Gentry to Join Psychology Faculty in May

Aaron Gentry, head baseball coach and assistant athletic director at University of the Ozarks, has been selected to join the faculty at the University as assistant professor of psychology, beginning this summer.

Gentry will relinquish his coaching and assistant athletic director duties at the conclusion of the current semester in May.

Gentry has served as the Ozarks baseball coach since 2015 and as assistant athletic director since 2024.

"I'm incredibly excited to join the psychology department here at University of the Ozarks," Gentry said. "While I'll miss being on the field with the players, I'm ready to begin this new chapter of my life in the classroom and work alongside amazing faculty. I'd like to thank [Vice President for Academic Affairs] Dr. Janie Diels, President Richard Dunsworth and the search committee for this opportunity."

Gentry has a bachelor's degree in social and behavioral science from Rogers State University in Oklahoma and a master's degree in counseling psychology from Northeastern State University in Oklahoma. He previously served as a youth counselor in Oklahoma before beginning his coaching career in 2004 at Rogers State. He was an assistant baseball coach at LeTourneau from 2007 to 2015.

A former collegiate standout who was drafted in the 12th round by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1997, Gentry is currently in his 10th season as head baseball coach at Ozarks. He has won more than 130 games in his tenure and led the Eagles to conference postseason play in 2018 and 2021. He served as the 2025 NCAA III site coordinator for the baseball championships held in Marshall, Texas.

Gentry's wife, Lauren, is the assistant registrar at Ozarks.

Topics: Psychology