For the fourth time in 2024, the Washington Huskies are in search of a new head coach after baseball coach Jason Kelly was hired as Texas A&M’s new pitching coach.
In January, it was the departure of football coach Kalen DeBoer. March, the firing of men’s basketball coach Mike Hopkins, and in May, gymnastics coach Jen Llewellyn left for Iowa.
As the Aggies continue to deal with the fallout from coach Jim Schlossnagle leaving College Station for the Texas Longhorns one day after they lost in the College World Series, new coach Michael Earley has quite the mess on his hands to deal with.
After acting as the team’s hitting coach for the last three seasons, Texas A&M decided that he was the best man for the job and has had to put together a staff rather quickly. Three hours after the school officially announced his promotion, D1Baseball’s Teddy Cahill reported Kelly would be returning to the SEC to a role that he has also held with the Huskies and Arizona State Sun Devils.
He spent the 2022 season as LSU’s pitching coach before returning to Montlake as Washington’s head coach after the season. Over his two years at the helm, the Huskies went 54-51-1, including 35 wins in his first season, the second-most for a first-year head coach in school history.
Sources: Washington head coach Jason Kelly is expected to be named the pitching coach at Texas A&M.
Kelly has been the UW coach for two seasons. Spent two years on staff at Arizona State with Michael Earley.
— Teddy Cahill (@tedcahill) June 30, 2024