Will Bolt (born 1979) is an American baseball coach and former shortstop, who is the current head baseball coach at the Nebraska Cornhuskers. He played college baseball at Nebraska for coach Dave Van Horn from 1999 to 2002. He then served as the head coach of the Texarkana Bulldogs (2008–2011).
Playing career Bolt attended Conroe High School in Conroe, Texas. He then enrolled at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, to play college baseball for the Cornhuskers.
Career statistics
Year Team G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB K BA OBP SLG OPS 1999 Nebraska 59 254 224 48 63 16 7 4 43 8 3 18 27 .278 .331 .463 .794 2000 Nebraska 65 278 246 57 86 12 0 3 41 18 7 26 25 .350 .421 .435 .856 2001 Nebraska 61 258 211 46 56 10 3 2 30 7 0 38 35 .265 .384 .370 .754 2002 Nebraska 66 272 238 46 76 18 3 2 29 8 1 27 38 .319 .397 .445 .842 Career 251 1062 922 197 281 56 13 11 143 41 11 109 125 .305 .384 .430 .814
Coaching career Bolt began his college coaching career as a volunteer assistant for Nebraska in 2005, helping guide the team to the 2005 College World Series. He served as a volunteer assistant for Texas A&M during the 2006 and 2007 seasons. Bolt then was hired as the head coach of Texarkana College.
In 2012, Bolt joined Darin Erstad's staff at Nebraska. In the fall of 2014, Bolt joined Rob Childress' staff at Texas A&M. Childress was an assistant at Nebraska during Bolt's playing career.
On June 14, 2019, Bolt was named the head coach of the Cornhuskers.
On May 30, 2021, Bolt was named Big Ten Coach of the Year.
Head coaching record
See also List of current NCAA Division I baseball coaches
References
External links Nebraska Cornhuskers bio