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If people were to ask me who I thought was the best coach in the Big Ten, people might be surprised. This coach has not been around very long but has certainly made a big impression on the Big Ten Conference. That coach is Jake Boss, Jr.

Boss was hired in the summer of 2008 becoming the 16th coach in Michigan State History. In his first year as coach, Boss managed to get the Spartans in their first Big Ten tournament since 2004 and narrowly missed the cut in his second year as coach. In 2010, Boss led the Spartans to a 34-19 record which a complete turnaround from where the program was headed.

The 39 year old coach was an assistant coach for Eastern Michigan for seven season before he left the college to take over as assistant coach at Ann Arbor. Boss has managed to coach 30 players who have continued playing baseball for professional teams and has had 26 players drafted since his first division 1 coaching job.

His teams have been both successful on the baseball diamond and in the classroom. Boss believes that a college athlete suceeds by first being successful in the classroom and second on the field. Boss has the program headed in the right direction and soon every college baseball fan will know the name of Jake Boss, Jr.

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