Alex Guerra - Baseball Coach - James Madison University Athletics

Alex Guerra

Title:
Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
Email:
guerr2aj@jmu.edu
Phone:
540-568-6516
Physical Address:
Memorial 1150 (395 South High St.) / MSC 6925

Alex Guerra completed his seventh season as the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the James Madison baseball program.

In 2022, the Dukes finished the season with a 27-26 overall record, winning 12 league games for their most since 2016. Seven Dukes were named All-CAA, with six being position players in Travis Reifsnider, Ryan Dooley, Chase DeLauter, Kyle Novak, Trevon Dabney and Fenwick Trimble. The JMU defense stepped up, posting a combined .971 fielding percentage that stands as the second highest in program history. The team hit 61 home runs, tied for tenth most in a season, and scored 345 runs, the most since the 2013 season.

In 2021, the Dukes ended with a record of 11-17. Three Dukes were named to the All-CAA teams, with Chase DeLauter earning First and Rookie Team nods and Conor Hartigan and Lliam Grubbs both making it on the Second Team. The Dukes finished second in the CAA in hitting, hitting at a .288 clip with DeLauter earning the batting title with a .386 batting average. Grubbs and Michael Morgan were both named to watch lists for national awards as well.

In 2020, the Dukes finished with a 10-6 record. All following contests in the 2020 season were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2019, the Dukes posted a 31-26 record, becoming the first team since the 2011 season to post a winning record and win more than 30 games. The Dukes landed four players on CAA All-Conference teams. Fox Semones and Nick Robertson led the way for the Dukes, both earning spots on the first-team. Trevon Dabney and Kyle Novak both earned their way onto the third-team and the All-Rookie team for their freshman performances. The Dukes pitching staff also recorded 553 strikeouts on the season to shatter the previous program record.

In 2018, the Dukes compiled a 26-26 overall record, marking the best finish since the 2011 campaign. For the second consecutive year, the Dukes landed five players on CAA All-Conference teams. Adam Sisk and Fox Semones led the way, earning spots on the Third Team. Three freshman secured spots on the All-Rookie team in Nick Stewart, Michael Morgan and Josh Jones. The three All-Rookie selections are the most by JMU since 2008.

In 2017, the Dukes matched their win total from the previous year in four fewer games, finishing at 24-27. JMU garnered national attention, receiving votes in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association poll, and collecting two Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week awards (Brett Johnson - Feb 27, Colton Harlow - March 13). The Dukes placed five players on CAA All-Conference teams, highlighted by Adam Sisk on the All-CAA Second Team. Kevin Kelly and Fox Semones were named Collegiate Baseball Freshmen All-Americans, the first time since 2008 that JMU has had multiple players receive the honor.

As a team in 2017, the Dukes ranked 37th in the country with 65 home runs, the most for the program since 2011's banner campaign. JMU saw improvements in batting average, homers and RBI in 2017, with junior infielder Kyle McPherson becoming JMU's first MLB First-Year Player Draft selection in three years when he went to the San Francisco Giants in the 26th round.

In 2016, his first season with the Dukes, JMU finished 24-31, a six-win improvement over the previous season. The Dukes finished with a 13-11 Colonial Athletic Association record and won their first CAA Tournament game since 2013.

Before coming to JMU, Guerra was on the staff at Radford, where he had served the Highlanders as an assistant coach since 2013. At Radford, he acted as the team’s lead hitting coach and recruiting coordinator while working closely with the catchers on a day-to-day basis.

The Wantagh, N.Y, native oversaw the development of six all-conference position players, including a pair of selections in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft and Radford’s first-ever nominee for the Johnny Bench Award, given annually to the top catcher in Division I.

Prior to Radford, Guerra served as director of baseball operations at Central Florida before moving into a volunteer assistant coach position the next season. While in Orlando, he played a vital role in recruiting, budgets and travel while also coaching the outfielders and assisting with the infield, catchers and scouting reports.

Before going into coaching, Guerra played two season at Division III Greensboro College before transferring to Radford for his final two collegiate campaigns. As a Highlander, he batted .311 and drove in 94 runs while playing second base, shortstop and third base, tacking on 11 home runs across his junior and senior seasons.