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LSU baseball strength coach reportedly leaving for Texas A&M

Jeremy McMillan is returning to Texas A&M, where he spent 12 years before joining LSU’s staff in August.

The baseball coaching drama in the state of Texas has had some residual effects on the LSU program.

On Saturday, The Advocate’s Koki Riley reported that Tigers strength and conditioning coach [autotag]Jeremy McMillan[/autotag] will be returning to Texas A&M to join the staff of new head coach Michael Earley, the former hitting coach who initially followed Jeff Schlossnagle to Texas before returning to become the head coach in College Station.

McMillan joined coach Jay Johnson’s staff in August after spending 12 years as the strength coach at TAMU. Now, the San Antonio native and Texas Tech grad is returning to his home state.

Riley reported that assistant manager of applied sports science will handle strength and conditioning duties during summer ball while a replacement is found. That hire is expected to be made by the end of the month.

McMillan becomes the third LSU assistant to depart this offseason, joining associate director of program development and recruiting [autotag]Terry Rooney[/autotag], who joined [autotag]Paul Mainieri[/autotag] at South Carolina, and director of operations [autotag]Brent Haring[/autotag], who became the head coach at Nicholls.

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Nicholls names LSU baseball assistant Brent Haring head coach

Jay Johnson lost another member of his staff on Tuesday.

LSU is losing another assistant to the coaching carousel with Nicholls hiring [autotag]Brent Haring[/autotag] as its next head coach.

D1Baseball’s Kendall Rogers reported the new. Haring will replace former Nicholls head coach Mike Silva, who Arkansas State hired after leading Nicholls to an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2024.

Haring joined LSU in August of 2023 as the director as baseball operations after serving as the associate head coach with BYU. This is Haring’s first head coach opportunity in the college ranks, but he previously worked as the head man for the American Samoa National Team.

A Utah native, Haring has spent most of his baseball career out west, but he handled BYU’s recruiting operation and should be familiar with the state of Louisiana after working with LSU.

Haring is the second LSU assistant to leave in recent weeks after [autotag]Terry Rooney[/autotag] joined former Tigers head coach [autotag]Paul Mainieri[/autotag] at South Carolina.

Haring’s hire marks the second straight year a [autotag]Jay Johnson[/autotag] assistant took a head coaching job after former LSU pitching coach [autotag]Wes Johnson[/autotag] took over Georgia baseball in 2023.

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LSU baseball staffer expected to join Paul Mainieri at South Carolina

LSU’s Terry Rooney will reportedly join Paul Mainieri’s Gamecocks staff as the pitching coach.

Monday saw some news that sent shockwaves around the college baseball world as longtime former LSU coach [autotag]Paul Mainieri[/autotag] is expected to come out of retirement to become the head coach at South Carolina.

While that hire hasn’t been officially announced by the school, it seems Mainieri is already working to put together a staff that will include a current LSU baseball staffer.

Director of program development and recruiting coordinator [autotag]Terry Rooney[/autotag] is expected to join Mainieri’s Gamecocks staff as the pitching coach, according to a report from RotoBaller’s Chris Clegg.

Rooney previously worked under Mainieri at Notre Dame and later at LSU from 2007-08.

Rooney left LSU to become the head coach at UCF, where he worked from 2009-16. He was later an assistant at Alabama, Houston and Purdue before returning to Baton Rouge in his current role ahead of this past season.

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LSU hiring Terry Rooney as baseball recruiting director

A former assistant at LSU from 2007-08, Terry Rooney returns to Baton Rouge after his most recent stint at Purdue.

LSU has hired [autotag]Terry Rooney[/autotag] as its Director of Recruiting and Program Development, according to multiple reports. The news was first reported by D1Baseball’s Kendall Rogers.

Rooney, who spent the last two seasons as the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at Purdue, is a familiar face in Baton Rouge. He previously served as LSU’s pitching coach from 2007-08.

He left to become the head coach at UCF, where he spent eight seasons and amassed a 261-210 record with two NCAA regional appearances. Since leaving the Knights, he was associate head coach — and briefly interim head coach — at Alabama in 2017.

Rooney was the pitching coach at Houston from 2018-21 before joining the Boilermakers.

It’s the second assistant coach LSU has hired this offseason. Coach [autotag]Jay Johnson[/autotag] also brought in [autotag]Nate Yeskie[/autotag] as pitching coach from Texas A&M. Yeskie will replace [autotag]Wes Johnson[/autotag], who left to take the head coaching job at Georgia.

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