Ryan Jackson

Ryan Jackson

Ryan Jackson returned the UTRGV baseball team as a volunteer assistant in August 2022 after playing for the Vaqueros from 2015-19. He was then promoted to assistant coach for the 2024 season.

Jackson worked with the pitchers in 2024, helping the staff rank 24th in the NCAA and fourth in the WAC in shutouts (four), 62nd in the NCAA and fourth in the WAC in strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.19), 72nd in the NCAA and third in the WAC in strikeouts per nine innings (9.1), and 72nd in the NCAA and fourth in the WAC in walks allowed per nine innings (4.14) … Helped starting pitcher Zach Tjelmeland to All-WAC Second Team honors.
 
Jackson came back to UTRGV after one season as an assistant coach at Texas A&M International. He also has collegiate coaching experience as a volunteer assistant at Texas Lutheran in 2020.
 
At both TAMIU and TLU, Jackson oversaw the pitching staff and developed the team’s throwing programs. While at TLU, he also served as pitching coach for Naturals Baseball Academy with the U13 and U17 teams.

From 2017-19, Jackson was an Assistant Manager/Trainer for Ochoa's Baseball Academy, as well as a volunteer coach for his high school alma mater, Nikki Rowe.
 
After graduating from UTRGV in 2019 with a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology and a minor in Business Management, Jackson signed with the Tampa Bay Rays organization, dominating for the Gulf Coast Rays (Rookie), Princeton Rays (Rookie Advanced), Hudson Valley Renegades (Short-Season A) and Port Charlotte Stone Crabs (Advanced A) by recording four saves with a 0.64 ERA. In 16 relief appearances, Jackson pitched 28.0 innings, striking out 34 while allowing just 17 hits and three walks.
 
After the season, Jackson was assigned to Bowing Green, which at the time was Class A, but after the pandemic wiped out the 2020 minor league season, Jackson was released prior to the start of spring training in 2021.
 
Jackson was dominant during his final two seasons at UTRGV, finishing with 15-career saves, the second-highest total in program history.
 
As a senior in 2019, Jackson went 5-4 with eight saves and a 1.74 ERA. In 28 games (one start), he pitched 46.2 innings, striking out 61 while allowing just 46 hits and 13 walks en route to All-WAC First Team Reliever honors. He posted eight saves, the third-highest single-season total in program history, and ranked 78th in the NCAA and third in the WAC in pitching appearances (28), and 80th in the NCAA and first in the WAC in saves (8) while helping UTRGV to the WAC Championship.
 
Originally from McAllen, Jackson was All-Valley Freshman of the Year in 2010 at Nikki Rowe, and in his senior year, earned All-Valley Pitcher of the Year, Team MVP, Second Team All-Valley Third Baseman, and Second Team All-Valley Pitcher honors, helping lead his team to District and Bi-District Championships before finishing as Area Finalists.