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BLACKSBURG – Virginia Tech head coach Patrick Mason announced the addition of 15-year coaching veteran Jamie Pinzino to his staff as associate head coach. Pinzino spent the past three seasons as the pitching coach at Oklahoma, where he served under former Tech head coach Pete Hughes. Pinzino owns a 212-174 career record as a collegiate head coach.

“Jamie will be a fabulous addition to our program,” Mason said. “He owns a wealth of experience coaching and recruiting in this region and will be a great resource for both me and our student-athletes. We’re excited that he’s joining the Hokies and I know he’s eager to begin his work at Tech.”

During the 2015 season, Oklahoma pitchers registered 524 strikeouts, the third-highest total ever amassed by the Sooners. In addition, he had seven pitchers selected in the 2015 MLB First-Year Player Draft.

Prior to his stint at Oklahoma, Pinzino served as the head coach at William & Mary, where his squad set program records with 39 wins and 17 conference victories in 2013 as The Tribe earned its third invitation to the NCAA Tournament, its first since 2001, and advanced to the Raleigh Region finals. Pinzino was named both the 2013 Colonial Athletic Association Co-Coach of the Year and the VaSID Coach of the Year.

Pinzino served as an assistant coach at William & Mary in 2012 and at Northeastern in 2011 after a five-year tour of duty as head coach at Bryant. At Bryant (2006-10), he registered a 162-122 record, while transitioning the program from the Division II Northeast-10 to the Division I Northeast Conference, which resulted in an NEC regular season title in 2010 with a 29-7 league record, and the NEC Coach of the Year award. He was named the Northeast-10 Coach of the Year in 2007 as he led Bryant to its first of two NCAA Division II Regional Finals. The Bulldogs posted a program-best 43 wins in 2008 as they won the league’s regular season title.

Pinzino spent his first collegiate head coaching year at the Division II Assumption in 2005. Prior to that, he spent time as an assistant at Tufts (2003-04), Holy Cross (2002), and Pomona-Pitzer (1998).

A 1997 graduate of Tufts University with a bachelor’s degree in history, he later earned a master’s degree in educational studies during his assistant coaching stint with the Jumbos. He was a four-year letterwinner at Tufts, helping the Jumbos win three ECAC Championships. In 1995, Tufts reached the NCAA Division III Regional as the No. 2 seed. Pinzino was the Tufts Baseball Elias Award recipient for hard work and dedication in 1997.

He and his wife, Cheryl, have a son, Henry.

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