Jake White

Biography

White, a native of Longview, is in his first season at Sam Houston. Hecomes to the Bearkats after spending the past two seasons helping lead the national powerhouse Link Academy Lions as an associate head coach. In two seasons in Branson, Missouri, he helped build a program that would tally a 61-3 record, recruit and develop four McDonald's All Americans and have 16 players who would be ranked in the ESPN top 100. During the summer, White also was an assistant coach for Mokan Elite 17u which would go on to win a Nike EYBL Peach Jam Championship in the summer of 2022 and have 12 players sign Division 1 scholarships. White spent eight seasons in the junior college ranks as an assistant at Panola College (2012-15), New Mexico Military Institute (2015-16), and Kilgore College (2017-2021). As an associate head coach and recruiting coordinator for Kilgore, the Rangers had the most first-team all-conference players and finished second in wins only trailing Trinity Valley by three. White helped recruit the 2020 Kilgore freshmen class that would amass a 49-9 record, two Region 14 conference tournament championships, two national tournament appearances, five all conference selections (four first team and one second), two All-Americans and would reach No. 2 in the national rankings in 2022. White also had Texas high school coaching stops at Fort Bend Elkins (2008-11), Temple High School (2011-12) and Trinity School of Texas (2007-08). White played in college at New Mexico Military Insti