Florida State Baseball has completed their paid assistant coaching staff, hiring a pitching coach. According to Kendall Rogers of D1 Baseball, Mike Martin Jr. has hired University of Kentucky pitching coach Jim Belanger.
Belanger is highly regarded, having sent nearly two dozen pitchers to the professional ranks. Belanger had first round pick Zack Thompson drafted 19th overall by the Cardinals organization in 2019. His sterling resume includes two pitchers in the top ten rounds in each of the 2019, 2018, 2017, and 2015 drafts. Three Wildcat pitchers were drafted in 2019, six in 2018 and another four in 2017.