Hub Roberts

Biography

Jacob "Hub" Roberts returned to the Oklahoma State program in August 2023 as the director of baseball operations. Roberts has over a decade of experience working in college and professional baseball. He is a 2019 graduate of Oklahoma State with a degree in sports media, and he also earned his master's degree in Stillwater in leisure and recreation studies in 2021. During his time as a student at OSU, Roberts served as a Cowboy Baseball equipment manager for three seasons before spending three years as a graduate assistant with the program, working in an assistant director of operations role. In his first tenure with Cowboy Baseball, Roberts took on a variety of duties, including assisting with travel and recruiting, video, analytics and scouting and helping develop social media strategies and optimization. Roberts was the head clubhouse manager for the Winston-Salem Dash, the High-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox, during the 2022 season after also serving in that role during Spring Training, Instructional League and Fall League for Chicago's Triple A affiliate. In December 2022, Roberts joined the Appalachian State program as its director of baseball operations, serving in that capacity for the 2023 season. A native of Birmingham, Ala., Roberts began working in baseball operations for the Double A Birmingham Barons in 2012 as an assistant clubhouse manager and served in that role for five years.