Jeff Tam was named head coach of the Florida Tech baseball program in Dec. 2021. He previously served three seasons as assistant coach of the team since 2019. Tam enters his fifth season at the helm of the program in 2026.
In his first four seasons, Jeff Tam led the Panthers to a 95-102 record, producing seven All-SSC Honorees.
The 2025 season saw the Panthers finish with a 24-24 record, going 13-12 on the road. Coach Tam guided Tech to a series win in SSC play over nationally ranked Rollins (#21), a sweep of Palm Beach Atlantic, and taking three of four total games over Embry-Riddle. The Panthers also earned a shutout upset win over #4 Florida Southern and won non-conference series against Spring Hill and Augusta.
In 2022, his first season, the Panthers finished a 31-19 record, with back-to-back upset victories over #7 Nova Southeastern, and finished sixth in the Sunshine State Conference. Under Tam's leadership, Dylan Owens and Sam Schner received All-SSC Honors, and Alex Carpenter was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America team.
During Tam’s three seasons as an assistant, seven Panthers earned All-SSC honors. Additionally, Boris Villa (2021) and Andy Marzhuerser (2019) received All-South Region Second Team honors from the ABCA and NCBWA, respectively.
Before coming to Florida Tech, Tam was the Head Coach at Eastern Florida State College for seven seasons. He recorded a winning season every year as well as four consecutive 30-win seasons, tallying 216 victories in total. Four of his Titan players went on to be selected in the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft. He previously served as a pitching coach at EFSC before taking over as head coach.
Tam had a six-year career in the Major Leagues as a relief pitcher between 1998 and 2003 with the New York Mets, Cleveland Indians, Oakland Athletics and Toronto Blue Jays. During his Major League debut on June 30, 1998, Tam retired All-Stars Jose Canseco, Carlos Delgado and Tony Fernandez.
A graduate of Eau Gallie High School in Melbourne, Tam went on to have a stellar career at Florida State University before signing with the New York Mets as an undrafted free agent in 1993.
Tam finished his Major League career with a 3.91 Earned Run Average across 251 appearances with his best performances coming with the Athletics in 2000 and 2001 when he had Earned Run Averages of 2.63 and 3.01 as the A’s set-up man, leading Oakland to the postseason both years.
Tam graduated with a Bachelors degree from Florida State in 2011.
Tam and his wife Monica reside in Melbourne. He has two children, Darian and Addison.
