Geoff Jimenez serves as Missouri State’s assistant coach and recruiting coordinator and works as the team’s outfield and baserunning coach.
Jimenez began his second stint with the Bears in January 2023 as Director of Player Development and moved into an assistant role in the summer of that same year. Since returning to MSU, the Bears’ outfielders have received plenty of hardware, including Spencer Nivens bringing home 2023 Joe Carter Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year honors, Zack Stewart twice earning second-team all-conference honors, Caden Bogenpohl setting the MSU freshman record for homers in 2024 and Jake McCutcheon picking up first-team all-conference recognition in 2025. Stewart and Bogenpohl also earned Freshman All-America honors.
Jimenez served as a graduate assistant for the Bears during the 2017 and 2018 seasons, helping MoState to a pair of Missouri Valley Conference regular season titles, an MVC Tournament championship and two NCAA Tournament appearances, including a Super Regional in 2017.
After earning his Master’s in sports management from MSU, Jimenez worked for a year as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Maryville University before transitioning to professional ball.
He began his pro coaching career in the Philadelphia Phillies organization for nearly a year before working a pair of Seattle Mariners affiliates, spending the 2021 season as the bench and outfield coach for the Low A Modesto Nuts, and the 2022 campaign as assistant hitting coach at Double A Arkansas, where he worked with the Travelers’ outfielders and coached third base.
Originally from Pembroke Pines, Fla., Jimenez played collegiately at Florida Atlantic (2011-13) before finishing his career at Nova Southeastern University, where he graduated in May 2014 with an exercise and sport science degree. He began his coaching career as an assistant at Georgia Southwestern State for the 2015-16 academic year.
Jimenez and his wife, Katie, were married in 2024.
