Jonathan Hadra

Jonathan Elman Hadra (born 1982) is an American baseball coach and former first baseman. Hadra played college baseball at VMI from 2001 to 2004. He served as head coach of the VMI Keydets (2015–2022).

Jonathan Hadra
Biographical details
Born1982 (age 40–41)
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Playing career
2001–2004VMI
Position(s)First baseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2005VMI (asst.)
2006–2008Western Kentucky (asst.)
2009Bradley (asst.)
2010–2014VMI (asst.)
2015–2022VMI
Head coaching record
Overall146–247
TournamentsSoCon: 3–9
NCAA: 0–0

Playing career

Hadra attended Atlee High School in Mechanicsville, Virginia.[1] Hadra then committed to the Virginia Military Institute, where he was a member of the Keydets baseball team.[2]

Coaching career

After graduation, Hadra spent a year as an assistant at VMI. In 2006, Hadra began working as an assistant at Western Kentucky. After three years at Western Kentucky, he moved on to be an assistant for the Bradley Braves baseball program. After just a single season at Bradley, Hadra returned to VMI as an assistant coach.

In November 2014, VMI head coach Marlin Ikenberry resigned as the head coach, leaving Hadra as the acting head coach. On November 13, 2014, Hadra was named the full-time head coach at VMI.[3] On July 28, 2022, Hadra resigned as the head coach of the Keydets. He had a 146–247 record over 8 seasons as head coach.[4]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
VMI Keydets (Southern Conference) (2015–2022)
2015 VMI 20–2812–12T-4thSouthern Tournament
2016 VMI 21–354–209thSouthern Tournament
2017 VMI 24–347–179thSouthern Tournament
2018 VMI 26–2712–124thSouthern Tournament
2019 VMI 17–419–157thSouthern Tournament
2020 VMI 4–130–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 VMI 18–2913–173rd (Blue)
2022 VMI 16–406–157th
VMI: 146–24763–108
Total:146–247

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References
  1. "Toth-Hadra". www.richmond.com. BH Media Group, Inc. June 26, 2007. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
  2. "Radford Earns Extra-Inning Win Over Fordham". www.bigsouthsports.com. Big South Conference. March 15, 2004. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  3. "VMI installs assistant Hadra as head coach". www.ncaa.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. November 13, 2014. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
  4. Mark Berman (July 28, 2022). "VMI baseball coach Jonathan Hadra leaving for Old Dominion". www.roanoke.com. The Roanoke Times. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
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