Seems the scuttlebutt going around is that Kingston is out at the end of the season and Scott Jackson currently of nationally ranked Liberty will take over.
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Rumor about baseball coaching change
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I keep repeating. Go after the Notre Dame coach.
Like his resume. I would still like Calvi as my 1st choice.
If we could get him that would be huge. He had a very good team last year that almost went on the road and beat Miss St, the eventually national champions. I would really like to go after a big time coach if things do not work out. As good as Liberty has been recently, there is no reason to not go with a guy at a power 5 level especially a guy like Link Jarrett.
IF Kingston is fired, and IF Jackson is Tanner's #1 choice, you can guarantee Jackson will NOT be the next coach of USC baseball.
Take that to the bank.
Take that to the bank.
It's a running gag, but it's true: who is Tanner's 5th favorite choice? Cause he's the guy we'll hire.
Not to be too dismissive, but what possible incentive could we offer a coach who at present has the #12 ranked team in the country, lost by 1 one run to Miss St in the 2021 regional, and this bears repeating he is the coach at Notre Dame, while we are unquestionably trending downward.
Don't y'all forget, Mark Kingston came from a higher-tier Div. 1 school than did the basketball coach we just hired.
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At our age we are running out of "wait til next year"s!
If Kingston is fired, you can take our top 2 choices and just save money buy not pursuing them. We’re going to end up with the 4th or 5th guy anyway…a guy that just really wants to be here.
Link Jarrett
Statistics overview
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNC Greensboro Spartans (Southern Conference) (2013–2019) | |||||
| 2013 | UNC Greensboro | 24–31 | 11–19 | 10th | |
| 2014 | UNC Greensboro | 21–28 | 8–16 | 9th | |
| 2015 | UNC Greensboro | 23–27 | 12–12 | t-4th | |
| 2016 | UNC Greensboro | 38–21 | 15–9 | t-2nd | |
| 2017 | UNC Greensboro | 36–24 | 14–10 | 3rd | |
| 2018 | UNC Greensboro | 39–15 | 18–3 | 1st | |
| 2019 | UNC Greensboro | 34–20 | 14–10 | 3rd | |
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2020–present) | |||||
| 2020 | Notre Dame | 11–2 | 3–0 | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | |
| 2021 | Notre Dame | 34–13 | 25–10 | 1st (Atlantic) | NCAA Super Regional |
| Total: | 260–181 |
Warmer weather, and the ability to comfortably play at home in February and March. All I can currently think of.
The importance of baseball at USC, facilities for baseball, etc.
And fan support, admin commitment which I understand is not so great at ND, able to sit on a high perch, natural recruiting advantage as we’ve won 2 nattys,
Read 3rd base heckler‘s and my posts in this thread. Thnx.
Why wait until the end of the season? Do it now and name Wingo interim coach.
Who thought Ray Tanner would be a good AD anyway and why ? Winning baseball coach does not translate to effective AD!
Wingo did work under the ND coach. Also played when Calvi coached here.
I like this a lot, but I’d try to get Vitello out of Tennessee first.
Love it!! We might lose but you know we’ll “Battle” every game the rest of the season.
As I replied in another thread, his being hired as AD was based on his working in Athletics Administration both at NCSU and at USC, not because he was a baseball coach.
Even at that, he was only minimally qualified to take over a program in one of college athletics' two monster conferences.
Will not disagree with you, King. Your statement of minimally qualified is a more accurate criticism of the hire, not RT's coaching prowess.
The Tanner stepped away from baseball, SC lost a great baseball coach and gained a mediocre athletic director.
I will repeat my feelings on our current AD. If we are basing our opinions on our AD based on success of our athletic programs, we have had few if any successful AD'S.
I just want our next baseball hire to be a HR.
Best of luck also to our new basketball coach!
None have batted a thousand, but some have been distinctly better than others. Few bat a thousand anyplace.
It will be interesting when our next AD is hired. It will be a tough job to manage.
This is true. Not all that long ago, we were probably the premier baseball program in the country.
And don't forget, a prospective coach would only have to displace the women's basketball program, to become the number one sport at the school. There are P5 football schools and there are P5 basketball schools, but how many P5 baseball schools are there?
As much I hate seeing our National Championship baseball program look like crap, I like to see it through the end and then decide about Coach Kingston...
He wins too much. We need someone from like Utah State. Get em in the cheap. Garnet way.
Vandy, Miss St, Oregon St and us. Thats about it to be honest.This is true. Not all that long ago, we were probably the premier baseball program in the country.
And don't forget, a prospective coach would only have to displace the women's basketball program, to become the number one sport at the school. There are P5 football schools and there are P5 basketball schools, but how many P5 baseball schools are there?
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