Breaking News: Texas Longhorns head coach just summitted his resignation letter to the management.
The Texas Longhorns made one of the splashiest hires in college baseball history on Tuesday, going into College Station and luring head coach Jim Schlossnagle to the 40 Acres.
Schlossnagle, who was less than 24 hours removed from a heart breaking loss in Game 3 of the College World Series finals on Monday night, now comes to Austin as the just the sixth head baseball coach for the program since 1911, and the 14th in school history.
On Tuesday night, the Longhorns officially introduced Schlossnagle as the new leader of the program, and by all accounts, they could not be happier about their decision.
“What a great day it is to be a Longhorn,” said Longhorns Athletic Director Chris Del Conte.
“We are absolutely thrilled to have Coach Schlossnagle joining our Longhorn Family, and like everything we do, we couldn’t have made this happen without the incredible leadership in our chairman of the board of regents and our president.
Chairman Eltife and President Hartzell are a critical piece in every decision we make, they are such great friends and counsel, and together help us make great days like today happen for Longhorn Nation. I can’t thank them enough.”
Del Conte, of course, knows his new head coach as well as anyone, with Schlossnagle serving as the head coach of the TCU Horned Frogs under Del Conte from 2010-2017.
