From a admittedly so-so baseball fan, a real question...

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With all apologies to BigBro

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all good

Tony Vitello - Tennessee (and why he is unliked)
When he first became a head coach, he was a cocky SOB. He still is, but he hides it better these days.. The guy is a great evaluator of talent imo, and his players really like him from what I can tell. He has built a beast at a school that has never had much of a baseball program. He likes to play Gorilla Ball. The more home runs.. the better. The guy is a great coach and will do well wherever he goes if he keeps pouring as much time and effort into building what he now built.. and he is only 45 years old.

Jim Schlossnagle - Texas A&M
Built a great program at TCU (Vitello was an assistant coach for him). Took them to 6 CWS, but no hardware. A&M made a great hire to steal him away. He has now taken the Aggies to Omaha in 2 of his 3 seasons.. finishing tied for 3rd in 2022, and 2nd in 2024. The guy is a great evaluator, like Vitello, and he teaches plate discipline at the plate, which is different than most coaches, but it yields a lot of walks and it puts an enormous amount of pressure on the opposing pitcher. Great coach and only 53 or 54 years old.

Both guys are great imo.. but what makes their programs elite is their pitching coach. Frank Anderson at Tennessee and Max Weiner at A&M are both elite. Frank is old and Max is young.. but the results are hard to ignore.

Kevin O'Sullivan - Florida
Another great coach. He has been at Florida for 16 years. 9 trips to Omaha. 1 NC and 2 Runner-Ups. I don't know as much about his coaching philosophy as the other 2, but the results speak for themselves.

All 3 are in the Top 10 of highest paid coaches and all 3 would be amazing hires at Texas. I would happy with any of them for different reasons, but all could win a NC at Texas. Whoever CDC wants and can land is good with me.

Hope this helps.

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Let's see if any others have their favorites to offer, and why they like them.

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I personally agree with the three BigBro listed but I'd like to throw a guy not many of us have named, Cliff Godwin. He coaches East Carolina. Fantastic coach, led his mid-major team to the NCAA Tourney every year except one, has lead ECU to 4 Super Regionals (The school has only ever had 5, 4 of those being led by Godwin), good recruiter, knows the Carolinas/Georgia well.

Nice candidate to consider