July 14, 2004
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – New Mexico head baseball coach Rich Alday recently announced the hiring of Ken Jacome as an assistant coach for the Lobo program. Jacome, who was the head coach at El Paso Community College for the past six seasons, will primarily handle the Lobo pitching staff.
Jacome led the Tejanos to three Western Junior College Athletic Conference titles (2001, 2002, 2004) and the 2002 NJCAA Region V Championship. He collected an impressive 207-122-2 record (.628) during his six years at the helm of the program, and was named the WJCAC Coach of the Year on four occasions (1999, 2001, 2003, 2004). Jacome also earned NJCAA Region V Coach of the Year honors in 2002.
Prior to arriving at EPCC to become the head coach, Jacome was a volunteer assistant at the University of Arizona in 1997 and 1998. Jacome’s first coaching experience came at Pueblo High School in Tucson, Ariz., where he was the head coach in 1995 and 1996.
Jacome graduated from Oklahoma City University in 1991 with a bachelor’s degree in health and physical education after playing two years of baseball for the Stars. Jacome, a pitcher, played baseball his freshman season at New Mexico State and his sophomore season at Scottsdale Community College. He received his master’s degree in Education from Northern Arizona University in 1997.
Jacome, 36, and his wife Elizabeth, have two children, Jacob, 5, and Isabella, 2.
JACOME'S RECORD AT EL PASO COMMUNITY COLLEGE:
Year–Record—Conf. Record—Honors1999–27-28—-11-12————–WJCAC Coach of the Year2000–33-24—-11-132001–36-20-1–23-5—————WJCAC Coach of the Year2002–39-19—–17-8—————NJCAA Region V Coach of the Year2003–42-11—–28-6—————WJCAC South Coach of the Year2004–30-20-1–26-8—————WJCAC Coach of the Year
TOTALS:OVERALL: 207-122-2 (.628)CONFERENCE: 116-52 (.690)