Jared Hood

Biography

Hood, who is a native of Marshall, Texas, enters his 11th year as the head coach and 13th year at East Texas Baptist University after two years as an assistant coach. He has a strong coaching background that varies from summer ball to working with the Cleveland Indians as an associate scout and continues to take the program to higher levels. He led ETBU to their finest season in program history in 2023 winning the ASC Tournament Championship along with NCAA Division III Regional and Super Regional Championships and a third place finish at the NCAA Division III National Tournament. In that season, Hood also reached his 200th career win as a head coach. In 2024, ETBU won the NCAA Regional Championship and was ranked as high as no. 2 in the nation. Prior to 2023, he led ETBU to three ASC Gold Bracket Championship Series in the past six years. 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. 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.