Jack Winters has completed two seasons as an assistant baseball coach at NYU. He serves as the staff’s Recruiting Coordinator and also assists with the Violets’ pitching staff.
The Violets posted a 26-13 record in 2019, including a best-ever 8-8 mark in University Athletic Association (UAA) play. The campaign included a six-game winning streak from April 13-21, with five of the victories coming against UAA opponents (Washington University in St. Louis and Brandeis University).
One of Winter’s moundsmen, sophomore Ford Ladd had a breakout season in ‘19. Recognized as the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Pitcher of the Month in April, Ladd was selected First Team All-UAA and was a UAA Athlete of the Week honoree. He led the staff in wins (8), strikeouts (42), innings (66.2), and starts (13) while pitching to a 3.51 ERA.
The Violets finished Winters’ inaugural 2017-18 season with a program-record 28 wins (28-12) and a 6-10 record in the UAA. The team went undefeated over its spring trip (7-0) and posted winning records both at home (13-7) and away (8-5). The pitching staff set a program record for ERA (3.81) and strikeouts (268) with a batting-average against of .254. Cameron Serapilio-Frank earned D3Baseball.com Third Team All-New York Region, First Team All-UAA and ECAC Division III Metro Pitcher of the Week honors. In addition, Ladd earned UAA Pitcher of the Week.
Winters joined NYU after two successful seasons as the pitching coach at Centenary University. In 2016, the Cyclones’ pitching staff led the Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) in lowest ERA (3.60), fewest amount of walks, hits, and home runs allowed, most shutouts recorded, and lowest WHIP. In addition, the staff set a program record for lowest ERA and tallied 13 midseason and postseason awards, including CSAC Rookie of the Year and D3Baseball.com Mid-Atlantic Region Rookie of the Year. In 2017, the Cyclones’ pitching staff maintained its position as CSAC leader in fewest walks allowed.
During the summer of 2016, Winters served as head coach of the Carolina Forest Crawdads of the Beach Collegiate Baseball League, and in the summer of 2017 he managed the Chillicothe Mudcats of the M.I.N.K Collegiate Baseball League. Both teams finished their seasons with winning records.
Prior to his tenure at the collegiate level, Winters was a full-time member of the coaching staff at Professional Baseball Instruction (PBI) in Mahwah, NJ. Among the numerous baseball professionals associated with PBI are current Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle, long-time MLB coach Sam Perlozzo, and Leo Mazzone, former Atlanta Braves pitching coach heralded for his development of multiple Hall of Famers.
Winters has also spent time coaching at the high school level. From 2011-13, he served as the varsity pitching coach at his alma mater River Dell H.S. in Oradell, NJ. In 2015, Winters was the freshman baseball coach at Mahwah H.S.
As a player, Winters was a mainstay in the rotation at Rutgers University-Newark before transferring to the University of Redlands, where he ranks among the all-time leaders in single-season saves. After his collegiate career, Winters signed with the White Sands Pupfish of the Pecos League and pitched as the team’s closer. He was later traded to the Alpine Cowboys to help solidify their bullpen. The following season he signed with the Santa Fe Fuego, also of the Pecos League, and was used as both a starter and a middle-reliever.
A 2010 Redlands graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and history, Winters went on to complete a Masters of Business Administration at Centenary in 2018.
Also a physical education teacher at HudsonWay Immersion School in Manhattan, Winters is a native of Oradell, NJ, and resides in Astoria, NY.
