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Jim Schlossnagle introduced as Texas baseball coach, apologizes for berating Texas A&M reporter

Jim Schlossnagle was officially introduced as the head baseball coach at Texas on Wednesday.

He spent much of that introduction issuing apologies.

Most notably, Schlossnagle apologized to reporter Richard Zane, whom he berated two days prior for asking a standard question.

In case you missed it, Schlossnagle scolded Zane on Monday when Zane asked him about his future. Zane asked the question shortly after Schlossnagle's then-team Texas A&M lost a winner-take-all Game 3 to Tennessee for the College World Series national championship.

This was Schlossnagle's response to Zane's question:

"I took the job at Texas A&M to never take another job again and that hasn't changed in my mind.