Hitting Coach Candidates?

Rebel PT2 · Sun Jul 06, 2014 10:04 pm

I've been patiently waiting some info out of Oxford regarding replacement coaches for Cliff, and wondering what people are hearing who are closer to the pulse. Any info?

Mon Jul 07, 2014 3:30 pm

all I can hear are crickets...??

lewindha · Tue Jul 08, 2014 10:11 am

Mike Clement - Kansas State Hitting coach

Clement just completed his second year as hitting coach at Kansas State. In 2013, Clement guided the Wildcats to a No. 2 national ranking in team batting average at .322, leading the Big XII by 39 points. K-State hosted a regional and advanced to super regional play. He spent three years at Texas A&M prior to his time in Manhattan, winning the conference in 2010 and 2011 while also hosting a regional in 2012. The 2011 Aggies went to the College World Series. A&M had 129 steals in 2012. Clement spent four season at UTSA prior to Texas A&M. He was a catcher in college.

And he has worked with our strength and conditioning coach before.

JAKE GAUTREAU - Tulane Hitting coach

Gautreau has been Tulane's hitting coach and recruiting coordinator since 2010. He was the interim head coach for the Green Wave during a segment of the 2014 season. He interviewed for the Tulane opening before it went to Rice assistant David Pierce. He had a lengthy Minor League career after being named the Conference USA Player of the Decade for his time in Tulane. He helped Tulane to the 2001 College World Series.

This is all courtesy of Chase Parham on Rivals.

olemissreb10 · Tue Jul 08, 2014 1:17 pm

I'd love to have gautreau. Guy was a beast at Tulane and a 1st round pick. He's an above average recruiter and young. And from what I hear a really good defensive infielder coach. His offenses at Tulane have been pretty good. But he has been successful, knows what it takes to be successful, and has seen postseason success

lewindha · Tue Jul 08, 2014 1:26 pm

olemissreb10 wrote:I'd love to have gautreau. Guy was a beast at Tulane and a 1st round pick. He's an above average recruiter and young. And from what I hear a really good defensive infielder coach. His offenses at Tulane have been pretty good. But he has been successful, knows what it takes to be successful, and has seen postseason success

Either one is good, but the Clement guy has been to Omaha as a coach. And his team had the #2 team average last year. And he's worked with Ben Fleming(our current strength and conditioning coach). He has my vote.

olemissreb10 · Tue Jul 08, 2014 1:50 pm

lewindha wrote:
olemissreb10 wrote:I'd love to have gautreau. Guy was a beast at Tulane and a 1st round pick. He's an above average recruiter and young. And from what I hear a really good defensive infielder coach. His offenses at Tulane have been pretty good. But he has been successful, knows what it takes to be successful, and has seen postseason success
Either one is good, but the Clement guy has been to Omaha as a coach. And his team had the #2 team average last year. And he's worked with Ben Fleming(our current strength and conditioning coach). He has my vote.

I know nothing about him but his resume is impressive. I will be just fine with either one. Still think jerry Zulli is a candidate as well

olemissreb10 · Wed Jul 09, 2014 4:24 pm

LSU hitting coach/recruiting coordinator position just opened up. Great

olemissreb10 · Thu Jul 10, 2014 2:48 pm

Should be announcement in the next 24 hours

rebeljim · Thu Jul 10, 2014 3:51 pm

olemissreb10 wrote:Should be announcement in the next 24 hours

It's Mike Clement of K. St.

olemissreb10 · Thu Jul 10, 2014 4:12 pm

rebeljim wrote:
olemissreb10 wrote:Should be announcement in the next 24 hours
It's Mike Clement of K. St.

Interested to see how this affects our recruiting. Expect less Florida kids and more Texas. I'm hoping we have a solid enough footprint in Orlando to where we can get the top there, top of Dulin, and some more Alex Yarboroughs from Texas.

academy reb · Thu Jul 10, 2014 5:21 pm

The Rivals Baseball Guru said Lafferty did a lot of the Florida recruiting. Don't know if that's so, but. if true, this hire would open up Texas and the Midwest.

lewindha · Fri Jul 11, 2014 7:38 am

academy reb wrote:The Rivals Baseball Guru said Lafferty did a lot of the Florida recruiting. Don't know if that's so, but. if true, this hire would open up Texas and the Midwest.

Godwin was/is a great recruiter, but some feel that Lafferty is the best recruiter and he did handle a lot of Florida. This hire opens up some new 'regions' to us. This is the guy I was hoping we'd hire after seeing the resumes of the candidates.

olemissreb10 · Fri Jul 11, 2014 8:31 am

lewindha wrote:
academy reb wrote:The Rivals Baseball Guru said Lafferty did a lot of the Florida recruiting. Don't know if that's so, but. if true, this hire would open up Texas and the Midwest.
Godwin was/is a great recruiter, but some feel that Lafferty is the best recruiter and he did handle a lot of Florida. This hire opens up some new 'regions' to us. This is the guy I was hoping we'd hire after seeing the resumes of the candidates.

It's hard to deny the results he's gotten at utsa, aTm, and ksu. Everywhere he goes sets offensive records and wins. He seems like a good fit. I like that he is aggressive in the basepads. And he's young enough

Titles 'R Us · Fri Jul 11, 2014 9:47 pm

Looks like a good hire to me. Looking forward to next season.