Jo Jo Howie

JoJo Howie enters his third season at Central Arizona and will serve as the Vaqueros pitching coach and assist in recruiting.

In his first season as pitching coach, Coach Howie's staff shattered the school record for strikeouts in a season with 770, posted a 3.32 team ERA and helped guide the Vaqueros to their 4th NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP in school history with a 59-13 record. Central led the NJCAA World Series in ERA and 3 of his pitchers earned All ACCAC honors and 2 were named to the JUCO World Series All Tournament Team. Coach Howie's staff also had 2 pitchers drafted in the MLB Draft.

I year two, the Vaquero pitching staff led the country in both ERA (2.30) and strikeouts (703). The ERA and strikeouts both rank second All-time in the history of the program. Matt Wilkinson and Patrick Steitz received all ACCAC while Wilkinson also earned conference Pitcher of the Year.

Howie had 4 seasons as the Head Baseball Coach at Everett Community College where he has compiled a record of 99-44 overall, winning conference titles 2 out of 3 chances. Most of that work
was done in his first two and 2021 seasons as only 11 games were played in 2020. JoJo took over the reins in the 2017-2018 season after long time coach Levi Lacey stepped down and accepted the four corners area scout position with the Texas Rangers. Howie served two
seasons (2016, 2017) as an assistant coach, in which the Trojans claimed North Region Titles, and also advanced to the NWAC Championship game each year. The first year that Howie was the Head
coach they made the final tournament finishing 6th overall. In 2019 the Trojan’s were recognized by Perfect Game as a Top 25 Junior College program in the country at the conclusion of that season
going 39-11 losing in the championship. In his last season JoJo led 2021 Everett team to a 24–8 record winning the North Region Championship, and due to COVID that was as far as the season
could go. In the four complete seasons that JoJo has been in a coaching role with the program, there have been 25 players selected to the All North Region team, 9 All NWAC players, 3 Gold Glovers, 3 ABCA All Americans, 1 North Region Most Valuable Player, and in 2019 and 2021 JoJo Howie was named the North Region Coach of the Year. Howie also spent the summer of 2016 working for the Seattle Mariners Short Season Affiliate Everett Aqua Sox, as an assistant coach and
first base coach.

Before coaching, Howie played two seasons in Division I Athletic 10 Conference for Virginia Commonwealth University where he had 30 career starts as a pitcher, pitched 6 complete games, with 154 strike outs and a 14-9 record. In 2015 Howie was the ace on the most successful team in program history, A10 Champions, Dallas Baptist Regional Champions, and eventually losing to Miami
in the super regionals. For individual accolades he received the Athletic Departments “Team First” award for leadership and inspiration, also all A10 tournament team, 2015 IP 105 with 2.74 ERA.

Howie played high school for Bellevue Christian High School winning MVP of his league in 2011. His college career started at Everett CC where he played in 2012 and 2013. The Trojans won a combined
71 games in those two seasons winning back to back North Region Title’s, and finishing 3rd in 2012 before ultimately winning the programs first NWAC Title since 1966 in his sophomore season. JoJo
pitched in game 3 of the championship tournament where he went 7.2 innings, striking out 4 and giving up 0 runs en-route to a 2-0 win vs Yakima Valley. JoJo is married to wife Brie, with two kids, 5-year-old daughter Violet, and new born son Houston.