MTSU baseball coach Jim Toman resigns; Jerry Meyers to take helm in 2022-23
Middle Tennessee State head baseball coach Jim Toman resigned Monday, Blue Raider athletic director Chris Massaro announced.
Toman, who guided the Blue Raiders for four seasons, was charged with driving under the influence on Aug. 8.
“After much reflection, I am resigning my position to focus on getting better and putting my life back on a more positive track,” Toman said in a release. “I have enjoyed my time at MTSU and truly love all my players and wish them the very best.”
"We want to wish Coach Toman well in the future and appreciate all the hard work and dedication he put into our program,” said Massaro, in the release. “The team was getting better every year under his reign and last season they won seven of 10 C-USA series, finished 68th in the country in RPI, representing the highest for the program in the last 10 years.
Associate head coach Jerry Meyers will take over as the Interim head coach for the 2022-23 academic year.
“I have tremendous confidence in Coach Meyers’ leadership and in assistant coach Kevin Nichols," Massaro said. "We will move quickly to fill the vacant assistant coach position to give our team the best chance to build on its success from last season.”
Toman, who took over the Blue Raider program in June, 2018, saw MTSU win its most games since 2015 after a 29-26 finish in 2022. The Blue Raiders made the Conference USA tournament for the second consecutive year and had five all-conference players.
He was 78-102 in his four seasons at MTSU.
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