There are 12 article(s) tagged Memphis Baseball:

• March 2023

  • Tigers baseball opens conference play at Tulane

    University of Memphis baseball coach Kerrick Jackson said he believes the Tigers are moving in the right direction heading into conference play. 

    By Frank Bonner II March 31, 2023

• February 2023

  • Memphis coach Kerrick Jackson starts his tenure with a 7-4 win over Samford

    The Tigers opened against Samford on Friday, Feb. 17, with a new head coach, a newly renovated FedExPark Avron Fogelman Field and several new players on the roster.

    By Frank Bonner II February 17, 2023

  • First-year Tigers baseball coach says building the program is a ‘process’

    First-year baseball coach Kerrick Jackson has created a new culture at Memphis. Fans will get their first chance to see what that looks like when the Tigers open the season against Samford on Friday. 

    By Frank Bonner II February 15, 2023

• June 2022

  • Calkins: Kerrick Jackson is a critical hire for Memphis — and for baseball

    Kerrick Jackson broke down Wednesday when he was asked what it meant to be one of just three Division 1 baseball coaches outside the HBCUs. Can he succeed at Memphis? All of baseball had better hope so. 

    By Geoff Calkins June 08, 2022

  • ‘I am that first': U of M’s new baseball coach to open doors for minorities

    Kerrick Jackson becomes the first Black head baseball coach at the University of Memphis in program history.

    By Frank Bonner II June 08, 2022

• May 2022

  • Kerrick Jackson expected to be Tigers’ new baseball coach

    Kerrick Jackson would be the first Black baseball coach in the Memphis program’s history. 

    By Frank Bonner II May 28, 2022

• January 2022

  • Tigers baseball coach Schoenrock to retire after 2022 season

    This will be Daron Schoenrock’s 37th year coaching college baseball and his 18th season as the Memphis head coach. 

    By Frank Bonner II January 18, 2022

• May 2021

  • Calkins: After a year of emptiness, baseball has returned to AutoZone Park

    Sure, there was a rain delay. But after 610 days and nights without baseball in Memphis, what’s another two hours? It was a wet (but glorious!) night at AutoZone Park as the Redbirds made their return. 

    By Geoff Calkins May 05, 2021

• May 2020

  • After a season cut short, Memphis baseball players hoping to get games this summer

    Coronavirus shut down the college baseball season and is causing some summer leagues to cancel their season. That means some University of Memphis players may be scrambling to find a place to play, or sitting out yet again.

    By Don Wade May 03, 2020

• April 2020

  • Brothers in Arms: The journey of pitchers Bailey and Blake Wimberley

    The novel coronavirus pandemic shut down Memphis' baseball season, but Tigers pitchers and brothers Bailey and Blake Wimberley are used to having their careers put on hold. 

    By Don Wade April 14, 2020

• February 2020

  • Penny Hardaway: ‘I can see the sun shining on us moving forward’

    Freshman guard Lester Quinones wants a chance to play Cincinnati in the conference tournament next month, but the Tigers have a long way to go before that. 

    By Drew Hill February 14, 2020

• July 2019

  • Royals prospect Jonathan Bowlan fires no-hitter

    Jonathan Bowlan, who pitched for Bartlett and Arlington in high school and then at the University of Memphis, just tossed a no-hitter in the minors and may be fast-tracking through the Kansas City Royals' system. 

    By Don Wade July 16, 2019