Jake Wells returns to the Diamond Dogs program as the hitting coach and recruiting coordinator after five successful seasons at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette.

The Devine, Texas, native is no stranger to Ruston, in which Wells played a key role in both the 2015 and 2016 seasons here at Louisiana Tech. Wells played a pivotal part in building the 2016 roster which returned the Bulldogs to the NCAA Regionals as an at-large bid in the Starkville Regional.

Wells, entering his 12th year of coaching, has also made stops at the University of Alabama, Campbell University, and Mississippi State University.

Over the course of his 12 year coaching career, he has developed 28 draft picks, eight of which have made MLB debuts. In addition to this, Wells has coached five All-Americans, appeared in six NCAA Tournaments, and one College World Series (CWS), finishing as the runner up in the 2013 CWS Finals (Mississippi State).