John Barlowe - Head Coach
Lambuth University begins the 2008 baseball season with new Head Coach, John Barlowe. Lambuth competes in the TranSouth Conference, arguably the best NAIA conference in the nation.
Prior to coming to Lambuth, in 2006, John was the manager of the Edmonton Cracker Cats of the Northern League. In 2005, John was hired as the hitting coach for that same Edmonton Baseball Club.
Before joining Edmonton in 2004, John managed the Shreveport Sports of the Central League to the playoff finals against Edinburg. John first joined Shreveport as the hitting coach in 2003.
John spent eight years as assistant coach at Vanderbilt University under retired Head Coach Roy Mewbourne. While at Vanderbilt, as the Recruiting Coordinator, John helped the Commodores land a 19th, 9th and 7th place recruiting class according to Baseball America. John recruited and coached former SEC All-American’s Glen Davis, Clinton Johnston, and Hunter Bledsoe, along with current major leaguer’s Josh Paul, Matt Kata, Jeremy Sowers, and Jenson Lewis.
Before coming to Vanderbilt, John was the Head Baseball Coach at Truett-McConnell Junior College in Cleveland, Georgia. While at Truett-McConnell, John’s career record was 102-48. He guided the Danes to three straight Georgia State tournament appearances.
John began his college coaching career under legendary collegiate Hall of Fame Coach, Jack Stalling. In 1990, the Georgia Southern Eagles won the TAAC Conference and earned a NCAA Midwest Regional bid at Wichita State. After defeating Wichita State in the finals, Georgia Southern earned a berth to the College World Series in Omaha.
During the summers of 1991-1997 John managed the Yarmouth Dennis Red Sox, of the prestigious Cape Cod League. He earned a career record of 120-148 as the Manager of the Red Sox. Prior to that John graduated from Appalachian State University where he was a two-time All-Southern Conference and All-South Region Player for the Mountaineers. John began his college playing career at Louisburg Junior College. In 1979, John helped to lead the Hurricanes to the Junior College World Series in Grand Junction, Colorado. In 1982, John signed a professional contract with the Seattle Mariners.
John is a native of Lenoir, North Carolina and is married to the former Terri OgBurn of Charlotte, North Carolina. They have two daughters, Melissa 19, and Megan 10.
Jason Anderegg - Assistant Coach
Jason Anderegg came to Lambuth as the Assistant Baseball Coach in 2006 under Former Head Baseball Coach John Massey.
Jason serves as the pitching coach and is the designated recruiting coordinator and is also charged with all other daily operations of the baseball program. Jason came to Lambuth from Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge, Iowa. As an assistant at Iowa Central Jason was in charge of the pitching staff and assisted in recruiting, field maintenance and academic supervision.
In the four years that Jason was an assistant at ICCC, the team won four regional titles, three district titles, and participated in the JUCO Division II World Series three times. In the three years ICCC placed 2nd, 4th and 7th. All four years the Tritons were ranked in the top ten. During his stint at Iowa Central 17 players signed Division I scholarships to elite schools such as Texas A&M, Nebraska and Minnesota and four players were named All-Americans. Several other players signed with Division II, III and NAIA schools. Three players were taken in the Major League draft, while three former players are currently playing professional baseball.
Before Iowa Central, Jason spent one year coaching at his former high school, Newman Catholic High School. The team finished the 1998 season with a State Championship, with Jason working with the pitchers and defense.
Jason also has served as the pitching coach for the Twitty City Knights for the past 3 years. The high school select team has pitchers that have signed at Vanderbilt, Lipscomb, Mississippi State and in the 2006 Major League draft had two pitchers drafted. Jason has been a part of the Knights team that has participated in many World Series Tournaments, which includes a Sandlott World Series World Championship in the summer of 2007.
Jason played at Iowa Central in 1998 & 1999. Both seasons he was selected to the All-Region team. Jason still holds the record for winning percentage in a season going 8-0 for the Tritons his sophomore season. Jason then transferred to Belmont University where he graduated with a degree in Exercise Science, while being a mainstay in the Bruin pitching staff.
Following his senior season at Belmont, Jason was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 19th round of the 2001 Major League Draft. After playing a season of Class A ball, Anderegg was released. He then played 2 seasons of Independent baseball with the Gateway Grizzlies out of St. Louis, Missouri in the Frontier League. Professional baseball allowed Jason to work with many established pitching coaches such as Danny Cox, Rick Sutcliffe and Tom Brown.
Jason is the son of Dan and Linda Anderegg, born and raised in Mason City, Iowa. Jason attended high school at Newman Catholic High School where he lettered in Football, Hockey and Baseball. Jason has two brothers Joe and Josh. Jason also is currently working on his Masters of Business Administration through Columbia Southern University.
Elias Chavez - Student Assistant
Elias (Eli) Chavez enters his first season as student assistant for the Eagles baseball team. Eli transfered to Lambuth last spring from Rio Hondo Community College in California. He saw considerable time at third base.
Eli will help Coach Barlowe with the infielders and will also help with the hitters.
Chris Logan - Student Assistant
Chris enters his first season with the Lambuth baseball team. Chris finished his playing career at Lambuth in 2006. Chris played in the infield and was a very valuable hitter during his time at Lambuth.
Chris will help Coach Barlowe with the outfielders and will also assist with the hitters.
