The long, grueling search for a baseball coach has ended as USC hired Andy Stankiewicz of Grand Canyon. As with many USC searches, sometimes it pays to be the No. 3 candidate. Stankiewicz was offered the job after USC was turned down by Andrew Checketts (UC Santa Barbara) and Troy Tulowitzki (Texas). Stankiewicz had the Grand Canyon school president and athletic director try to make … Continue reading Sunday Buzz: USC Hires Andy Stankiewicz

USC could decide as soon as today if it will hire Grand Canyon coach Andy Stankiewicz as its next baseball coach. Continue reading And In Baseball News . . .

USC pitchers Jaden Agassi and Charlie Hurley entered the transfer portal today. Agassi is the son of Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf. He was 3-2 with a 4.34 ERA. Hurley was 6-2 with a 4.19 ERA. USC has lost 3 of its top 4 pitchers. What this shows is the players have little faith in whatever they are hearing from administrators to stick around. The … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Baseball In Full Meltdown

USC is back to square one on the baseball coaching search and two of the candidates on my original list of candidates turned down the job while a third candidate got hired at Ohio State. So here is a revised list of candidates: Ben Orloff, UC Irvine Orloff played for former USC coach Mike Gillespie and served as his assistant from 2014-18. He succeeded Gillespie … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Baseball Coaching Hot Board

Troy Tulowitzki has turned down the USC baseball job, which places the job search back to square one. Tulowitzki is the second coach to turn down the job following UC Santa Barbara coach Andrew Checketts. D1Baseball reports Tulowitzki will not return to Texas as an assistant coach but will do consulting for a year before seeking a head-coaching job. That doesn’t sound like he loved … Continue reading Sunday Buzz: Troy Tulowitzki Turns Down USC

Texas baseball assistant coach Troy Tulowitzki is on campus today talking to USC about the baseball job. Sources tell me USC has met his salary demands and some minor details are being worked out. It’s still possible Texas could make a counter-offer. One interesting tidbit: I hear some ex-players have reached out to USC regarding the search but did not get any response back. Continue reading Yet Another USC Baseball Update