Jack Meggs

Biography

Jack Meggs joined the Gaels coaching staff in 2023 and was promoted to Associate Head Coach in 2025. Meggs brings an offensive emphasis to the Saint Mary's baseball program and has played a big role in the team's improvement at the plate over the last three seasons. Most recently in 2025, Saint Mary's led the West Coast Conference in batting average (.299), hits (628), runs (471), RBI (419), on-base percentage (.392), slugging percentage (.480) and second in home runs (81). The Gaels were one of the top offenses on the west coast and it led to their second WCC Tournament Championship in program history after they knocked off San Diego in Las Vegas. In 2024, Meggs helped develop some of the best power hitters in Saint Mary's history including home run king Christian Almanza. Almanza broke the single-season and career home run records, belting 24 during the 2024 season and finishing his SMC career with 47. Almanza was also named the 2023 WCC Co-Player of the Year and was awarded All-WCC First Team in 2024. As a team, Saint Mary's set their single-season home run record with 103, leading the WCC and ranking 29th in all of Division I. In his first season with Saint Mary's in 2023, Meggs improved the team's batting average from .235 in 2022 to .267 and broke the single-season home run record at the time with 76. Christian Almanza and Coleman Schmidt led the team with 16 each while Bill Ralston hit ten of hiw own to contribute to the record breaking season for the Gaels. Prior to j