The Texas A&M Aggies baseball team lost in the Men’s College World Series on Monday night. To make matters worse, they now need a new manager. And to make matters even worse, they lost their coach to rival Texas.
The Longhorns will hire Jim Schlossnagle to be their next baseball coach. After rumors swirled over the past few days that this would happen, it’s now a reality.
Texas reporter Chip Brown reported the news on Tuesday.
BREAKING: One day after leading Texas A&M to a runner-up finish in the College World Series, Jim Schlossnagle is leaving College Station to become the new baseball coach of the #Texas #Longhorns, sources told Horns247.https://t.co/31i8942oR7
— Chip Brown (@ChipBrown247) June 25, 2024
“Jim Schlossnagle is leaving College Station to become the new baseball coach of the Texas Longhorns,” Brown said on X.
Scholossnagle gained fame in the state of Texas, but not with the Longhorns or even the Aggies. From 2004 to 2021, he served as the head coach for the TCU Horned Frogs baseball team. He made nine consecutive trips to the NCAA Baseball Tournament with the Horned Frogs from 2004 to 2012, and then four consecutive trips to the College World Series from 2014 to 2017. The Aggies reached the College World Series two times in the last three years, including their runner-up finish in 2024.
But that’s where it all comes to an end. Schlossnagle now goes to the biggest school in Texas after hitting two of the other most prominent ones. Depending on who you root for, your reaction to this varied.
Here’s his answer to the question of his future less than 12 hours ago: https://t.co/GtO3oWWPe6 pic.twitter.com/mN9dGrVe6G
— Robert Flores (@RoFlo) June 25, 2024
It’ll be 3 schools in 5 years if Jim Schlossnagle makes this move.
Don’t talk to me about “portal hopping” or “bag chasing” or “loyalty” ever again. The teenagers are just following the example that the leaders in their sport established a LONG time ago.
Period. https://t.co/tFVDEFeqKq
— 𝓜𝓪𝓽𝓽 𝓓𝓮𝓜𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓲𝓼 (@mjdemarinis) June 25, 2024
Jim Schlossnagle accused a reporter of being selfish last night for asking him about the Texas job.
“I took the job at Texas A&M to never take another job again. And that hasn’t changed in my mind,” he said. https://t.co/nwpeWrwyNv
— Mike Wilson (@ByMikeWilson) June 25, 2024
An incredible development for the Texas baseball program — Jim Schlossnagle did more at Texas A&M in three years than any other coach had accomplished since the Aggies program started in 1876. What a coup for Chris Del Conte. #HookEm https://t.co/Y7nKo0LI6A
— Wescott Eberts (@SBN_Wescott) June 25, 2024
if this was a rivalry I would think this was a big deal! fortunately for all parties that’s not the case https://t.co/RsO8217ATW
— Holly Anderson 🍇 (@HollyAnderson) June 25, 2024
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