CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Jeff Kane – previously a longtime member of the coaching staffs at the U.S. Naval Academy and Holy Cross – has joined the Harvard University baseball coaching staff as an assistant coach, Bill Decker, The Joseph J. O'Donnell '67 Head Coach for Harvard Baseball, announced on Friday.
 
"I am excited to have Jeff join the program," Decker said. "He has proven coaching and teaching experience above and beyond the playing field, in the recruiting world, and with the landscape of what it takes to play in the Northeast. He will clearly add to the direction and vision of the program, challenge, mentor, and teach our players, and be an asset to me as the head coach."
 
A veteran coach with 16 years of experience in the Patriot League, Kane spent 11 seasons (2015-25) as an assistant coach with Navy, guiding the Midshipmen's offense and recruiting efforts after serving as an assistant coach and associate head coach at Holy Cross for five seasons (2010-14).
 
"I am beyond excited for this next chapter of my coaching career at Harvard University," Kane said. "To have the opportunity to coach the brightest young people in the country at the most prestigious institution in the world is truly an honor. I am looking forward to working alongside Coach Decker and the entire staff to bring an Ivy League Championship back to Harvard."
 
Over his 11 years in Annapolis, Kane played a critical role in Navy having eight recruiting classes ranked in Perfect Game's top 100, including four straight top 100 incoming classes from 2016-19 and a program-best No. 78-ranked class in 2022. He also developed 40 All-Patriot League hitters as well as three Patriot League Players of the Year during his time at Navy.
 
Kane helped Navy win five straight Patriot League regular season title from 2015-19, including a 39-17 overall record and 18-7 conference mark during the 2019 season. The Midshipmen captured the 2016 Patriot League Tournament crown to earn a berth into the NCAA tournament, totaling a school-record 43 wins.
 
Prior to Navy, Kane served as the associate head coach, recruiting coordinator, and lead hitting instructor at Holy Cross. Kane coached 17 Crusader position players to earn All-Patriot League honors. Under his tutelage, Jordan Enos gained Patriot League Player of the Year in 2013, and Stephen Wadsworth won Patriot League Rookie of the Year in 2010.
 
Kane previously served as the head varsity baseball coach at Westford Academy from 2006-09, posting a 60-27 record during his tenure, as well as the manager for the Lowell All-Americans of the NECBL during the 2009 and 2010 seasons.
 
A native of Acton, Mass., Kane played collegiately at Clemson from 1997-99, while his brother, Ryan, played at Presbyterian College before becoming a sixth-round pick of the Anaheim Angles in the 1995 MLB Draft. Kane lives with his wife, Lilly, son, Travis, and daughter, Louisa.