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Jackson Root

  • Title
    Assistant Baseball Pitching Coach
  • Email
    jroot@sbu.edu
  • Phone
    716-375-2699
Jackson Root is in his first season with the Bonnies Baseball coaching staff, joining the program in Summer 2025.

Root, who will serve as the team’s pitching coach and recruiting coordinator, spent two seasons on staff at Maine, serving as an assistant coach, pitching coordinator and Director of Operations while with the Black Bears, including a 32-win season in 2023 en route to the America East title.

The Vermont native also spent time as general manager and head coach of the Colchester Cannons, a legion and travel summer team, from 2020-24.

Root brings a background in pitching and player development and started his coaching career on his father’s staff as the pitching coach at Essex High School in Vermont from 2020-22. He graduated from the University of Vermont in 2022 with a degree in public communications.