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Cowboy Baseball Adds Support Staff
September 13, 2023 | Cowboy Baseball
STILLWATER – Oklahoma State head coach Josh Holliday has added three members to the Cowboy Baseball support staff.
Joining the Cowboys' staff are athletic trainer and physical therapist Chris McKenzie and director of operations Jacob "Hub" Roberts, as well as Jack Montgomery, who will serve as OSU's director of video, analytics and data.
McKenzie brings his unique skill set and more than three decades of sports medicine experience to Stillwater; he has a wealth of experience working with collegiate, professional and Olympic athletes.
"Chris's background as both an athletic trainer and a physical therapist provides our players with the best daily care possible," Holliday said. "His extensive work inside the game of baseball along with his unique time working in the NBA provides great insight into the modern athlete and things needed to stay healthy and perform at the highest level.
"Sports performance and the development of our players' bodies and workout routines is so important to a successful season, and with Chris and Garrett (Bayliff, strength & conditioning coach) working side-by-side, we feel extremely confident in the direction we are headed."
McKenzie earned a doctorate in physical therapy from Rosalind Franklin University in 2015 and also holds a degree in physical therapy from Ohio University and a master's degree in orthopedic physical therapy from the University of Indianapolis.
Since 2015, McKenzie has operated McKenzie Athletic Concepts in Ponca City, Okla., a company he founded that provides individualized performance assessment, rehabilitation and training for athletes and which has served over 20 NBA players and teams in the USA and Canada.
McKenzie has a strong background in professional baseball. For the better part of a decade, he was involved in research and as a consultant for numerous Major League Baseball teams, including the Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics, Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Royals and Tampa Bay Rays.
McKenzie's extensive list of professional practice includes a stint as the director of physical therapy and athletic training for the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks from 2013-15, where among his many duties he integrated strength and conditioning, rehab, massage and recovery teams nationwide for player use as well as identified specialized performance programming for player development.
From 2004-13, McKenzie was the manager of sports medicine rehab services at the Ohio State University Sports Medicine Center in Columbus, Ohio, and also served as an adjunct associate professor in the department of orthopedics in OSU's College of Medicine.
McKenzie served as an athletic trainer for the USA Women's Hockey Team in 2013 and for USA Diving from 2005-07.
Montgomery spent last season as OSU's graduate assistant and moves into a full-time role that includes overseeing the Cowboys' video operations and scouting reports and operating the team's technology systems.
"Jack is one of the brightest young men I have come across in baseball," Holliday said. "His attention to detail and his knowledge of what is going on in baseball along with the new tools and trends being used is second to none.
"He takes the work very seriously as he knows the ability to use information and provide the coaches and players the insight both analytically and through video are crucial in the learning process. He will be a key piece of our staff and will contribute to our team's preparation and performance in a big way."
Montgomery graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a degree in sports management in 2022.
A former Major League Baseball Draft pick of Seattle in 2018, Montgomery served as a baseball operations intern with the Los Angeles Angels in 2022 with a focus on analyzing draft prospects, and he was a general manager intern and MLB scout liaison with the Cape Cod League's Chatham Anglers from 2019-21.
Roberts has over a decade of experience working in college and professional baseball. He is a 2019 graduate of Oklahoma State with a degree in sports media, and he also earned his master's degree in Stillwater in leisure and recreation studies in 2021.
During his time as a student at OSU, Roberts served as a Cowboy Baseball equipment manager for three seasons before spending three years as a graduate assistant with the program, working in an assistant director of operations role.
In his first tenure with Cowboy Baseball, Roberts took on a variety of duties, including assisting with travel and recruiting, video, analytics and scouting and helping develop social media strategies and optimization.
"Hub, like so many on our staff, is a proud alum of Oklahoma State, and his return to campus and our program means a lot to him," Holliday said. "He will help us continue to grow our program in all spaces, as well as providing us a first-class day-to-day operation."
Roberts was the head clubhouse manager for the Winston-Salem Dash, the High-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox, during the 2022 season after also serving in that role during Spring Training, Instructional League and Fall League for Chicago's Triple A affiliate.
In December 2022, Roberts joined the Appalachian State program as its director of baseball operations, serving in that capacity for the 2023 season.
Joining the Cowboys' staff are athletic trainer and physical therapist Chris McKenzie and director of operations Jacob "Hub" Roberts, as well as Jack Montgomery, who will serve as OSU's director of video, analytics and data.
McKenzie brings his unique skill set and more than three decades of sports medicine experience to Stillwater; he has a wealth of experience working with collegiate, professional and Olympic athletes.
"Chris's background as both an athletic trainer and a physical therapist provides our players with the best daily care possible," Holliday said. "His extensive work inside the game of baseball along with his unique time working in the NBA provides great insight into the modern athlete and things needed to stay healthy and perform at the highest level.
"Sports performance and the development of our players' bodies and workout routines is so important to a successful season, and with Chris and Garrett (Bayliff, strength & conditioning coach) working side-by-side, we feel extremely confident in the direction we are headed."
McKenzie earned a doctorate in physical therapy from Rosalind Franklin University in 2015 and also holds a degree in physical therapy from Ohio University and a master's degree in orthopedic physical therapy from the University of Indianapolis.
Since 2015, McKenzie has operated McKenzie Athletic Concepts in Ponca City, Okla., a company he founded that provides individualized performance assessment, rehabilitation and training for athletes and which has served over 20 NBA players and teams in the USA and Canada.
McKenzie has a strong background in professional baseball. For the better part of a decade, he was involved in research and as a consultant for numerous Major League Baseball teams, including the Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics, Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Royals and Tampa Bay Rays.
McKenzie's extensive list of professional practice includes a stint as the director of physical therapy and athletic training for the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks from 2013-15, where among his many duties he integrated strength and conditioning, rehab, massage and recovery teams nationwide for player use as well as identified specialized performance programming for player development.
From 2004-13, McKenzie was the manager of sports medicine rehab services at the Ohio State University Sports Medicine Center in Columbus, Ohio, and also served as an adjunct associate professor in the department of orthopedics in OSU's College of Medicine.
McKenzie served as an athletic trainer for the USA Women's Hockey Team in 2013 and for USA Diving from 2005-07.
Montgomery spent last season as OSU's graduate assistant and moves into a full-time role that includes overseeing the Cowboys' video operations and scouting reports and operating the team's technology systems.
"Jack is one of the brightest young men I have come across in baseball," Holliday said. "His attention to detail and his knowledge of what is going on in baseball along with the new tools and trends being used is second to none.
"He takes the work very seriously as he knows the ability to use information and provide the coaches and players the insight both analytically and through video are crucial in the learning process. He will be a key piece of our staff and will contribute to our team's preparation and performance in a big way."
Montgomery graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a degree in sports management in 2022.
A former Major League Baseball Draft pick of Seattle in 2018, Montgomery served as a baseball operations intern with the Los Angeles Angels in 2022 with a focus on analyzing draft prospects, and he was a general manager intern and MLB scout liaison with the Cape Cod League's Chatham Anglers from 2019-21.
Roberts has over a decade of experience working in college and professional baseball. He is a 2019 graduate of Oklahoma State with a degree in sports media, and he also earned his master's degree in Stillwater in leisure and recreation studies in 2021.
During his time as a student at OSU, Roberts served as a Cowboy Baseball equipment manager for three seasons before spending three years as a graduate assistant with the program, working in an assistant director of operations role.
In his first tenure with Cowboy Baseball, Roberts took on a variety of duties, including assisting with travel and recruiting, video, analytics and scouting and helping develop social media strategies and optimization.
"Hub, like so many on our staff, is a proud alum of Oklahoma State, and his return to campus and our program means a lot to him," Holliday said. "He will help us continue to grow our program in all spaces, as well as providing us a first-class day-to-day operation."
Roberts was the head clubhouse manager for the Winston-Salem Dash, the High-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox, during the 2022 season after also serving in that role during Spring Training, Instructional League and Fall League for Chicago's Triple A affiliate.
In December 2022, Roberts joined the Appalachian State program as its director of baseball operations, serving in that capacity for the 2023 season.
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