Fresh off playing for the National Championship, the 23-year head coaching veteran takes over the Longhorns program.
AUSTIN, Texas — Jim Schlossnagle, one of the nation's premier baseball coaches who took programs at Texas A&M and TCU to historic heights over the last 21 years, has been named head coach at The University of Texas, UT Vice President and Lois and Richard Folger Athletics Director Chris Del Conte announced on Tuesday. A 23-year head coaching veteran who was twice named National Coach of the Year and led his team to the College World Series seven times, he becomes just the sixth Longhorn head baseball coach since 1911 (with the exception of the war years of 1943-45 when assistant football coach Blair Cherry was at the helm).