AUSTIN, Texas — Someday after main Texas A&M to a runner-up end within the School World Sequence, Jim Schlossnagle is leaving School Station to change into the brand new baseball coach at Texas, sources advised Horns247.com.
The sources mentioned Schlossnagle plans to carry his teaching workers with him to Austin.
Tuesday night Texas made Schlossnagle’s rent official and introduced an introductory press convention set for 11 a.m. on Wednesday.
“I’ve recognized Coach Schlossnagle for a very long time,” mentioned Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte, who served as Schlossnagle’s AD at TCU from 2009 to 2017. “There isn’t any higher coach, program builder, and chief within the sport, and one of the best half is he is a good higher particular person. Once we had been in search of our subsequent baseball coach, we knew Schloss could be the right selection, and we’re past thrilled that he is becoming a member of our Longhorn household.”
One day after Texas A&M suffered a crushing 6-5 loss to Tennessee for the School World Sequence title, Schlossnagle met along with his gamers to inform them he had a choice to make about whether or not to rejoin his buddy and former athletic director Del Conte at Texas or stay in School Station, two sources near the state of affairs advised Horns247.
Schlossnagle, who has a $1.35 million buyout that doubles to $2.7 million if he takes one other job within the state of Texas, met with A&M officers within the late afternoon Tuesday and knowledgeable them of his determination, sources advised Horns247.
“He is a man who clearly is aware of our state so nicely, may be very accustomed to our program’s wealthy and proud historical past and the whole lot Texas baseball is all about, and completely checks all of the containers for this crucial place,” Del Conte mentioned of Schlossnagle in an announcement launched Tuesday night time. “He actually understands each stage of constructing a crew, develops and will get one of the best out of his gamers and coaches, recruits with one of the best of them and is completely dialed into the holistic development of the student-athletes in his program.”
“Our gamers, our workers, the UT group and Longhorn Nation will completely love him. I am unable to wait to get him began and for everybody to have an opportunity to satisfy him. The way forward for our program is in nice arms, and I am so excited to have Coach Schloss becoming a member of our elite group of coaches as we put together to move into the Southeastern Convention.”
The information provides a brand new chapter to a 100-year rivalry between Texas and Texas A&M earlier than the Longhorns even formally be part of the Aggies within the Southeastern Convention on July 1.
After spending 18 seasons at TCU – eight of them with Del Conte as his boss in Fort Price, Schlossnagle, 53, took over the A&M job in 2022, going 135-62 (.685) in three seasons, together with a 53-15 report whereas ending nationwide runner-up on Monday night time.
“All over the place Coach Schlossnagle has been he is constructed winners on the highest stage, had a first-class program in each method and is a fully excellent match to steer our baseball program,” mentioned Kevin Eltife, Chairman of the UT System Board of Regents. “He had a historic run at TCU, took Texas A&M to heights they’d by no means seen, and the best way he develops his gamers and works along with his coaches and crew is actually one thing particular. I could not be extra excited to look at him work his magic on the Forty Acres.”
Added Texas president Jay Hartzell:
“What a house run rent. Coach Schlossnagle is one of the best within the enterprise. His lengthy listing of accomplishments is unbelievable, and his monitor report of constructing nice applications is nicely documented. We’re the premier baseball program within the nation with legendary coaches, our six nationwide championships and report 38 School World Sequence appearances, so it is definitely becoming that we employed a coach of his caliber to steer us. We’re wanting ahead to nice days forward with Coach Schloss main our Longhorns.”
Sources mentioned Schlossnagle’s consolation stage and historical past with Del Conte, who took over as athletic director at Texas in 2017, proved to be a decisive issue within the determination.
“Schloss and CDC (Del Conte) are shut and have remained shut,” a supply near each advised Horns247.
Schlossnagle, who has taken groups to the School World Sequence six instances within the final 10 years (and 7 instances complete), was employed at Texas A&M by former athletic director Ross Bjork, who left earlier this yr to take the identical job at Ohio State and was changed because the Aggies’ athletic director by Trev Alberts.
Early Monday, Texas introduced in statements from Del Conte and from David Pierce, the Longhorns’ baseball coach since 2017, {that a} mutual determination had been reached to half methods. Pierce went 297-162 (.647) in seven accomplished seasons at Texas with three journeys to the School World Sequence and had two years left on a contract paying him $1.2 million.
Schlossnagle’s base wage of $1.35 million at Texas A&M this season is more likely to at the very least double and will attain $3 million at Texas, one supply mentioned.