US EditionMizzou Softball Adds Epstein as Second Staff Hire of Offseason
- Jake Epstein returned to Missouri in 2025 as an assistant softball coach after serving as an assistant at South Carolina in 2024.
- Epstein joined Missouri following a season at South Carolina where he implemented offensive strategy and the team went 36-24, while Missouri had its worst softball season under coach Larissa Anderson.
- Epstein has over 20 years as a full-time hitting coach, worked with professional teams like the Milwaukee Brewers, and previously coached Missouri baseball in 2019 with a 34-22-1 record.
- As a player, Epstein earned All-Big 12 honors in 1998 with a.319 average, 15 homers, 55 RBI, later played professionally one season hitting.336 with the Anaheim Angels rookie-level team.
- Epstein’s hire, the second of Missouri’s offseason, aims to improve hitting and complements Coach Anderson’s staff as the softball team seeks to return to the NCAA tournament in 2026.
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Mizzou softball brings back a familiar face to fill open hitting coach position
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team is bringing one of the top hitting instructors in the nation back to Columbia to serve on head coach Larissa Anderson's staff. On Monday, Tiger Athletics announced that former Mizzou baseball player and hitting coach Jake Epstein will return to Mizzou to serve as Anderson's hitting coach. The move comes after MU parted ways with former hitting coach Jeff Cottrill, following a season where the Tigers …
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