FAYETTEVILLE — For Tony Vitello, good things do happen past midnight.
After Arkansas beat Missouri State after 3 a.m. Monday in an NCAA Tournament game, Vitello made two more early-morning memories that culminated in him being hired as Tennessee’s head baseball coach on Wednesday. Vitello will be formally introduced at a news conference in Knoxville, Tenn., on Friday.
Vitello has spent the past four seasons as the recruiting coordinator and hitting coach at Arkansas.
Vitello said he received a call from Tennessee athletics director John Currie around 1:45 a.m. Tuesday, shortly following the Razorbacks’ season-ending loss to Missouri State.