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Report: Willie Bloomquist set to become Arizona State’s next baseball coach

Arizona State has decided to go into its rich history for its next head baseball coach. Kendall Rogers of D1Baseball reported on Wednesday that former Sun Devil Willie Bloomquist will be filling Tracy Smith’s vacancy in Tempe.

BREAKING: @ASU_Baseball is set to hire former #SunDevils standout Willie Bloomquist as its next head coach, sources tell @d1baseball. An announcement should come by Friday.

Bloomquist spent the last six seasons as the Special Assistant to @Dbacks CEO.#ForksUp pic.twitter.com/Tu9IvVMXwh— Kendall Rogers (@KendallRogers) June 9, 2021

In 1999, Bloomquist was the Pac-10 Player of the Year and a first-team All-American for Arizona State.