Perhaps no one can empathize more with Chad Holbrook than Sumter native, former New York Yankee great and former USC head coach Bobby Richardson, who’s been close friends with Holbrook for a number of years.
“I was hoping he would get another year,” Richardson said. “I felt like that he had been on a ball club with (former USC head coach and current athletic director) Ray Tanner that had won those national championships, and I really felt like the players hadn’t performed to what their real capabilities were.
“So I was a little bit surprised. I told everybody I thought Ray would give him another year, but I guess their conversation was such that perhaps mutually they decided it might be best.