Vanderbilt baseball shook up its staff, with hitting coach/recruiting coordinator Mike Baxter and catching coach Tyler Shewmaker departing the program.
Tim Corbin must now fill two staff positions, and doing so quickly will be important to recruit transfer hitters before the portal window closes July 2. With the NCAA allowing three paid on-field coaches, the Commodores could fill the exact positions that Baxter or Shewmaker held, but they also could opt to split up the hitting coach and recruiting coordinator titles.
Here are nine names Vanderbilt could consider:
Sitting assistants
James Ramsey, Georgia Tech
Ramsey has been Georgia Tech’s hitting coach since 2018 and in that time, the Yellow Jackets have consistently had an offense that ranks among the top half of the ACC. Ramsey doesn’t have any ties to the Commodores or to Corbin’s coaching tree, but he does have experience at a school with academic standards that surpass even Vanderbilt’s.
Nick Schnabel, Clemson
Schnabel has been Erik Bakich’s top assistant for years dating back to his days at Michigan and has a track record of bringing in strong recruiting classes even without access to top local talent. Schnabel played in college with Bakich, so he could be tough to convince to leave, and he also could be in play for a head coaching job.
Derek Simmons, Indiana
Simmons, a Georgia native, has been the hitting coach and recruiting coordinator at Indiana for five years. He has SEC experience, having worked at Alabama for one season. The Hoosiers were second in the Big Ten in home runs and scoring in 2024 and brought in the Big Ten’s best recruiting class in 2022 and 2023.
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Eric Tyler, Duke
Tyler, the hitting coach at Duke, has ties to Corbin’s coaching tree, having played for Cliff…
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Author : The Tennessean
Publish date : 2024-06-07 21:53:22
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