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Tim Jamieson enters his 15th season as the head coach of the Tigers in 2009. The third-winningest coach in Mizzou Baseball history, Jamieson will begin the 2009 campaign needing just two victories to move into second place on the all-time wins list at MU, passing legendary head coach John "Hi" Simmons.
A native of Columbia, Jamieson grew up attending several Tigers' games. After his playing days at the University of New Orleans, he spent six seasons on the UNO coaching staff before returning to Columbia in 1988 where he was an assistant coach under Gene McArtor for six seasons before becoming head coach following the 1994 campaign.
Since taking over at MU, the Tigers have been a force to reckon with in the Big 12 Conference as well as nationally; recording at least 30 wins in 12 of the last 13 seasons. Mizzou has won at least 35 games in each of the last six seasons and has advanced to the NCAA Tournament seven times under Jamieson. MU is one of just 16 teams in the nation that have advanced to the last six NCAA Tournaments. Only one other Big 12 team, Texas, can make that claim.
Recognizing Jamieson's accomplishments, Missouri has extended the coach's contract through the 2013 season. With the retirement of Texas Tech's Larry Hayes last summer, Jamieson and Baylor's Steve Smith are now the longest tenured coaches in the Big 12 Conference, each entering their 15th season as head coach of their respective programs.
Jamieson led the Tigers to a 39-21 record last year and a fourth-place finish in the Big 12 Conference. Mizzou once again made a trip into the postseason, as it was selected for the Miami Regional. Aaron Crow became the sixth Tiger to earn All-America honors under Jamieson and was the second to be named Big 12 Pitcher of the Year. Crow also took home the Clemens Award, honoring the nation's top collegiate pitcher. Mizzou opened the 2008 season ranked No. 5 and ascended to No. 2 during the year, marking its best ever ranking.
The success of 2008 followed a 2007 season which saw Missouri host an NCAA Regional for the first time in school history, finishing with a 42-18 record. That was just one of the many milestones that came out of 2007. The 42 wins was a career-best for Jamieson and it marked the fifth-winningest season in MU history. The Tigers' 19 conference victories in 2007 set a new school record. Missouri finished second in the Big 12 Conference, its best ever showing in the Big 12 and best league finish since winning the Big Eight Conference crown in 1996, which was Jamieson's second year at the helm.
Jamieson was named the Big 12 Co-Coach of the Year following the 2007 season, his second Conference Coach of the Year award, as he also claimed the Big Eight Coach of the Year honor in 1996.
In 2006, Missouri claimed the school's first-ever NCAA Regional Championship title, as MU rallied to win four-straight games in Malibu and advance to the Super Regional round of 16. The Tigers finished the season ranked No. 16.
Under Jamieson, Missouri has had six student-athletes named All-Americans and nine have earned Freshman All-American accolades. Jamieson has seen 46 of his players selected in the Major League Baseball Draft, including Missouri's first two first-round picks. Max Scherzer was selected by Arizona with the 11th overall pick in 2006 and Aaron Crow was drafted ninth by the Washington Nationals in last summer's MLB Draft.
Jamieson's teams have also succeeded in the classroom, as eight Academic All-Americans have played under Jamieson and 72 Tigers have earned Academic All-Conference recognition since 1995, including a record nine selections in 2006.
Jamieson was chosen to serve as an assistant coach for Team USA in 2005, helping the National team to a 16-4 record, traveling to Japan and Taiwan, along with playing games in the states. He was accompanied by Missouri players Max Scherzer and Hunter Mense on Team USA, the first National team representatives for MU since 1991.
Jamieson took over the reins of the Tigers when McArtor, whose 733 wins are the most in school history, retired from coaching after the 1994 season.
In just his second season at the helm, Jamieson led the Tigers to the 1996 Big Eight Conference crown, as Missouri went 39-19 and 20-8 in the Big Eight after projected to finish seventh in the conference by most publications, leading Jamieson to being named the Big Eight Conference Coach of the Year.
That season, the Tigers climbed as high as 17th in the national polls, marking the first time they had been ranked since 1991 and advanced to the NCAA Midwest Regional. In winning the regular season race, Mizzou became the first school other than Oklahoma State and Oklahoma to claim the conference title in 16 years.
Jamieson would lead the Tigers to 30-win seasons in each of the next five seasons as they would make a pair of trips to the Big 12 Tournament semifinals during that stretch.
In 2003, the Tigers finished in fourth place in the Big 12 Conference and received a bid to the NCAA Regionals, the first of four-consecutive trips to the postseason. The 2003 Tigers compiled a record of 36-22 on the year and at one point were ranked as high as No. 19 in the nation by Collegiate Baseball, finishing the year ranked 12th in the nation in scoring.
Another 30-win season and a second-straight trip to the NCAA Regionals highlighted the 2004 campaign, as the Tigers finished with 38 wins, the most since the 1996 season. Missouri claimed series victories over Texas, Nebraska and Oklahoma State in 2004 and reached the championship game of the Big 12 Tournament in Arlington, Texas.
Missouri surpassed that win total in 2005 by reaching the 40-win mark for the first time under Jamieson and for the first time since 1991. MU finished fourth in the Big 12 regular season for the second time in three years and advanced to the semifinals of the conference tournament before advancing to their third-consecutive NCAA Tournament.
Success was also part of Jamieson's time away from MU. He was a member of three NCAA Tournament clubs and was selected to the 1980 All-NCAA South Regional Team as a standout catcher at New Orleans from 1978-81. He was named the team's most valuable player after his senior season, as he hit .300 with eight home runs and 68 RBI, in leading the Privateers to the NCAA Midwest Regional.
As an assistant coach at UNO, he was instrumental in guiding the Privateers to four NCAA Regional appearances (1984, 1985, 1987, 1988) and a spot in the 1984 College World Series in Omaha, Neb.
His MU roots run throughout his family as his father, Dick Jamieson, was a former offensive coordinator under football coach Al Onofrio. The elder Jamieson also spent several years in the National Football League. His brother, Jeff, is a graduate of Missouri's School of Law and his sister, Judi, also attended MU.
Jamieson received his bachelor's and master's degrees in business administration from New Orleans.
A graduate of Rock Bridge High (Columbia), Jamieson is married to the former Cindy Thornton, a graduate of Mizzou and Rock Bridge High School in Columbia. They are the parents of two sons, Mickey (11) and Ty (10).
