Ray Tanner will not hire a search firm as South Carolina begins the process of trying to find its next baseball coach. Ray Tanner is the search firm.
The coaching legend and current USC athletics director knows what he is looking for in the next leader of the Gamecocks’ program.
“A coach that is much like the ones that have been here in the past,” Tanner said Wednesday afternoon, a day after Chad Holbrook announced his resignation. “Coaches that embrace this tradition, embrace our fan base, embrace the expectations, embrace a wonderful atmosphere here at Founders Park with opportunities galore to compete at a high level.