Cincinnati pitching coach Josh Reynolds to join Tony Vitello’s support staff
Tennessee baseball coach Tony Vitello continues to assemble his coaching staff for the 2025 campaign and on Wednesday he added Josh Reynolds, who previously served as the pitching coach at Cincinnati this past season.
Reynolds will be joining the support staff for Tennessee baseball and his duties will be split, sources tell Volquest. He will help out part of the time with baseball operations, the role previously held by longtime staffer Chad Zurcher. He will also have a hand in assisting Frank Anderson behind the scenes with the Tennessee pitching staff now that former assistant coach Richard Jackson has moved on.
Reynolds helped Cincinnati reach its first 30-win season in 2024 since 2019 as the squad finished fifth in the Big 12 after being voted to finish last in the preseason rankings. Over the course of the season, Reynolds was instrumental in helping All-Big 12 hurlers Christian Mitchell and Nathan Taylor. The Cincinnati staff, overall, boasted an ERA of 5.89 – the lowest since 2019 and nearly a full run lower than in 2023 before his arrival.
Prior to working with the Bearcats, Reynolds served as the Colorado Scouting Director for Prep Baseball report in 2022 and 2023. While at Northwestern from 2016-2022, Reynolds served in roles such as pitching coach, interim head coach and recruiting coordinator. He spent time at Kansas State from 2011-2015 and played a hand in two NCAA Tournament teams during the span.
Other stops along the way include Evansville, KSU, Northeast Texas Community College after pitching for Division II powerhouse Central Missouri from 1998-2000, where he set the program record of 34 wins in three seasons with two World Series appearances. Following his college stent, Reynolds was a third round selection by the New York Mets in 2000 and also spent time with the Boston Red Sox and San Diego Padre organizations before moving on in 2004.
Tennessee is coming off a national championship in 2024, the first in program history.
