Jared Hood
Head Coach

Head Coaching Accomplishments

2022 Season

Finished 33-13 Overall
First place in the ASC Regular Season Standings (24-6)
#1 seed in ASC Blue Bracket - Host
ASC Blue Bracket Champions
ASC Tournament Runners-Up playing in ASC Gold Bracket Series
13 All-ASC Selections
4 All-ASC First Team Selection
Brett Wagner Named ASC Newcomer Of The Year
Sayers Collins Named ASC Pitcher Of The Year
2 Players earned CoSIDA Academic All-District

Season ended early due to COVID-19
Blake Corbin earned ASC Pitcher of the Week
ETBU upset reigning ASC Champion Concordia University-Texas, 1-0

2019 Season

Finished 30-14 for 3rd 30-win season in 4 years
Third place in ASC regular season standings (17-7)
ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award
#2 seed in ASC Tournament Red Bracket
9 All-ASC selections
3 All-ASC first team selections
Produced the ASC Player and Freshman of the Year
Defeated #20 Chapman, 3-0, who went on to win the NCAA Division III National Championship
Had six ASC Players of the Week
2 Academic All-Americans
Casey Combs won ASC Athlete of the Year, Baseball Player of the Year, Baseball Distinguished Scholar-Athlete, and was ABCA and D3baseball.com All-American First Team
Casey Combs and Seth Mikeska finished 8th in NCAA Division III in home runs (13)
ETBU was 6th in home runs and HRs per game in NCAA Division III

2018 Season

ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award
Took the series against #12 ranked Texas Tyler sweeping the DH, 4-2, and 5-3 (UTT went on to win the NCAA Division III National Championship)
Defeated #13 ranked Centenary College 11-4 on Woods Field
Earned the #8 seed in the ASC Tournament Blue Bracket
Had six players named to All-ASC teams
Had two pitchers (Derrick Findley, Call Florence) named ASC Pitcher of the Week

2017 Season

ASC Tournament Runners-Up
ASC Red Division Tournament Champions
Finished 30-15 and 18-6 in the ASC
Second straight 30-win season
Won 15 out of last 20 games of the year
Had 7 players All-ASC with two All-ASC first-team (Conner Combs, Zach Gartner)
Led the ASC with 49 home runs
Finished 2nd in NCAA Division III in home runs
7 walk-off wins in the season

2016 Season

Won 31 games which was the most since 2005 season
Posted an 11-game winning streak
Won 15 of their last 18 games of the year
Finished 2nd in the ASC at 18-6
Host ASC Red Division Championship Tournament
ETBU led NCAA Division III in home runs (71) and home runs per game (1.58)
In the NCAA, ETBU was 2nd in slugging percentage (.537), 10th in runs (381) and scoring (8.5 runs per game), 15th in on base percentage (.417), and 16th in batting average (.332)
Conner Combs (15 home runs) and Tyler Bates (14 home runs) were 4th and 5th in nation in home runs
Tyler Bates was drafted by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in 38th round

2015 Season

Won 21 games which at that time was the most wins since 2006
Qualified for the ASC Tournament as 6th seed
Went 2-2 in the ASC Tournament including a 10-inning win over Texas Dallas
Reached the third round of the ASC Tournament
Wins in ASC Tournament were a first since 2005

Coaching Start

Hood received his first chance to coach collegiately at Hill College as an assistant for two years. In those two years, he recruited three players who were Major League Baseball draftees and coached in a program that produced five MLB draft picks.

Coaching in the summer leagues, Hood made stops as an assistant coach for the Cooperstown Hawkeyes of the New York Collegiate Baseball League in Cooperstown, New York, as well as the Dallas Patriots 18U travel baseball program. He was also an associate scout for the Cleveland Indians.

As a College Player

Hood started his playing career at Hill College before transferring to University of Texas Tyler. After two seasons with Hill College, he had a productive pair of seasons for the Texas-Tyler Patriots, twice earning ASC All-East Division recognition as an outfielder.

In total, Hood finished with a career batting average of .367 and 20 home runs and 99 RBI. In 2008, he hit .390 with 25 extra-base hits and 50 RBI en route to being named an ASC All-East Division First Team honoree. As a senior in 2009, he batted .345 with 13 home runs and 49 RBI, earning ASC All-East Division Second Team recognition. Hood served as a captain during the 2009 season as the Texas-Tyler baseball team won the ASC Championship Tournament and qualified for the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship. He was selected to the ASC All-Tournament Team as a designated hitter.

Hood graduated from Texas Tyler in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in health and kinesiology, and later completed his master’s of education in health and kinesiology in 2015. Jared is married to his wife Madison and they have two daughters, Avynn and McClane, and a son, James.

Tanner Matthews
Associate Head Coach

Matthews is entering his ninth season on staff for Jared Hood and his fourth season as associate head coach. In January 2021, he was promoted to Associate Head Coach and has guided the pitching staff to their best ERA in the NCAA Division III era. In his 10 years, he has served as a recruiter, travel coordinator, and pitching coach. He started his coaching career as a student-assistant in 2016. He has also been a part of three ASC and ABCA "Coaching Staff" of the Year awards. 

In 2023, Matthews coached the top pitching staff in the ASC with a 4.59 ERA recording 441 strikeouts. Sayers Collins was named the ASC Pitcher of the Year for the second year in a row along with earning his second straight All-American award. Collins broke the ETBU regular season and career record for strikeouts leading the ASC in innings pitched, opposing batting average, strikeouts, and wins. His 12 wins also broke the ETBU single season record.

Overall, Matthews coached five pitchers that earned All-ASC awards in 2023. After Collins, Robert Craft  was on the second team as a relief pitcher. Hayden Robichaux (starter) and Jagger Neely (relief) were on the third team and Peyton Miller was named honorable mention.

ETBU led the ASC in pitching for the 2022 season under Matthews as six pitchers earned All-ASC status finishing with a 4.09 ERA and 412 strikeouts. Sayers Collins was named an All-American and the ASC Pitcher of the Year while leading the ASC with 121 strikeouts breaking the ETBU single season record. He also had a 2.55 ERA in 88.1 innings pitched. Trent Clark earned a spot on the All-ASC first team as a relief pitcher recording three saves, a 4-1 record, and 37 strikeouts. Cole Godkin finished as an All-ASC second team starting pitcher selection going 7-2 with a 3.59 ERA and 90 strikeouts. Braden Karnes, Jacob Sherman, and Jagger Neely then were All-ASC honorable mention.

In the 2021 season, his pitching staff recorded the most strikeouts in the ASC with 387 and produced a 4.95 ERA. He coached Isaiah Alvarenga who was the ASC, D3baseball.com, and ABCA Regional Pitcher of the Year. He also had four different pitchers earn ASC Pitcher of the Week awards. Twice, his pitching staffs have been second in the ASC in 2018 (4.10 ERA) and 2019 (3.85 ERA).

As a player at ETBU, he spent three seasons on the pitching staff helping ETBU to two ASC Tournaments in 2013 and 2015. He graduated in May 2016 with his bachelors degree and earned his master's degree from ETBU in May 2017. He is married to ETBU head volleyball coach Mallory (Sanders) Matthews and they have two children in Swade (4) and a Crew (2). They attend New Beginnings Church in Longview, Texas.

Connor Anderson
Assistant Coach

Connor Anderson begins his first season in 2024 as an assistant on head coach Jared Hood’s staff and adds coaching experience from NCAA Division II and junior college. He comes to ETBU after three years at NE Texas Community College where they won 52 games in three seasons.

Anderson’s coaching stints include TCS Post Grad Academy in McKinney, Texas, and Southwestern Oklahoma State where he began his career upon graduation. He started his playing career at Arkansas Baptist College playing in the infield before finishing at Southwestern Oklahoma State. At SW Oklahoma State, he played the 2016 and 2017 seasons recording a .275 batting average with 10 RBI and 22 stolen bases. The 2016 season brought 34 wins and an appearance in the NCAA Division II Tournament.

He graduated in 2017 from Southwestern Oklahoma State.