Illinois State baseball head coach Steve Holm announced the addition of TJ Bennett to the Redbird coaching staff on Tuesday morning. Bennett brings six years of professional baseball experience as an infielder, most recently spending the 2019 season with the independent Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks where he was named an American Association All-Star.
An alum of the University of Utah, Bennett reached Triple-A in the San Francisco Giants organization in both 2016 and 2017, and was named the Giants' Organizational Defensive Player of the Year in 2016.
"I am extremely grateful for this opportunity to begin my coaching career at such a great university," said Bennett.