Coastal Carolina University Athletics

• Head Coach at Bethune-Cookman for six seasons (2011-17).
• 2014 recipient of the National Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS) Giant Steps Award.
• Led BCU to four Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Tournament titles (2012, 2014, 2016, and 2017).
• Guided BCU to four NCAA Regional appearances (2012, 2014, 2016, and 2017).
• 25 players taken in the Major League Baseball Draft (three from Coastal Carolina)
• Played 13 seasons of professional baseball.
• 2004 All-Star team in Japan while playing for the Yakult Swallows of the NPB (Japanese Major Leagues).
• 1994 All-American (ABCA, Baseball America, NCBWA).
• 1994 Southern Conference Pitcher of the Year.
• Two-time Southern Conference All-Conference first team (1993 and 1994).
• Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the fourth round (93rd overall) in 1994.

Former collegiate head coach Jason Beverlin joined the Coastal Carolina baseball coaching staff in June 2021. He will work directly with the Chanticleer pitching staff.
 
Beverlin returns to the dugout after working the last three years as a regional scout for the Toronto Blue Jays in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2017-20. He was in charge of scouting the areas of North Carolina and South Carolina, respectfully.

In his first year in charge of the pitching staff at Coastal Carolina in 2022, the Chanticleers led the Sun Belt in both strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.54) and fewest walks allowed per nine innings (3.58) and ranked fourth in the conference in both WHIP (1.40) and strikeouts per nine innings (9.1) on the season. The Chants were also third in the conference with 524 strikeouts and held their opponents to a .260 batting average on the year.

On the mound, the duo of Reid VanScoter and Michael Knorr both were among the Sun Belt statistical leaders, as VanScoter led the league in wins (9) and fewest home runs allowed (2) on the season. He also finished the year tied for second in batters struck out looking (25), third in innings pitched (88.2), sixth in ERA (3.65), and seventh in total strikeouts (85). 

Knorr led the Chants' pitching staff in ERA (3.39), fewest walks allowed (13), fewest hits allowed (60), and opposing batting average (.228). He also led the team in fewest runs allowed (31), fewest earned runs allowed (26), and in strikeouts (86). He led the Sun Belt and ranked 17th nationally with a 6.62 strikeout-to-walk ratio on the season, while his 1.06 WHIP ranked second in the Sun Belt and 40th in all of NCAA Division I last year, and his 11.22 strikeouts per nine innings average also ranked second in the conference and 64th nationally. He also ranked third in the Sun Belt in both walks allowed per nine innings (1.70) and total strikeouts (86).

VanScoter was named to the All-Sun Belt first team and tabbed the 2022 Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Year. He also picked up Collegiate Baseball All-America second-team honors and was named to the ABCA/Rawlings Atlantic All-Region second team. Knorr was named to the All-Sun Belt second team and earned a spot on the 2022 Sun Belt Conference Championship All-Tournament team, while senior starter Nick Parker was named to the 2022 NCAA Greenville Regional All-Tournament team.

Both Knorr and VanScoter were chosen in the 2022 MLB Draft, as Knorr went in the third round to the Houston Astros and VanScoter in the fifth round by the Seattle Mariners, while Jacob Maton signed as an undrafted free agent with the Texas Rangers.
 
The 2014 recipient of the National Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS) Giant Steps Award, Beverlin compiled a record of 179-177 in six seasons as the head baseball coach at Bethune-Cookman from 2012-17. He totaled three 30-win seasons and left the Maroon and Gold as the only coach in school history to compete for an NCAA Regional title – facing eventual national champion Florida in the final game of the NCAA Gainesville Regional in 2017.
 
Beverlin guided the Wildcats to four Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Tournament titles (2012, 2014, 2016, and 2017) in his stint with the BCU program. He was also responsible for the development of the 2014 ABCA All-Atlantic and MEAC Pitcher of the Year in Montana Durapau. Additionally, Beverlin was instrumental in coaching first baseman Danny Rodriguez (2016) to being named a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American, as well as pitcher Anthony Maldnoado (2017) being selected to the Collegiate Baseball News Freshman All-American Team.
 
In 2017, Beverlin won his second, third, and fourth NCAA Regional contests with the Wildcats, after becoming just the second coach in school history to win an NCAA Regional game when the Wildcats defeated Columbia in the NCAA Coral Gables Regional in an elimination game back in 2014.
 
Before taking over as the head coach at Bethune-Cookman, Beverlin served as the pitching coach at Georgia Southern from 2008-09 and at Tennessee from 2010-11.
 
In his first season at Tennessee in 2010, Beverlin played a key role in developing Stephen McCray into the team ace and a 16th-round draft pick by the Chicago White Sox. Junior Bryan Morgado was also picked by the Philadelphia Phillies in the fourth round, while seniors Steve Crnkovich and Aaron Tullo both signed free agent contracts following the completion of their collegiate careers.
 
Beverlin began his coaching career as a member of the staff at Georgia Southern where the Eagles won the Southern Conference in 2009 thanks to significant improvement in the Eagles' pitching staff.
 
Before starting his coaching career, Beverlin spent time in Major League Baseball as a player with organizations such as the New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Oakland A's, Anaheim Angels (now Los Angeles Angeles), and the Detroit Tigers. After eight seasons in the minors, Beverlin cracked the major leagues with the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians in 2002. He made seven career appearances with the Indians and Tigers during the 2002 season, four relief appearances for the Indians, and started three games for the Tigers.
 
He also played for three years professionally in Japan for the Yakult Swallows and Yokohama Baystars of the Nippon Professional Baseball League where he was selected as an All-Star in 2004.
 
A member of the Western Carolina University Athletics Hall of Fame, Beverlin was a three-year letterwinner at Western Carolina and was a key player in the Catamounts' dominance of the Southern Conference during the early 1990s. Western recorded a 51-14 conference record from 1992-94, won two regular-season championships, posted one regular-season runner-up finish, and won two conference tournament titles.
 
Beverlin concluded his three-year career by winning the Southern Conference Pitcher of the Year award in 1994. During his career at WCU, Beverlin compiled a 27-9 record and 3.79 ERA in 285 innings. He was 12-2 with a 3.93 ERA his sophomore year and went 11-4 with a 2.39 ERA during his All-America junior season in which he received the SoCon's top pitching honor.
 
He was well respected around the league, having twice earned a spot on the Southern Conference first team. In 1994 he earned second-team All-America accolades from Baseball America, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA), and the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA).
 
He and his wife, Heather, are the parents of two sons, Cole and Lucas. Cole is a right-handed pitcher at Western Carolina that was selected in the 2018 MLB Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays (39th round, 1,166th overall pick) out of high school. Lucas is a pitcher at USC Sumter.