Stuart Jump took over the Rabun Gap baseball program in 2014 after seven years as the Eagles’ assistant coach.  After a Final Four appearance in 2014, the Eagles made it to the Final 8 in the 2015 state tournament.  Coach Jump was a member of the Cleveland State Community College baseball team that was the Junior College National Runner Up in 1980.  After transferring to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he won ACC Championships with the Tar Heels in 1982 and 1983 where his teammates included three future first round draft picks (one of whom was the national player of the year in 1985).  Coach Jump has been coaching high school baseball for over 25 years, including head coaching jobs in Virginia, Maine, and Georgia.  In 2015, he led a baseball team representing the USA on a tour of Italy where they finished undefeated in six games.  Coach Jump graduated with a BA in History from North Carolina and currently teaches Ancient and Medieval World History in the Upper School.