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{{Short description|American college baseball coach (born 1965)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Jerry Meyers
| image = 
| alt = 
| caption = 
| current_title = [[Head coach]]
| current_team = [[Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders baseball|Middle Tennessee]]
| current_conference = [[Conference USA|C-USA]]
| current_record = 70–97
| contract = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|3|8}}
| birth_place = 
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| alma_mater = 
| player_years1 = 1984–1987
| player_team1 = [[Iowa State Cyclones baseball|Iowa State]]
| player_positions = [[Pitcher]]
| coach_years1 = 1989–1991
| coach_team1 = [[Gulf Coast Community College|Gulf Coast CC]] (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1992–1995
| coach_team2 = [[UNC Wilmington Seahawks baseball|UNC Wilmington]] (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 1996
| coach_team3 = [[Old Dominion Monarchs baseball|Old Dominion]] (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 1997–2004
| coach_team4 = [[South Carolina Gamecocks baseball|South Carolina]] (assistant)
| coach_years5 = 2005–2010
| coach_team5 = Old Dominion
| coach_years6 = 2011–2017
| coach_team6 = South Carolina (assistant)
| coach_years7 = 2022
| coach_team7 = [[Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders baseball|Middle Tennessee]] (P)
| coach_years8 = 2023–present
| coach_team8 = Middle Tennessee
| admin_years1 = 2018–2021
| admin_team1 = [[South Carolina Gamecocks|South Carolina]] (Assistant AD)
| overall_record = 237–255
| tournament_record = 2–8 ([[Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournament|CAA]]) C-USA: 2–4
| championships = 
| awards = 
| coaching_records = 
}}
'''Jerry Meyers''' (born March 8, 1965) is an American [[college baseball]] coach and former [[pitcher]] who is the current head baseball coach for the [[Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders baseball|Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders]].

Meyers attended the [[Iowa State University]] from 1984-1987 before starting his coaching career as a graduate assistant at [[University of South Alabama|South Alabama]]. Later he was an assistant coach at [[Gulf Coast Community College]], [[UNC-Wilmington]], and Old Dominion. Prior to the 1996 season he joined the coaching staff at  [[University of South Carolina Columbia|University of South Carolina]] as the pitching coach the under [[Ray Tanner]].

==Old Dominion==
Meyers spent eight seasons at South Carolina before being named the head baseball coach at [[Old Dominion University]] after the 2004 [[college baseball]] succeeding Tony Guzzo. During his time at ODU Meyers compiled an overall record of 167-158 in six seasons. He was named the 2006 CAA Coach of the Year and in 2008 he was the pitching coach for Team USA.

==Second stint at South Carolina==
After six seasons Meyers left Old Dominion for USC in 2010 where he now coaches pitchers again.

Jerry Meyers coached some of the best college pitchers at South Carolina, including 2000 [[Golden Spikes Award]] winner Kip Bouknight. One common theme for the successful [[Gamecock]] pitching staffs under his leadership was the presence of a dominating closer.

Two of these closers rank in the top 10 all-time in single season saves, with one more being in the top 15.

==Personal==
Meyers and his wife Christina have two daughters, Jaye Riley and Audrey Reese.

==Head coaching record==
{{CBB yearly record start|type=coach}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|name=[[Old Dominion Monarchs baseball|Old Dominion Monarchs]]|conference=[[Colonial Athletic Association]]|startyear=2005|endyear=2010}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[2005 NCAA Division I baseball season|2005]]
| name         = Old Dominion
| overall      = 22–33
| conference   = 5–19
| confstanding = 9th (9)
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[2006 NCAA Division I baseball season|2006]]
| name         = Old Dominion
| overall      = 39–17
| conference   = 21–9
| confstanding = 2nd (11)
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[2007 NCAA Division I baseball season|2007]]
| name         = Old Dominion
| overall      = 35–24
| conference   = 18–11
| confstanding = 2nd (11)
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[2008 NCAA Division I baseball season|2008]]
| name         = Old Dominion
| overall      = 25–27
| conference   = 14–14
| confstanding = 5th (11)
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[2009 NCAA Division I baseball season|2009]]
| name         = Old Dominion
| overall      = 22–27
| conference   = 13–11
| confstanding = 4th (11)
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[2010 NCAA Division I baseball season|2010]]
| name         = Old Dominion
| overall      = 24–30
| conference   = 11–13
| confstanding = 6th (11) 
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal|name=Old Dominion|overall=167-158|confrecord=82-77}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|name=[[Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders baseball|Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders]]|conference=[[Conference USA]]|startyear=2023|endyear=}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[2023 NCAA Division I baseball season|2023]]
| name         = Middle Tennessee
| overall      = 27–29
| conference   = 14–16
| confstanding = 7th
| postseason   = [[2023 Conference USA Baseball Tournament|C-USA Tournament]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[2024 NCAA Division I baseball season|2024]]
| name         = Middle Tennessee
| overall      = 20–36
| conference   = 8–16
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason   = [[2024 Conference USA Baseball Tournament|C-USA Tournament]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[2025 NCAA Division I baseball season|2025]]
| name         = Middle Tennessee
| overall      = 23–32
| conference   = 8–19
| confstanding = 9th
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal|name=Middle Tennessee|overall=70–97|confrecord=30–51}}
{{CBB yearly record end
| overall = 237–255
| legend = no
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://goblueraiders.com/staff-directory/jerry-meyers/410 Middle Tennessee profile]

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[[Category:1965 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Iowa State Cyclones baseball players]]
[[Category:Gulf Coast State Commodores baseball coaches]]
[[Category:UNC Wilmington Seahawks baseball coaches]]
[[Category:Old Dominion Monarchs baseball coaches]]
[[Category:South Carolina Gamecocks baseball coaches]]
[[Category:Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders baseball coaches]]