The Houston Chronicle’s Brett Swerneman is reporting that Texas A&M baseball is hiring hitting coach Michael Earley to replace Jim Schlossnagle.
With Jim Schlossnagle’s departure for Texas, AD Trev Alberts had to act quickly due to portal and draft timelines.
Schlossnagle too his top three assistants—Earley, Nolan Cain and Max Weiner—to Austin.
Some thought Dallas Baptist’s Dan Hefner made sense among others, but he turned A&M down.
And a Kendall Rogers quote might be key here:
“1. I expect every A&M player in the portal to stay put given this news.” Those players include SS Ali Camarillo, 2B Kaeden Kent, CF Jace LaViolette, 3B Gavin Grahovac, LF Caden Sorrell, P Isaac Morton, C Max Kaufer, P Brett Antilock, P Jason Bodin, 2B Jack Bell, LF Jett Johnston, 2B Juston Vossos, IF Carl Schmidt.
Also the MLB draft is coming up. Aggies' class ranked 8th at Perfect Game.
The other part of Rogers' tweet:
“2. Keep an eye on a Power 5 head coach to be Earley’s top assistant.”
Billy Luicci of TexAgs also tweeted: “A wildly popular move within the program and a guy who won Trev Alberts over in a big way during his interview process.”
Earley has been A&M’s hitting coach for three years. The Aggies have one of the country’s top offenses during his tenure.
Earley hitting coach under Tracy Smith (whom he played for at Indiana) for four years at Arizona State (and helped produce Spencer Torkelson).
But Earley is young--just 36 years old. On the other hand, Tennessee’s Tony Vitello was 38 when the Vols hired him.
Earley should also benefit from facilities upgrades as A&M’s Board of Regents approved $80 million.
The Aggies have a tradition of success--they’ve made the NCAAs 17 of last 18 years and the College World Series eight times, including two of the last three.
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