Jeff Guy, Jason Castleman

Director of Baseball Operations 8th Season at UGA (Lipscomb ’81)

Jason CASTLEMAN

Associate Athletic Trainer Sports Medicine, 1st Season at UGA (Grand Valley State ’14)

Now entering his eighth year with the Georgia program, Jeff Guy serves as the director of baseball operations. He joined Scott Stricklin’s staff at Georgia on Aug. 1, 2013. Guy has coached baseball in Georgia for 30 years at the high school and college levels. Also, he served as the Operations Manager for the non-profit East Cobb Baseball, Inc., located in Marietta. It is one of the premier youth baseball organizations in the country. ECB’s championship tradition has produced more than 180 national titles since its inception in 1985 with many of those players going on to have success at the collegiate and professional level. Guy went in to coaching following a tremendous playing career at Lipscomb where he helped the Bisons win an NAIA National Championship. A native of Nashville, Tenn., Guy led the Bisons to four consecutive NAIA World Series appearances. In 2009, he was inducted in to the Lipscomb Athletics Hall of Fame. From 1982-86, Guy served as head baseball coach at Forest Park High School, winning a state championship in 1985. He was named the Georgia High School Coach of the Year in 1985 and 1986. From 19861991, he directed the Lassiter High School program, compiling a 95-38 record. Following one year at Columbus College as an assistant coach, Guy was hired at Georgia Tech as a hitting coach. The Yellow Jackets led the ACC in batting in seven of the next eight seasons. In Guy’s first year in Atlanta, Tech finished as the national runner-up at the 1994 College World Series. In 2001, Guy was named the baseball operations manager at East Cobb Baseball where he has also coached for more than 20 years, helping win 25 national championships. Guy earned his bachelor’s degree in health and physical education in 1981 from Lipscomb and a master’s degree in health and physical education from West Georgia in 1989. He and his wife Kathleen have two children, Garrett (24) and Abigail (21). Jason Castleman begins his first season with the Georgia program as an associate athletic trainer, arriving in Athens in September of 2020. Before coming to UGA, Castleman spent nearly two years as a member of the Central Michigan University Sports Medicine staff. He worked primarily with the baseball and football programs. Prior to his stint at CMU, he spent two-and-a-half years at Virginia Commonwealth University, serving mainly as the athletic trainer for the baseball team. A native of Royal Oak, Mich., Castleman earned a bachelor’s degree in athletic training from Grand Valley State in 2014. He gained professional experience as an intern with the North Carolina State University Sports Medicine staff and then served as a graduate assistant at the University of Akron. He worked with the baseball, women’s swimming and diving teams plus assisted with football while completing a master’s in education degree in sports science and coaching in 2016. He holds a variety of certifications focused on functional assessment and rehabilitation, manual therapies, massage therapy and dry needling. He is a member of the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA). Additionally, Castleman has completed the Leadership Academy Program, which focuses on the preparation of future leaders in the profession. Castleman is married to the former Cortney Heikkinen from Madison Heights, Mich.

Student Staff

Nelson Ward Coach

Former Bulldog infielder Nelson Ward begins his second season as a student assistant coach following a six-year playing career in professional baseball. Ward assists Brock Bennett with the infielders.

A three-year starting infielder for Georgia from 2012-14, Ward played in 149 games and posted a career .301 batting average, 21 doubles, seven triples and 66 RBI. A native of Marietta, he was a 12th round draft pick of the Seattle Mariners.

Ward is finishing a degree in human development and family science. He is married to the former Emily Quam of Denton, Texas. She is a teacher in the Clarke County School system.

Hawke Johns

Bullpen Catcher

Killian Scourtis

Bullpen Catcher