Report: Troy Tulowitzki turns down USC, will leave Texas baseball program

Former MLB shortstop and Texas volunteer baseball assistant coach Troy Tulowitzki has reportedly made a major decision regarding his coaching future. According to D1Baseball’s Kendall Rogers, Tulowitzki has turned down the vacant USC job.

Tulowitzki emerged as a candidate for USC last week, and he spoke to the Trojans about the vacant position.

In addition, Rogers reported that Tulowitzki will be leaving the Texas program, and will instead do consulting across the sport next season.

“SCOOP: Troy Tulowitzki, the leading candidate for the @USC_Baseball job, has decided not to be the #Trojans‘ head coach,” Rogers tweeted. “Tulowitzki also will not rejoin @TexasBaseball for the 2023 season. He spent three seasons with the #Horns, and #USC‘s search continues.

“MORE: Tulowitzki will do some consulting in the college baseball space over the next year with the goal of eventually getting back into high-profile college coaching. He did a terrific job with the #Texas offense in his three seasons with the program.”

In his playing career, Tulowitzki spent time with the Colorado Rockies, Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees. He was a five-time All-Star, two-time Gold Glove Award winner, and a two-time Silver Slugger. Tulowitzki was a career .290 hitter, and he had 225 home runs and drove in 780 runs before calling it a career in July of 2021.

Following the conclusion of his playing career, Tulowitzki joined the Texas staff as a volunteer assistant. He was also on the coaching staff for the USA Baseball collegiate team in 2021.

With the Longhorns, Tulowitzki certainly made a big impact. Texas has made it to Omaha to compete in the College World Series in consecutive seasons, and the Longhorns are coming off of a dominant offensive campaign. This year, Texas hit .314 overall and set a new program record with 128 home runs. The Longhorns also led the nation with a .985 fielding percentage, and Tulowitzki, a former shortstop, played a big role in that feat.