Jack Hawke – previously an assistant coach at Vassar College, Post University, and Bard College – enters his second season as a volunteer assistant coach with the Harvard University baseball coaching staff in 2022-23 after joining the program in the fall of 2021.
In 2022, the Crimson won 19 games, including 10 Ivy wins, and finished in fourth place in the Ivy League standings. Harvard recorded a pair of wins over Power Five opponents during its non-conference season, topping Miami – 11-6 in the season opener – and UCLA – in a 5-0 shutout victory. The Crimson pitching staff ranked 29th in the NCAA in strikeouts per game (9.8) while Harvard’s batters ranked 51st in the nation in doubles per game (2.1). Harvard totaled five All-Ivy selections and three CoSIDA Academic All-District honorees.
Before coming to the Crimson, Hawke served as an assistant coach for Vassar College in Division III’s Liberty League during the 2020-21 academic year and primarily worked towards the development of the team’s outfielders, catchers, baserunners, and hitters. He also assisted with the team’s nationwide recruiting efforts.
Prior to Vassar, Hawke spent the 2020 season at Division II Post University as the hitting, baserunning, and outfield coach. With the season ending early, Hawke helped Post to an 8-5 record with solid offensive numbers. In 13 games, the Eagles recorded 20 doubles, 82 RBIs, 17 home runs, and a .456 slugging percentage.
During the 2018 and 2019 seasons, Hawke served as an assistant at his alma mater – Bard College – where he was responsible for the development of the outfielders, baserunners, and hitters, and coached first base during games. He also was heavily involved in all recruiting efforts.
In the summer of 2019, Hawke served as an assistant coach for the Albany Dutchmen of the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League, a league composed of players from some of the top collegiate programs in the entire country.
A 2017 graduate of Bard with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics, Hawke started all four seasons and served as a three-year captain for the baseball team. A member of the American Baseball Coaches Association since 2019, Hawke also earned a Master of Arts in teaching from Bard in 2018.
