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Jim Schlossnagle’s coaching future with Texas A&M is reportedly in question

According to a new report, Texas A&M head coach Jim Schlossnagle is set to make a decision regarding his future with the program

Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.

Just minutes after Texas A&M’s (53-15) College World Series Finals loss to Tennessee in the decisive Game 3 on Monday night, Aggies head coach Jim Schlossnagle became the talk of the college baseball world.

Schlossnagle has led the program to two CWS appearances in his first three seasons. But during the past week in Omaha, rumors spread throughout social media regarding his coaching future.

On the surface, the rumors and their timing seemed extremely confusing, coming as they did during A&M’s run to the championship round. Then the Texas Longhorns announced the dismissal of longtime baseball head coach David Pierce on the day Schlossnagle and Tennessee head coach Tony Vitello, another hot coaching target, were playing for the title.

After the game, while Vitello crowd surfed with the Volunteer faithful, Schlossnagle was asked by TexAg’s Richard Zane if he could answer the “circulating rumors” regarding the Texas opening. Here is how he answered, minus several omissions:

“I left my family to be the coach at Texas A&M. I took the job at Texas A&M to never take another job again. That hasn’t changed in my mind.”

“I have poured every ounce of my soul into this job. I have given this job every single once I could possibly give it.”

Some may view his answer as an emphatic defense of what he built in just three seasons and read into it a future commitment to the program. After all the Aggies are doing everything to keep him, including the school’s recent $80 million commitment to renovating Blue Bell Park.

However, that smoke has become a raging fire. On Tuesday afternoon, Houston Chronicle writers Kirk Bohls and Brent Zwerneman revealed Schlossnagle is weighing his options between staying with the Aggies and leaving for the Texas job. His ties to Longhorns athletic director Chris Del Conte go back to their time together at TCU.

With a decision reportedly set to be made Tuesday night, Texas A&M AD Trev Alberts has his work cut out for him. For what it’s worth, here is how the financials weigh out:

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Report: Clemson HC Dabo Swinney is now an apparent candidate for the Texas A&M opening

According to Houston Chronicle writer Brent Zwerneman, Clemson HC Dabo Swinney is an apparent candidate for Texas A&M’s head coach vacancy.

We’ve reached the state of random head coaching names becoming apparent candidates for Texas A&M’s HC vacancy, such as Ohio State head coach Ryan Day and Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops, and according to Houston Chronicle writer Brent Zwerenman, throw Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney’s name into the mix.

What some people need to understand is that during any major head coaching search, agents who represent any currently employed coach will attempt to use the opening as leverage for their client, so despite Zwerneman’s report, the fact that Clemson would want to move on from Swinney, or that Dabo would want to leave the program is somewhat questionable on its face.

Sitting at 7-4 while taking on South Carolina in their regular-season finale, the Tigers won four consecutive games to finish off the 2023 regular season, and from the looks of it, Clemson is back on track heading into 2024 while still recruiting at a high level at a consistent rate, so again, why would he leave one of the best jobs in the Power 5?

In 16 seasons, Swinney is 168-43 and has appeared in four National Championship games, winning two National Titles in 2016 and 2018.

Regardless, this is just part of the hiring process, as Texas A&M Athletic Director Ross Bjork has likely narrowed down his options, and as of now, Dabo Swinney may or may not be a part of said list.

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