Jake Boss
{{Short description|American college baseball coach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Confused|Jake Bloss}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Jake Boss Jr.
| image =Jake Boss (6946636714) (cropped).jpg
| alt =
| caption = Boss during a game at Theunissen Stadium in 2012
| current_title = Head coach
| current_team = Michigan State
| current_conference = Big Ten
| current_record = {{winning percentage|468|408|record=y}}
| contract =
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| death_date =
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| alma_mater = Alma College
Eastern Michigan University
| player_years1 = 1990–1993
| player_team1 = Alma
| coach_years1 = 1994
| coach_team1 = St. Clair (MI) Lakeview (asst.)
| coach_years2 = 1995
| coach_team2 = Webberville (MI)
| coach_years3 = 1996–1997
| coach_team3 = Iowa Central CC (asst.)
| coach_years4 = 1998–2004
| coach_team4 = Eastern Michigan (asst.)
| coach_years5 = 2005–2007
| coach_team5 = Michigan (asst.)
| coach_years6 = 2008
| coach_team6 = Eastern Michigan
| coach_years7 = 2009–present
| coach_team7 = Michigan State
| overall_record = {{winning percentage|493|442|record=y}}
| tournament_record = B1G: {{winning percentage|10|19|record=y}}
NCAA: {{winning percentage|0|4|record=y}}
| championships = 1 MAC West Division Championship (2008)
1 MAC Tournament championship (2008)
1 Big Ten Regular season Championship (2011)
2 NCAA Regional Appearances (2008, 2012)
| awards =
| coaching_records =
}}
Jacob Boss Jr. is an American baseball coach and former player, who is the current head baseball coach of the Michigan State Spartans. He played college baseball at Alma College for head coach Bill Klenk from 1990 to 1993. He then served as the head coach of the Eastern Michigan Eagles in 2008.
Early career
Boss played college baseball at Division III Alma College from 1990–1993. In the mid-1990s, Boss served as a high school and community college baseball coach before accepting an assistant coaching position at Eastern Michigan prior to the 1997 season. He left Eastern Michigan after the 2004 season to serve as an assistant at Michigan from 2005–2007.{{cite web|title=Jake Boss Jr. |url=http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/bossjr_jake00.html |work=MSUSpartans.com |publisher=Michigan State Sports Information |accessdate=16 June 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120613200032/http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/bossjr_jake00.html |archivedate=13 June 2012 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|title=Jake Boss Jr. Joins Michigan Staff as Assistant Coach |url=http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/102004aaa.html |work=MGoBlue.com |accessdate=16 June 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901221243/http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/102004aaa.html |archivedate=1 September 2010 |url-status=dead }}
Head coaching career
File:Michigan State Spartans, 2022.jpg
Boss was named the head coach at Eastern Michigan for the 2008 season and spent one year there. Under Boss, the team lost its first 17 games but went 25–17 for the remainder of the season. The Eagles won the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Western Division Title and the MAC tournament, thus qualifying for the NCAA tournament.{{cite news|title=Eagles Earn Spot in NCAA Baseball Tournament|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DTNB&s_site=detnews&f_site=detnews&f_sitename=Detroit+News%2C+The+%28MI%29&p_multi=DTNB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=12139B3D9E3C99C0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|accessdate=16 June 2012|newspaper=The Detroit News|date=25 May 2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710020413/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product%3DDTNB%26s_site%3Ddetnews%26f_site%3Ddetnews%26f_sitename%3DDetroit%2BNews%2C%2BThe%2B%28MI%29%26p_multi%3DDTNB%26p_theme%3Dgannett%26p_action%3Dsearch%26p_maxdocs%3D200%26p_topdoc%3D1%26p_text_direct-0%3D12139B3D9E3C99C0%26p_field_direct-0%3Ddocum|archivedate=10 July 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=2008 MAC Baseball Standings |url=http://www.d1baseball.com/2008/conferences/standings_mac.htm |work=D1Baseball.com |accessdate=16 June 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721174046/http://www.d1baseball.com/2008/conferences/standings_mac.htm |archivedate=21 July 2013 |url-status=dead }}
On July 1, 2008, Boss was named head baseball coach at Michigan State.{{cite web|url=http://www.mlive.com/spartans/index.ssf/2008/07/new_msu_baseball_coach_jake_bo.html|title=New MSU baseball coach Jake Boss first hire for new AD Hollis|last=Grinczel|first=Steve|date=1 July 2008|publisher=MLive|accessdate=14 July 2010}} During his 14 seasons at Michigan State University, Coach Boss has achieved significant success. He holds a record of 383-332 (.536), making him the winningest coach in program history over a 14-year span. Under his leadership, the MSU baseball team has experienced five of the top 10 winningest seasons in program history.{{cite web |title=Michigan State Baseball Athletics Page |url=https://msuspartans.com/sports/baseball/roster/coaches/jake-boss-jr-/1143}} They have also achieved seven 30-win seasons in the last 12 years, won the Big Ten regular-season championship in 2011, and made his first NCAA tournament appearance with Michigan State in 2012.{{cite web|title=2012 Stanford Regional |url=http://www.collegebaseballinsider.com/12Postseason/StanfordReg.html |work=CollegeBaseballInsider.com |accessdate=16 June 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905204947/http://www.collegebaseballinsider.com/12Postseason/StanfordReg.html |archivedate=5 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}
Head coaching record
Below is a table of Boss's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.{{cite web|title=2012 Eastern Michigan Baseball Media Guide |url=http://www.emueagles.com/sports/2012/2/17/BB_0217120948.aspx?path=baseball |work=EMUEagles.com |publisher=Eastern Michigan Sports Information Department |accessdate=16 June 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120521104945/http://emueagles.com/sports/2012/2/17/BB_0217120948.aspx?path=baseball |archivedate=21 May 2012 |pages=58–59 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|title=2012 Michigan State Baseball Media Guide |url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/msu/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/12-m-basebl-yr-result-media-bk.pdf |publisher=Michigan State Sports Information Department |accessdate=16 June 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128165101/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/msu/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/12-m-basebl-yr-result-media-bk.pdf |archivedate=28 January 2013 |pages=49–50 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|title=2012 Big Ten Baseball Standings |url=http://www.d1baseball.com/conferences/standings_big10.htm |work=D1Baseball.com |accessdate=16 June 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515004011/http://www.d1baseball.com/conferences/standings_big10.htm |archivedate=15 May 2013 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|title=2013 Big Ten Conference Baseball Standings |url=http://www.d1baseball.com/conferences/standings_big10.htm |work=D1Baseball.com |publisher=Jeremy Mills |accessdate=May 28, 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515004011/http://www.d1baseball.com/conferences/standings_big10.htm |archivedate=May 15, 2013 |url-status=dead }}
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Eastern Michigan Eagles
| conference= Mid-American Conference
| startyear = 2008
| endyear = single
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = divboth
| season = 2008
| name = Eastern Michigan
| overall = 25–34
| conference = 15–8 (West)
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Regional
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = Eastern Michigan
| overall = 25–34
| confrecord = 15–8
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Michigan State Spartans
| conference= Big Ten Conference
| startyear = 2009
| endyear =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2009
| name = Michigan State
| overall = 23–31
| conference = 13–11
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason = Big Ten tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2010
| name = Michigan State
| overall = 34–19
| conference = 11–13
| confstanding = T-7th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2011
| name = Michigan State
| overall = 36–21
| conference = 15–9
| confstanding = T-1st
| postseason = Big Ten tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2012
| name = Michigan State
| overall = 37–23
| conference = 13–11
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason = NCAA Regional
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2013
| name = Michigan State
| overall = 33–17
| conference = 12–9
| confstanding = 7th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2014
| name = Michigan State
| overall = 31–26
| conference = 11–13
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason = Big Ten tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2015
| name = Michigan State
| overall = 34–23
| conference = 14–10
| confstanding = T-3rd
| postseason = Big Ten tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2016
| name = Michigan State
| overall = 36–20
| conference = 13–11
| confstanding = T-6th
| postseason = Big Ten tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2017
| name = Michigan State
| overall = 29–23
| conference = 10–14
| confstanding = 9th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2018
| name = Michigan State
| overall = 20–32
| conference = 11–12
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason = Big Ten tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2019
| name = Michigan State
| overall = 20–34
| conference = 8–15
| confstanding = 11th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2020
| name = Michigan State
| overall = 9–6
| conference = 0–0
| confstanding =
| postseason = Season canceled due to COVID-19
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2021
| name = Michigan State
| overall = 17–27
| conference = 17–27
| confstanding = 11th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2022
| name = Michigan State
| overall = 24–30
| conference = 8–16
| confstanding = 12th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2023
| name = Michigan State
| overall = 33–22
| conference = 12–12
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason = Big Ten tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2024
| name = Michigan State
| overall = 24–27
| conference = 11–13
| confstanding = T-9th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2025
| name = Michigan State
| overall = 28–27
| conference = 13–17
| confstanding = 12th
| postseason = Big Ten tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = Michigan State
| overall = {{winning percentage|468|408|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winning percentage|192|213|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB yearly record end
| overall = {{winning percentage|493|442|record=y}}
}}
Personal life
See also
References
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