34  Jim Horner
	Position: Assistant Coach Experience: 2nd Year Alma Mater: Washington State, 1996

Horner's last season with the Red Raiders was in 2012

Jim Horner is in his second year as an assistant baseball coach at Texas Tech in 2012. Horner came to Tech after spending the previous six year managing and coaching in minor league baseball within the Seattle Mariners organization. Horner was named an assistant coach at Texas Tech on Aug. 3, 2010.

Horner's main responsibilities include serving as the team's hitting coach and also working with the Red Raider catchers.

In Horner's first season with the team the Red Raiders ranked second in the Big 12 in walks (273) and on-base percentage (.382) while ranking fourth in batting average (.279) and stolen bases (91).

Three Texas Tech position players were drafted in the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft, including shortstop Kelby Tomlinson (12th round, San Francisco Giants), infielder Nick Popescu (33rd Round, Atlanta Braves) and third baseman Reid Redman (37th Round, Los Angeles Dodgers).

Horner came to Texas Tech after spending two-plus years as the manager of the High Desert Mavericks, Seattle's Class-A Advanced affiliate. He left as the winningest manager in High Desert Mavericks' history with a 194-182 record since becoming the club's manager prior to the 2008 season. He led High Desert to an 83-57 overall record in 2009.

He was named California League Manager of the Year in 2009 after guiding the Mavericks to South Division first and second half titles and earning a spot in the championship series. Horner was also named the Seattle Mariners Staff Member of the Year.

Horner began his managerial career with the Class-A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers for two seasons before moving to High Desert. He began coaching in 2005 as the hitting coach with the short-season Everett AquaSox.

Horner joined the coaching ranks immediately after completing a nine-year professional playing career, all with the Mariners' organization. He was a catcher in the Seattle farm system from 1996 to 2004. In 2000, Horner reached the Triple-A level with the Tacoma Rainiers. He was a Double-A All-Star with the San Antonio Missions in 2003 and collected the John Ellis Award for community service in 2000 as a member of the New Haven Ravens in the Eastern League.

He batted .259 with 116 doubles, six triples, 59 home runs and 298 RBI during his nine year minor-league career. Horner lettered four years at Washington State and was named All-Pac 10 Conference, along with receiving all-academic honors, while earning a bachelor's degree in criminal justice.

Jim and his wife, Katie, have four children: daughters, Madison and Reagan, and sons, Jackson and Tyler.