Watch: NMSU Introduces Jake Angier as New Baseball Coach
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) -- As ABC-7 reported on Thursday and NMSU officially announced on Monday, Oregon Pitching Coach Jake Angier is the new head coach of NMSU Baseball.
Angier was introduced as the 12th head coach in program history at a press conference on Tuesday at the Stan Fulton Athletic Center in the Danny Villanueva Victory Club.
The former Duck has 15 years of experience as a pitching coach, but this is his first head coaching job. He's coached 32 MLB Draft Picks, 8 MLB players, 5 All-Americans, and 3 Freshman All-Americans.
This will be Angier's fifth D1 school he has coached at and his first ever head coaching job. The new head coach has been a pitching coach at South Dakota State, North Dakota State, Sacramento State and most recently, Oregon.
Angier signed a five-year contract that will run through to June 30th, 2028. His base salary in his first year is $165,000. That's $10,000 more than his predecessor Mike Kirby was earning in his final season with the Aggies before he was fired after an 0-7 start.
Athletic Director Mario Moccia told ABC-7 the pay rise was required for a Power 5 assistant and that it still is on the lower end of CUSA Baseball coaches.
Angier will also receive maximum of $7,350 in moving expenses, a stipend of $50 a month towards a phone plan, a $400 a month vehicle allowance and housing in a hotel for up to 60 days.
The contract also includes several performance incentives:
- $5,000 for winning the CUSA Regular Season
- $7,500 for winning the CUSA Tournament and/or receiving an NCAA at-large bid
- $10,000 for advancing to a Super Regional
- $15,000 for advancing to the College World Series
- $25,000 for winning a National Championship
- $750 upon win over UNM
- $1,000 upon winning a minimum of 30 games of $2,500 upon winning a minimum of 40 games
- $500 per Power 5 win (capped at $2,000
- $2,500 for CUSA Coach of the Year
- $5,000 for National Coach of the Year
Angier is tasked with taking the Aggie program into CUSA and rebuilding after a 14-37 season. Former head coach Mike Kirby was fired after an 0-7 start and Keith Zuniga acted as interim head coach.
