Jacob VanVacter
Assistant Baseball Coach
Valley City State University ‘17

Jacob VanVacter joins the Johnson County Community College baseball staff as an assistant coach for the 2023 season. VanVacter brings extensive experience both coaching and playing the game of baseball.

VanVacter most recently was coaching youth baseball in Kansas the past two years for the Cav Baseball Club.

VanVacer’s last college coaching stint was  at Bismarck State College in 2020 before COVID-19 ended the season.

In 2019 VanVacter helped lead the Bancroft Bandits to a championship season in the Pioneer Collegiate Baseball League. VanVacter headed a pitching staff that broke PCBL records of (2.49) ERA and (488) strikeouts. Seven pitchers from that team signed professional baseball contracts.Jac

Previously, VanVacter coached at Valley City State University in 2017-2018 where he helped the Vikings to a North Star Athletic Association runner-up finish and coached three 1st Team All-Conference pitchers, including the Newcomer of the Year. He also helped the Vikings break the school record for strikeouts (350).

VanVacter also worked as the pitching coach for Northland Community and Technical College during the 2017-18 season. He helped the team to a second-place finish in the 15-team Minnesota College Athletic Conference.

As an athlete, VanVacter started his collegiate career at Maple Woods Community College in two years he threw 70 innings with 49 strikeouts helping the Monarchs to a 2nd and 3rd place conference tournament finishes. During his sophomore campaign, he hurled a five-inning no-hitter against MCC-Longview, with three strikeouts and two walks.

From here VanVacter transferred to Park University where he threw 64 innings for the Pirates compiling four wins and winning two Heart of America Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week awards.

For VanVacter's final collegiate season he played for the Valley City State Vikings. He pitched for the Vikings during the 2016-17 season, helping VCSU to a 27-26 overall record and a third-place finish in the NSAA standings. He compiled a 3.74 ERA over 74 innings on the mound with 68 strikeouts and a mark of 5-4. VanVacter obtained his bachelor’s degree in communications from Valley City State University.

VanVacter played two seasons for the St. Joseph Mustangs in the MINK Summer League In his final season for the Mustangs he helped lead the team to a Mink Championship while breaking the single season strikeout record.