Baseball
- Title:
- Coordinator of Camps
- Email:
- jwells@athletics.msstate.edu
Wells, who also serves as the Bulldogs' volunteer assistant coach, joined John Cohen's baseball coaching team at State in 2012 after having served the previous two seasons as head coach at Marion Military Institute in Marion, Ala.
He launched his coaching career as an assistant coach at MMI before assuming the head coaching post for the 2011 and 2012 campaigns. During his five seasons at Marion Wells coached 11 players who earned all-conference and all-region accolades. One of those players, Luis Pollorena, was honored as the 2010 Alabama Community College Conference Player of the Year and is currently a member of the Texas Rangers' organization.
He has also served previously as camp manager for youth baseball camps at Montevallo, Ala., and Devine, Texas, and as a manager for the Alabama Special Olympics State Tournament.
Wells was an all-state catcher during his prep baseball career at Devine High School. He continued his baseball career at Blinn (Texas) College, Lurleen B. Wallace Community College in Andalusia Ala., and later at the University of Montevallo, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology/Health Promotions.
He also played professional baseball in the United League with the Laredo (Texas) Broncos in 2009 and 2010.
Wells, 31, is married to the former Melissa Sherrod of Longview, Texas.
Coaching Career
- 2008-10: Assistant Coach, Marion Military Institute
- 2011-12: Head Coach, Marion Military Institute
- 2012-present Baseball Camps Coordinator, Mississippi State University
