Jacob Caples is in his third season as an assistant coach for Little Rock and his second in the role of volunteer assistant.

Caples currently works with the Little Rock catchers, is on the field as a base coach during games, and handles all operational responsibilities within the program. In his time at Little Rock, he has seen Kale Emshoff become one of the nation’s top catchers before being signed by the Kansas City Royals as a free agent in the summer of 2020.

Caples has also worked as an assistant in the Cape Cod Baseball League. There, he worked with two catchers, Austin Wells (1st round, New York Yankees) and Carson Taylor (4th round, Los Angeles Dodgers) that were drafted in the 2020 MLB First Year Player Draft.

Prior to coming to Little Rock, Caples was an assistant at the University of Arkansas-Monticello where he worked with the offense and catchers. In 2018 at Monticello, he helped lead one of the country’s best offenses in home runs  (8th nationally), batting average (16th nationally), and slugging percentage (8th nationally).

In 2016, Caples also coached Corey Wood who won the Josh Willingham Award, an award given to the NCAA Division II most valuable player. Caples also spent the fall of 2018 as the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Tarleton State University before transferring to Little Rock. 

As a player, Caples spent two years at Western Texas Community College before transferring to West Texas A&M University for his final two years.

Caples earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Sport and Exercise Science from West Texas A&M and a Masters in Education from Arkansas-Monticello. He is married to Victoria Caples and they currently reside in Bryant, Arkansas.