Jesse Wierzbicki

Biography

Jesse Wierzbicki returned to his alma mater as an assistant coach in the fall of 2016 and is going into his 12th overall season, 10th consecutive, as a member of the Carolina coaching staff in 2025. Wierzbicki works with the Tar Heel hitters, catchers and infielders on defense and defensive positioning. He also coordinates the analytics team by applying data to player development and prepares scouting reports on upcoming opponents. He's coached several Tar Heel standouts, including MLB First Round Draft picks Michael Busch, Vance Honeycutt and Aaron Sabato, along with All-America players Kyle Datres, Parks Harber, Mac Horvath, Brian Miller and Logan Warmoth. He has tutored 23 All-ACC position players and 24 Major League Baseball Draft picks. With Wierzbicki on staff, UNC has been to the College World Series twice (2018, 2024) and has won two ACC Coastal Division championships (2017, 2024), three ACC Tournament titles (2019, 2022, 2025), and played in five Super Regionals (2018, 2019, 2022, 2024, 2025). Over the last eight seasons (2017-25), the Tar Heels are 353-165 overall and 149-97 in ACC regular season play. Under his direction, the Tar Heels set school records for home runs (115) and RBIs (502) while posting the program's second-highest slugging percentage (.524) and total runs scored (541) and registering its fifth-highest on-base percentage (.405) in 2024. Since taking over as the primary hitting coach in 2021, Wierzbicki has helped produce two of the top three home ru