It looks like Purdue has its first new baseball coach this century. A few moments ago GBI posted that Mark Wasikowski, a top assistant at Oregon, will be hired as the new Purdue baseball coach:
Sources say #Purdue will hire Oregon assistant Mark Wasikowski as its new baseball coach. pic.twitter.com/Iam7mgOndl
— GoldandBlack.com (@GoldandBlackcom) June 23, 2016
This is a very interesting hire because as recently as 2008 Oregon did not even have a baseball program. The program was shut down after the 1981 season, but revived in 2009 under George Horton who won the College World Series in 2004 with Cal State Fullerton.