Jake Jenkins joined the MSU Denver coaching staff as the pitching coaching in August, 2022.
Since graduation from Division I Pacific in 2016, Jenkins had been with the highly successful Slammers program in the Denver area. As Director of Pitching for the Slammers, he helped in the implementation and development of throwing programs while managing high school and youth level club teams.
Jenkins had also been a video analysis and digitization assistant for 3D Kinematics RND, which analyzes pitchers’ and hitters’ actions through computer and video.
He was the pitching coach at Chaparral High School for the 2017 season. While student-athlete, Jenkins was an intern in athletics facilities at Pacific.
Jenkins pitched for four seasons at Pacific, compiling a record of 15-22 with a 4.44 ERA while striking out 223 in 292 innings. He earned All-West Coast Conference first team honors as a sophomore in 2014, when he was 6-3 with a 2.55 ERA – including 6-1 with a 1.71 ERA down the stretch. He had an excellent senior season as well, going 3-4 with two saves and a 3.79 ERA.
He played at Legend High School, helping the Titans to the Class 5A state tournament as a senior, when he was 5-2 with a 4.23 ERA and 69 strikeouts in 53 innings.
