College Baseball Weekly

  Pat Hallmark  If you want a good coach with a great philosophy this is your guy. No, its not the big name hire but it's the great coach I can win and build a solid program hire. Hallmark went 66-48 at UIW and now at UTSA with an overall record of 140-96. In 2023 the Road Runners received their first Top 25 ranking. He was also on the staff at Rice in the early 2000's that went to three straight College World Series in 2006, 2007, and 2008. Alex Sogard  If  you want to go young, Alex Sogard is the name . Four straight years he has been Horizon League Coach of the Year. In addition, he has led the Wright State Raiders to four straight regular season conference championships. If you listened to the Tennessee head coach Ton Vitello interview before their regional match up against NKU he mentions the respect he has for the Wright State program.  Erik Bakich  If you want the big name hire here is your guy if A&M wants to buy out his contract. Bakich played ...

 Mitch Hannahs comes to USF after a phenomenal run at Indiana State, his Alma Mater.  In 2023, Hannahs lead Indiana State to a 45-17 record. The Sycamores would also host a Regional that year. This past year in 2024 he lead the Sycamores to a 44-15 record and the Lexington Regional.  Also in 2014, 2019 and 2021 NCAA tournament appearances can be added to his record. Nevertheless South Florida is a great University with top notch facilities and USF understands the great potential it's program has, therefore they needed to make key hire to lead the program in the right direction.                                                Recent Interview with Hannahs at MVC Tourney:                                 

  As a native of Ohio this was an excellent hire by the buckeyes.  Haire grew up in Hamilton Ohio. He also played at a great program like Hamilton Badin , which recently won the OHSAA division II state championship. Haire Played intercollegiate baseball at Bowling Green and Indianapolis. He would make a few stops and end up at Campbell in 2008 in 2015 he would be named the head coach of the Camels. He will also have ties to many of the  high school coaches in Ohio along with connections he built in the south at Campbell. An Ohio native and a coach with a proven winning record in D1 baseball the future looks bright for the Ohio State program.

  Coach has returned to TCU  after spending two seasons at the helm in Columbus. When I first interviewed coach Mosiello he seemed excited about the new opportunity and the new challenge. However this division 1 college baseball in 2024 anything can happen,transfer portal ,salaries are much higher and you can catch a game on TV everyday during the season.