Texas Longhorns hire David Pierce as baseball coach

Tulane baseball coach David Pierce, who led the Green Wave to the American Athletic Conference regular-season title this past season, was announced Wednesday as the new coach at Texas.

Pierce replaces Augie Garrido, the winningest coach in college baseball history, who was forced out after 20 years after the Longhorns had a losing season and missed the NCAA postseason for the third time in five years.

Texas athletic director Mike Perrin searched for Garrido's replacement for a month before putting the traditional powerhouse program in the hands of Pierce, who has deep ties to the state of Texas but just five years' experience as a head coach.

"As a kid growing up in Texas, I dreamed of being a…