Softball
D'Amico, J.T.
J.T. D'Amico
- Title:
- Associate Head Coach
- Email:
- jtd@sports.uga.edu
- Phone:
- 706-713-2832
J.T. D’Amico joined Tony Baldwin's staff prior to the 2022 campaign in Athens. The 2025 campaign will be the fourth season with D'Amico heading up defensive coaching efforts for the Bulldogs.
Since D'Amico's arrival in Athens, Georgia has raised its fielding percentage from .955 in 2021 to .976 following the 2024 season.
Georgia's fielding percentage of .976 in 2024 was the second-best in program history and the best since the Bulldogs fielded .981 in 2009. The mark finished 13th nationally and third in the SEC. Second baseman Sydney Kuma solidified her elite status in her final season, earning the Rawlings Gold Glove Award, bestowed upon the nation's top defensive players. Kuma became the first Georgia Bulldog to earn the award. In her final season in the Red and Black, Kuma fielded a career-best .974. She raised her fielding percentage year-over-year under D'Amico's guidance.
Under D'Amico's tutelage, Georgia's defense continued to improve in 2023 as the Bulldogs recorded a .972 fielding percentage, committing six fewer errors from the previous season. It was Georgia's highest fielding clip since 2011 (.972). Kuma put together a tremendous 2023 season, not only at the plate, but also in the field. Kuma, an NFCA Third Team All-American, was recognized as the top second baseman in the SEC, earning a spot on the SEC All-Defensive Team. She recorded a .971 fielding percentage, committing only six errors on the middle infield.
In his first season in Athens, Georgia's defense improved 14 points from the previous year, rising to .969 on the season. UGA climbed from 12th in the SEC to sixth in a single year. The Bulldogs committed 23 less errors in 2022 compared to the 2021 campaign. A notable improvement on the infield was All-SEC performer Kuma who lowered her errors from 14 in 2021 to just five in 2022, an improvement of 50 points in her fielding percentage.
D'Amico came to Athens with a resume including a 2009 NCAA National Championship, six Women's College World Series appearances, an NPF Cowles Cup Championship, five Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year awards, and five Pac-12 All-Defensive Team members.
D’Amico had spent the previous 13 seasons on staff at Washington as the Huskies' defensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator. He coached three-time Defensive Player of the Year Sis Bates and Olympians Jenn Salling (Canada) and Ali Aguilar (USA). As a team, Washington committed fewer than 45 errors six times including a program record 24 in 2021, six fewer than the previous record. The Huskies finished first or second in fielding percentage in the Pac-12 eight times in D’Amico’s tenure, finishing second in the nation in 2013.
He also served as the recruiting coordinator for the Huskies putting together top recruiting classes. The 2019 class included National Gatorade Player of the Year, and Georgia native, Kelley Lynch from East Coweta High School. The UW 2021 recruiting class included arguably two of the top four prospects in the class by most national services.
In 2013, D’Amico added head coach of the USSSA Pride of the National Pro Fastpitch league to his resume, guiding the Pride to the NPF Cowles Cup Championship that season. The Pride featured NPF Defensive Player of the Year Ashley Charters that season.
Prior to Washington, he was the head baseball coach at Eastlake High School from 1998-2008. During his time as the head baseball coach at Eastlake, 10 of his players were drafted professionally while over 20 went on to play at the collegiate level. Three of his former players have reached the major leagues.
He also spent time as an associate scout with the Atlanta Braves for several years during his time at Eastlake.
D’Amico earned his bachelor of science degree in Applied Management from Grand Canyon University.
His younger brother Jeff was drafted in the second round of the 1993 Major League Baseball Draft. He made his MLB debut with the Kansas City Royals in 2000. He is now a golf pro in the Seattle area.
Since D'Amico's arrival in Athens, Georgia has raised its fielding percentage from .955 in 2021 to .976 following the 2024 season.
Georgia's fielding percentage of .976 in 2024 was the second-best in program history and the best since the Bulldogs fielded .981 in 2009. The mark finished 13th nationally and third in the SEC. Second baseman Sydney Kuma solidified her elite status in her final season, earning the Rawlings Gold Glove Award, bestowed upon the nation's top defensive players. Kuma became the first Georgia Bulldog to earn the award. In her final season in the Red and Black, Kuma fielded a career-best .974. She raised her fielding percentage year-over-year under D'Amico's guidance.
Under D'Amico's tutelage, Georgia's defense continued to improve in 2023 as the Bulldogs recorded a .972 fielding percentage, committing six fewer errors from the previous season. It was Georgia's highest fielding clip since 2011 (.972). Kuma put together a tremendous 2023 season, not only at the plate, but also in the field. Kuma, an NFCA Third Team All-American, was recognized as the top second baseman in the SEC, earning a spot on the SEC All-Defensive Team. She recorded a .971 fielding percentage, committing only six errors on the middle infield.
In his first season in Athens, Georgia's defense improved 14 points from the previous year, rising to .969 on the season. UGA climbed from 12th in the SEC to sixth in a single year. The Bulldogs committed 23 less errors in 2022 compared to the 2021 campaign. A notable improvement on the infield was All-SEC performer Kuma who lowered her errors from 14 in 2021 to just five in 2022, an improvement of 50 points in her fielding percentage.
D'Amico came to Athens with a resume including a 2009 NCAA National Championship, six Women's College World Series appearances, an NPF Cowles Cup Championship, five Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year awards, and five Pac-12 All-Defensive Team members.
D’Amico had spent the previous 13 seasons on staff at Washington as the Huskies' defensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator. He coached three-time Defensive Player of the Year Sis Bates and Olympians Jenn Salling (Canada) and Ali Aguilar (USA). As a team, Washington committed fewer than 45 errors six times including a program record 24 in 2021, six fewer than the previous record. The Huskies finished first or second in fielding percentage in the Pac-12 eight times in D’Amico’s tenure, finishing second in the nation in 2013.
He also served as the recruiting coordinator for the Huskies putting together top recruiting classes. The 2019 class included National Gatorade Player of the Year, and Georgia native, Kelley Lynch from East Coweta High School. The UW 2021 recruiting class included arguably two of the top four prospects in the class by most national services.
In 2013, D’Amico added head coach of the USSSA Pride of the National Pro Fastpitch league to his resume, guiding the Pride to the NPF Cowles Cup Championship that season. The Pride featured NPF Defensive Player of the Year Ashley Charters that season.
Prior to Washington, he was the head baseball coach at Eastlake High School from 1998-2008. During his time as the head baseball coach at Eastlake, 10 of his players were drafted professionally while over 20 went on to play at the collegiate level. Three of his former players have reached the major leagues.
He also spent time as an associate scout with the Atlanta Braves for several years during his time at Eastlake.
D’Amico earned his bachelor of science degree in Applied Management from Grand Canyon University.
His younger brother Jeff was drafted in the second round of the 1993 Major League Baseball Draft. He made his MLB debut with the Kansas City Royals in 2000. He is now a golf pro in the Seattle area.
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