Jeff Segars
Segars, Jeff: Loganville High School
Segars was inducted into the Georgia Dugout Club Hall of Fame in 2025.
Georgia Dugout Club Executive Director David McDonald tried to describe what former Loganville head baseball coach Jeff Segars has done to promote Georgia high school baseball.
“Coordinator, secretary, coach … he’s done everything to promote high school baseball in this state,” McDonald said. “And as the (school) athletic director, he’s leading a program to be successful in all sports.”
One of the more decorated individuals to get inducted into the Georgia Dugout Club Hall of Fame, Segars quietly built Loganville baseball into a national power before resigning and stepping into the athletic director’s role after the 2021 season.
Segars along with Roger Parham and Cecil Barber helped launch the GDC Top 100 Underclassmen Showcase, which in more than two decades has evolved into one of the country’s top scouting events for Georgia underclassmen baseball players.
He has also served as the Georgia Dugout Club’s de facto communications specialist, writing newsletters, providing support for state coaches looking for games and handling the organization’s social media accounts.
Segars has done numerous duties for the GDC while helping Loganville baseball become a dynasty and his teams annually finishing ranked in the country’s top media outlet polls.
After graduating from Oconee County High and playing collegiately at Georgia College, Segars took over at Loganville in 1999 and led the Red Devils to state baseball titles in 2008, 2012, 2017, 2018 and 2019. Three of his teams also finished as state runner-up in 2002, 2016 and 2021.
He led the program to the postseason 19 times and won 10 region titles while compiling an overall coaching record of 547-212. He helped send more than 90 players to college. Two of his prized pupils were Major League stars Brandon Moss and Clint Frazier.
But Segars would rather deflect the praise.
“If you’d told me in a million years that we’d had the success we had, I wouldn’t have believed it,” he said. “Every coach wants to win a title. Loganville had had one winning season (before 1999) and we hit it at the right time. We had a lot of good people work hard and some unbelievable coaches that were with me 20-plus years.”
While he credits many for Loganville’s success, assistants Brandon Anglin, Mike Ryan, Andy Sargent and current head coach Bran Mills were part of his staff for more than two decades. He said coaching chemistry is a big reason for the program’s achievements.
“Not to say we haven’t tweaked things over the years, our staff has been great at looking at where we’re lacking and put a little more effort into that area. And the kids have bought in.”
One of his proudest accomplishments has been the success of the Top 100 Underclassmen Showcase, something Segars modeled after the prestigious Las Vegas Top Gun Showcase in the early 2000s.
McDonald said Segars always fulfills his tasks to the best of his ability.
“He’s a done a fantastic job,” McDonald said. “You stop and think about Loganville. They play their best game every night and do all the little things right. They’ve had players, but they’ve developed that talent.”
Segars also oversaw construction of the school’s new baseball field that rivals some of the country’s top collegiate and professional facilities.
He still coaches although he’s in a less visible role. But his impact goes beyond the game.
“I just want to do the right thing,” he said. “The wins are great, but getting a chance to make an impact on kids is even better. I don’t look at it as a job but a calling. It’s been a lot of fun. I wouldn’t trade it for any other job.”