Topic: New Baseball Coach Announcement.

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No surprised.

Following Board of Governors approval today, Marshall University President Brad D. Smith announced that the university has hired Gregory Beals as the head baseball coach of the Thundering Herd.
Beals is the 29th head coach in program history.
?We couldn?t be more pleased to welcome Coach Beals to Marshall University,? Smith said. ?He brings a wealth of experience and a stellar skill set to our university?s baseball program.  Marshall is committed to building our baseball program, from the bricks and mortar of our new stadium to a dedicated, championship coach who is uniquely qualified and committed to moving our program forward. We are passionate and poised for the next chapter in our storied baseball history.?

Marshall Athletic Director Christian Spears said Beals is the perfect fit as a head coach at Marshall.
https://www.marshall.edu/news/2023/01/05/marshall-hires-beals-as-baseball-head-coach/


?For us, it came down to specific traits that we know Coach Beals possesses: courage, competence, confidence and competitiveness,? Marshall Athletic Director Christian Spears said. ?First, Coach Beals has tremendous courage. He knows our situation at Marshall and sees nothing but promise. He is overtly excited to build a program in one of college baseball?s most competitive and well-respected conferences while ushering Marshall baseball into an exciting new era that will soon feature its own on-campus stadium. Coach Beals also possesses the competence and confidence necessary to take on such a job. He knows what it takes to establish a program from the ground up--from development to recruiting to cultivating a winning aura around the program. He has been successful in doing so before and we know he can do it again with us here at Marshall.

During his time in Columbus, Beals took Ohio State to the NCAA Tournament three times (2016, 2018 and 2019) and won two Big Ten Championships, in 2016 and 2019.
https://www.wsaz.com/2023/01/05/marshall-hires-new-baseball-head-coach/

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Beals replaces longtime Marshall coach Jeff Waggoner, whom the university parted ways with in 2022.

The change in leadership for the program comes at a time when the university is making progress on the construction of a new baseball stadium on campus.
The new stadium is being constructed on a plot of land located at Second Avenue and 22nd Street next to Dot Hicks Field, the home of Marshall softball.
University officials hope to have the 3,500-seat stadium ready for play by 2024.

https://wchstv.com/sports/top-sports/former-ohio-state-coach-greg-beals-chosen-to-lead-marshall-baseball-program#

[coalherd]

Wish Coach Beals, his staff and players "Good Luck" and all the success in the world on the diamond this season and, hopefully in 2024, on the diamond in a New Facility!!

[herdfan93]

I think we'll have a sell-out at least for our inaugural opener.  It's going to be the best BB we've seen around here in a long time imo.

[FilmJunky]

I think we'll have a sell-out at least for our inaugural opener.  It's going to be the best BB we've seen around here in a long time imo.

It's going to be the only baseball we've seen the herd play in Huntington for a long time lol not much to compare to when you say "the best"

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Short video about the press conference of the hiring of Beals from WSAZ.

https://www.wsaz.com/2023/01/06/greg-beals-begins-baseball-tenure-marshall/