The former Illinois assistant will take over for Paul Stevens if the report is correct.
Northwestern is set to hire Illinois assistant coach Spencer Allen as its new head baseball coach, according to a report from Kendall Rogers.
Hearing that #Northwestern will be hiring @IlliniBaseball assistant Spencer Allen as its head coach. That’s a terrific get for the #Wildcats
— Kendall Rogers (@KendallRogersD1) June 14, 2015
Allen was an assistant on the Illini team that went 50-10-1 this year, including a 21-1 Big Ten mark and an astounding 27-game win streak, a conference record.