North Carolina A&T

Jamie Serber became the North Carolina A&T baseball program's pitching coach on Aug. 5, 2015. He also serves as the program's recruiting coordinator. As the Aggies pitching coach, Serber is responsible for developing the A&T pitchers regarding their respective command, movement and mechanics. He prides himself on that development. 

Under Serber's leadership and care, the Aggies pitching staff has undergone few arm surgeries and excelled as starters and relievers. Beginning in 2020, Serber has been tasked with getting the Aggies pitching staff prepared to transition from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) to the Big South before the athletics department started play in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) for the 2022-23 season. 

In 2023, Serber helped Xavier Meachem become one of the most versatile pitchers in the nation. To help Meachem recover from an early-season injury, the Aggies brought Meachem out of the bullpen, where he excelled. Meachem secured five saves and 12 strikeouts in 10.2 innings pitched. 

Meachem eventually became a starter and finished the season 2-1 with a 5.59 ERA in 48.1 innings pitched. He also posted 47 strikeouts, became an MLB Draft prospect, pitched in the first annual HBCU Swingman All-Star Game and made the USA National Collegiate Team. 

In 2022, Serber developed Winebarger from a midweek reliever into a Friday night starter by the end of his A&T career, leading the team in strikeouts (72) in 2022. The previous season, Serber directed the emergence of Cole Parks, a former Division III pitcher, to an All-MEAC senior season, as he led the team in ERA (3.96) and strikeouts (64). In 2020, 11 of the 15 pitchers on A&T's staff sported a sub-5.00 ERA, led by Ethan Chavis (2.70) and Michael Johnson (3.79). 

The A&T pitching staff has made steady improvement under Serber's instruction. The Aggies had a 9.16-team earned run average in 2016, but by the end of the 2018 season, the team ERA was 4.21, the lowest since 1976. The 2018 season marked the first time in six seasons the Aggies had a lower team ERA than their opponents. 

Johnson earned 2018 first-team All-MEAC honors, making him the first Aggies weekend starter since Esterlin Paulino in 2010 to earn first-team all-conference honors. He also earned 2019 preseason first-team honors and was the 2020 preseason pitcher of the year in the MEAC. 
N.C. A&T's improved pitching staff helped the Aggies break the school record in total wins (32) and conference wins (16) in 2018. The Aggies would go on to win the MEAC regular-season Southern Division title and the MEAC tournament championship. They advanced to the NCAA baseball tournament in the Chapel Hill Regional. 

That same season, the Aggies led the MEAC and ranked 87th nationally in ERA (4.21). They also led the conference and ranked 84th nationally in hits allowed per nine innings pitched (8.66). The Aggies pitching staff's endurance level also impressed that season with Tim Luth leading the MEAC in games started (15) and Josh Bottenfield ranking second in the nation and leading the conference in appearances (38). 

The Aggies have a well-rounded pitching staff under Serber, with reliever Cutter Dyals becoming the first Aggie pitcher to be drafted in 15 years when he went 500th overall in the 17th round to the Atlanta Braves organization in 2017. Two years later, the Texas Rangers drafted Leon Hunter in the 35th round with the 1,045th overall pick. As of 2023, he was in the Seattle Mariners organization. 
 
Another product of Serber's tutelage is Evan Gates, who signed a free agent deal with the San Francisco Giants and is making his way up their farm system. Gates was an All-MEAC pitcher for the Aggies and ended his career with 164 strikeouts in 128 innings pitched. 

Before taking the pitching coach position at A&T, Serber spent two seasons as the pitching coach at Presbyterian College. Thanks to solid pitching, Presbyterian won 27 games in 2015, a school record for the Blue Hose as a Division I institution. In addition, the Blue Hose received solid pitching performances in wins over nationally-ranked Clemson, South Carolina, Central Florida and Indiana. 

Before his first full-time coaching job at Presbyterian, Serber served as a volunteer assistant at High Point University. Serber played four varsity seasons (2007-10) at HPU. For three years, he served as the weekend starter for the Panthers, going 6-3 in 85 innings pitched as a senior. He ranked ninth in career wins, and innings pitched when his career ended.  

Serber attended nearby North Forsyth high school, where he played with future MLB standouts D.J. Mitchell and Dustin Ackley. During his career, he was named Metro 4A Conference player of the year, went 10-0 as a junior, and North Forsyth received a national ranking after starting the season 30-0 his senior season. 

Serber and his wife, Jessika, reside in Rural Hall with their three children, Cayden, Jaxon and Emersyn.