On Tuesday, Jim Schlossnagle left Texas A&M to become Texas‘ next head coach. In an interview with TexAgs, D1Baseball’s managing editor Kendall Rogers revealed he believes the Aggies will have a new head man soon.
“Based on what I’m hearing, I think I’d be really surprised if they don’t have a new head coach by Saturday,” Rogers said. “It’s moving very fast. My educated guess would be today is a very busy day on the coaching search front. By Saturday or Sunday morning, I think they have a new baseball coach.”
Schlossnagle made the decision to move on from the Aggies only one day after he led the program to Game 3 of the College World Series championship. After previously stating he took the Texas A&M job to ‘never take another job again,’ Schlossnagle’s decision left many Texas A&M fans stunned.
The timing only becomes worse considering college baseball’s transfer portal is currently wide open. Thankfully for Texas A&M fans, Rogers believes there’s no shortage of potential candidates to replace Schlossnagle.
Who will be Texas A&M’s next head coach?
“There are some really good options,” Rogers said. “There is at least one I am not going to mention. Some of the names I have said: Brian O’Connor at Virginia is certainly in the mix. He is a guy who has been to Omaha multiple times and won a national championship.
“I had someone reach out to me and say, ‘There is no way O’Connor leaves.’ By the way, never say never because, like I said with Jim and Texas… The ACC is a different animal than the SEC right now. O’Connor just signed a new 10-year deal, but from what I understand, his buyout has gone down.”
O’Connor isn’t the only option Rogers believes the Aggies should reach out to. In fact, he believes Texas A&M may have interest in a couple familiar faces from the SEC.
“He is not leaving, but you have to call [Tennessee head coach] Tony Vitello. There are Aggies in his family. You have to at least call him,” Rogers continued. “The really interesting one I would take a gander at is [Florida head coach] Kevin O’Sullivan. He has made it very clear that Florida needs some help on the NIL front.
“He is a guy who, if he went to A&M, would have a lot of NIL money. There are coaches out there at an elite level that I think A&M has a pretty decent shot with.”
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