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Reports: Texas expected to hire former Baylor head coach Steve Rodriguez as hitting coach

Head coach David Pierce and the Texas Longhorns are expected to add former Baylor Bears head coach Steve Rodriguez to Pierce’s staff as a hitting coach, according to multiple reports on Thursday.

ASSISTANT SCOOP: @TexasBaseball is expected to hire former @BaylorBaseball head coach Steve Rodriguez as its hitting coach, sources tell @d1baseball. Rodriguez spent the last seven seasons as the head coach at #Baylor. @ZachAtTheDisch also has this. #HookEm pic.twitter.com/9OkVdIiTWz

— Kendall Rogers (@KendallRogers) June 30, 2022

Rodriguez resigned from his position at Baylor in May after seven years as the head coach in Waco following a 28-28 as the Bears missed the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year.