When SEC schools have a job opening in a major sport, there’s always going to be a laundry list of wild speculation.
Mississippi State has that going now.
Some big names are starting to be thrown around the Bulldogs’ baseball opening when they jettisoned Chris Lemonis to finally get him off the Rawlings bucket he sits on in the dugout.
Maybe one of the biggest names rising to the top is Virginia coach Brian O’Connor. Several sources have said he is a person of interest. It would be big name.
Brian O’Connor Details
• 2015 National Champions (first in program history & first ACC program since 1955)
• Seven College World Series appearances (second most of any program since 2009) and two CWS Finals berths
• 14 straight NCAA tournament appearances (2004-2017)
• 10 NCAA regional championships
• Two ACC championships
• Five 50-win seasons
• 885 wins, including 669 wins since 2009 (fourth most in the nation)
Will Coggin Details
Playing Career
2005-06: Northeast Mississippi Community College
2007-08: Mississippi State
How These Things Work
Every athletic director usually keeps three lists on coaches in all sports and it breaks down fairly logically and simply.
• Who they would absolutely love to get but nobody should count on it.
• Coaches they can probably reasonably have a chance to get, but it’s going to take some negotiating and talking.
• The guys they are fairly confident they can get both from an interest and financial standpoint.
