517 14-13
1998 Mississippi State 42-23 .646 14-15 4-1
1999 Mississippi State 42-21 .667 15-14 2-2
2000 Mississippi State 41-20 .667 17-10 3-3
2001 Mississippi State 39-24 .619 17-13 3-2
Collegiate Career Coaching Record: 630-442 .587 123-88 19-13
Head Coach
This spring, JSU head coach Jim Case begins his inaugural season with the Gamecock baseball program.
Case was hired on April 17, 2001 to succeed Hall-of-Fame coach Rudy Abbott, who retired following 32 seasons as head coach.
Although this is his first head coaching position, Case has a wealth of baseball experience. Case's coaching expertise spans three decades and more than 1,000 games on the collegiate level, including the last four as an assistant coach at Mississippi State.
"I'm very excited about the opportunity to be the head baseball coach at Jacksonville State University," said Case. "To me, the tradition of baseball at Jacksonville State is outstanding.
"Coach Rudy Abbott has done a tremendous job and I look forward and I look forward to being part of the tradition and the baseball program," Case said.
The Birmingham, Ala. native joined the Mississippi State staff in June, 1997 after serving as an assistant at UAB the previous 11 seasons. He served as a graduate assistant coach at Mississippi State from 1984 to 1986, tutoring MSU's catchers. During that span, Case helped the Bulldogs to the 1985 NCAA College World Series and a No. 3 national ranking.
"Jim brings a wealth of experience at extremely successful programs throughout the South," said JSU Athletics Director Tom Seitz. "He is a class individual and an excellent coach."
Case was a three-sport letterman and all-city performer in baseball and football during his high school career at Birmingham's Ensley High School, where he played under coach George Gould and was regarded as one of the top defensive catchers in the city's prep ranks.
Following high school graduation in 1978, Case continued his baseball playing career at Louisiana Tech, where he earned All-Southland Conference honors as a catcher in 1981. He served as a student assistant coach in 1983 at Louisiana Tech before joining Mississippi State as a graduate assistant in 1984.
Case is married to the former Jan Orton of Birmingham and they are the proud parents of two daughters, Catherine and Elizabeth.
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
HIGH SCHOOL:
Ensley High School (Birmingham)
COLLEGE:
Four-year letterman (1979-82) for Louisiana Tech
1981 All-Southland Conference as a catcher
COACHING CAREER
1983 - Louisiana Tech - Student Assistant Coach
1984-86 - Mississippi State University - Graduate Assistant Coach
1987-97 - UAB - Assistant Baseball Coach
1997-2001 - Mississippi State University - Assistant Baseball Coach
PERSONAL
Born: January 28, 1960 in Birmingham
Married: former Jan Orton
Children: daughters, Catherine and Elizabeth
College: Louisiana Tech (1982)
YEAR SCHOOL W-L PCT CONF NCAA
1983 Louisiana Tech 20-30 .400 5-8 --
1984 Mississippi State 45-16 .738 18-5 3-2
1985 Mississippi State 50-15 .769 16-8 3-1
1986 Mississippi State 34-21 .618 12-15 --
1987 UAB 23-21 .523 8-10 --
1988 UAB 22-28-1 .441 4-12 --
1989 UAB 28-27 .509 7-11 --
1990 UAB 27-26 .509 8-10 --
1991 UAB 29-30 .492 9-7 1-2
1992 UAB 43-18 .705 17-1
1993 UAB 35-23 .603 12-6
1994 UAB 32-23 .582 16-6
1995 UAB 34-22 .607 13-9
1996 UAB 33-25 .569 13-11
1997 UAB 31-29 .517 14-13
1998 Mississippi State 42-23 .646 14-15 4-1
1999 Mississippi State 42-21 .667 15-14 2-2
2000 Mississippi State 41-20 .667 17-10 3-3
2001 Mississippi State 39-24 .619 17-13 3-2
Collegiate Career Coaching Record: 630-442 .587 123-88 19-13
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