Baseball
Wierzbicki, Jesse
Jesse Wierzbicki
- Title:
- Assistant Coach / Hitting Coach / Infielders & Catchers
- Email:
- unc-baseball@unc.edu
- Phone:
- 919-962-2351
Jesse Wierzbicki returned to his alma mater as an assistant coach in the fall of 2016 and is going into his 10th overall season, ninth 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 19 All-ACC position players and 22 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), two ACC Tournament titles (2019, 2022), and played in four Super Regionals (2018, 2019, 2022, 2024).
Over the last eight seasons (2017-24), the Tar Heels are 307-150 overall and 131-86 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 run-hitting teams in school history and four of the top 10. The 2022 squad belted 101 home runs, second-most at Carolina. He also assisted in the development of three of the top-15 run-scoring teams and four of the top-15 run-producing (RBI) teams in program history.
With his guidance, Sabato led the ACC in doubles in 2019, Angel Zarate collected a conference-best 100 hits in 2022, and Honeycutt led the league with 28 homers two years later.
Eight of the top 13 individual single-season home run totals have been posted since he joined the staff in 2016-17.
Prior to returning to UNC in the fall of 2016, Wierzbicki spent one season at Elon, where he worked primarily with the Phoenix first basemen, catchers and offense. Nick Zammarelli earned Third Team All-America honors and was selected in the fifth round of the 2016 MLB Draft by the Florida Marlins.
The two-year UNC letterman began coaching as an undergraduate assistant in 2015 on former head coach Mike Fox's staff while he completed his degree in exercise and sports science following a three-year minor league career in the Houston Astros organization.
Wierzbicki transferred to Carolina for the 2010 and 2011 seasons after attending Walter State College in Morristown, Tenn., for two seasons.
In 2010, Wierzbicki played in 59 games for the Tar Heels, making 57 starts at catcher, designated hitter and first base. He hit .307 with eight home runs, second most on the team. In 2011, he started 65 games and hit .287 with seven homers and 40 RBI, helping the Tar Heels go 51-16 and advance to the College World Series.
Wierzbicki hit .433 as a freshman in 2008, leading Walters State to the Junior College World Series. A season later, he belted 12 home runs and collected 60 RBIs.
Wierzbicki is married to the former Erin Andrews. The couple are the parents of two sons, Wade and Knox.
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 19 All-ACC position players and 22 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), two ACC Tournament titles (2019, 2022), and played in four Super Regionals (2018, 2019, 2022, 2024).
Over the last eight seasons (2017-24), the Tar Heels are 307-150 overall and 131-86 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 run-hitting teams in school history and four of the top 10. The 2022 squad belted 101 home runs, second-most at Carolina. He also assisted in the development of three of the top-15 run-scoring teams and four of the top-15 run-producing (RBI) teams in program history.
With his guidance, Sabato led the ACC in doubles in 2019, Angel Zarate collected a conference-best 100 hits in 2022, and Honeycutt led the league with 28 homers two years later.
Eight of the top 13 individual single-season home run totals have been posted since he joined the staff in 2016-17.
Prior to returning to UNC in the fall of 2016, Wierzbicki spent one season at Elon, where he worked primarily with the Phoenix first basemen, catchers and offense. Nick Zammarelli earned Third Team All-America honors and was selected in the fifth round of the 2016 MLB Draft by the Florida Marlins.
The two-year UNC letterman began coaching as an undergraduate assistant in 2015 on former head coach Mike Fox's staff while he completed his degree in exercise and sports science following a three-year minor league career in the Houston Astros organization.
Wierzbicki transferred to Carolina for the 2010 and 2011 seasons after attending Walter State College in Morristown, Tenn., for two seasons.
In 2010, Wierzbicki played in 59 games for the Tar Heels, making 57 starts at catcher, designated hitter and first base. He hit .307 with eight home runs, second most on the team. In 2011, he started 65 games and hit .287 with seven homers and 40 RBI, helping the Tar Heels go 51-16 and advance to the College World Series.
Wierzbicki hit .433 as a freshman in 2008, leading Walters State to the Junior College World Series. A season later, he belted 12 home runs and collected 60 RBIs.
Wierzbicki is married to the former Erin Andrews. The couple are the parents of two sons, Wade and Knox.
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