Calkins: Kerrick Jackson is a critical hire for Memphis — and for baseball
“If I hadn’t done all the things I had done, would we be sitting here having this conversation?” said new University of Memphis baseball coach Kerrick Jackson. “And the reality is ‘No’.” (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Geoff Calkins
Geoff Calkins has been chronicling Memphis and Memphis sports for more than two decades. He is host of "The Geoff Calkins Show" from 9-11 a.m. M-F on 92.9 FM. Calkins has been named the best sports columnist in the country five times by the Associated Press sports editors, but still figures his best columns are about the people who make Memphis what it is.
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.
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