Link Jarrett

Lincoln R. Jarrett

• Bats Both, Throws Right
• Height 5' 10", Weight 165 lb.

• School Florida State University

• Born January 26, 1972 in Tallahassee, FL USA

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Biographical Information

Link Jarrett reached AA then became a college coach.

Jarrett hit .325/?/.466 as the starting shortstop for FSU in 1992, posting the best average on the #9 team in the nation. He was not the top hitting shortstop in the Atlantic Coast Conference, though - Nomar Garciaparra was also in the ACC at the time. He fell to a .248 average and .290 slugging in '93. He hit .282/?/.394 with 13 steals in 1994 and FSU went to the 1994 College World Series. He had little shot at All-ACC with Garciaparra still present. He set the NCAA record with 802 career assists.

The Colorado Rockies took him in the 22nd round of the 1994 amateur draft, two picks before John Riedling. He produced at a .240/.303/.287 clip that year for the Bend Rockies, fielding .948 at short. Moving up to the Asheville Tourists in 1995, he hit .235/.338/.262 and fielding .991 at 2B. He split 1996 between the Salem Avalanche (.225/.290/.276 in 38 G) and New Haven Ravens (.195/.257/.250 in 56 G). He was back with the same teams in 1997 - .303/.349/.356 in 88 games for New Haven and .160/.192/.160 in 9 games for Salem. In 1998, he batted .238/.289/.275 for the Ravens, fielding .952 at short to end his pro career. He had batted .242/.310/.283 with 142 runs and 106 RBI in 488 games in the minors, fielding .965 in 213 games at SS, .982 in 180 at 2B and .920 in 69 at 3B.

The Floridian then went into coaching. He was assistant coach at Flagler College (1999-2001), FSU (2003), Mercer University (2004-2005), East Carolina University (2006-2009) and Auburn University (2010-2012). He was head coach of UNC Greensboro from 2013-2019, winning Southern Conference Coach of the Year in 2016 and 2018. He was head coach of the University of Notre Dame from 2020-2022, winning ACC Coach of the Year in 2021 and taking the team to the 2022 College World Series (their first CWS trip in 20 years). He then returned to his alma mater, this time as head coach.