Men's Basketball
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- eaker_ja@mercer.edu
- Phone:
- (478) 301-5413
Jason Eaker was promoted to the role of Assistant Coach for the Mercer men’s basketball program in 2015 following seven years as a full-time NCAA Division I assistant.
“I have known Jason since I recruited him at Oklahoma Baptist,’ said Mercer head coach Bob Hoffman. ‘He is a hard worker that understands the game at a high level and makes our guys better in every individual workout because he accepts nothing but the best. That is what we strive to do as a program and he will embody that as an assistant, so we are excited to have him as a part of the program.”
Prior to the 2015-16 season – in which he helped lead Mercer to a 19-15 record and its fifth straight postseason appearance – Eaker spent the previous two seasons as a graduate assistant for the Bears, helping Mercer put together 46 victories in that time including 27 wins during the program’s record-breaking 2013-14 campaign. A 13-year veteran of the collegiate basketball coaching ranks, Eaker assisted in Mercer’s player development and scouting efforts.
During his time at Mercer, he helped oversee the development of Atlantic Sun Player of the Year Langston Hall and A-Sun Defensive Player of the Year Daniel Coursey as well as all-conference performers Darious Moten, Ike Nwamu and Anthony White, Jr.
Eaker came to Mercer following a seven-year stint at Liberty, where he helped the Flames to one of the best stretches in program history including the first NCAA Tournament appearance (2013) in over a decade.
He was instrumental in the recruitment and development of a talented group of players during that time, most notably 2009 Big South Freshman of the Year Seth Curry, 2012 Big South Player of the Year and All-American Jesse Sanders and 2013 Big South Tournament MVP Davon Marshall.
Prior to his time at Liberty, Eaker enjoyed a two-year stint as a graduate assistant at Oklahoma, helping the Sooners to a 45-17 record, the program’s first Big XII championship and a top-five recruiting class.
He also previously worked for Hoffman at Texas Pan American, serving as the video coordinator during the 2003-04 campaign.
Recruited by Hoffman at Oklahoma Baptist, Eaker finished his collegiate career at Hardin Simmons University. A two-year starter for the Cowboys, he earned a pair of academic all-conference honors while also garnering All-American Southwest Conference accolades in 2002-03.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Texas Pan American in 2004 and a master’s degree in higher education leadership from Mercer in 2015.
Eaker resides in Macon with his wife, the former Meredith Hollyfield, and their newborn Isaac Arrow.
