It’s been a fascinating 24 hours at Texas A&M. The Aggies baseball team lost to Tennessee in the Men’s College World Series Final. Then, EA Sports named Kyle Field the Toughest Place to Play in College Football 25. To add to that craziness, A&M lost their baseball coach … to rival Texas.
The Longhorns will hire Jim Schlossnagle, the former Aggies coach, to the same position. Rumors swirled over the past few days about this, and on Tuesday, it became a reality.
Chip Brown reported the news of Schlossnagle’s hire.
BREAKING: One day after leading Texas A&M to a runner-up finish in the College World Series, Jim Schlossnagle is leaving College Station to become the new baseball coach of the #Texas #Longhorns, sources told Horns247.https://t.co/31i8942oR7
— Chip Brown (@ChipBrown247) June 25, 2024
Brown said on X, “Jim Schlossnagle is leaving College Station to become the new baseball coach of the Texas Longhorns.”
Schlossnagle has been one of the most successful college baseball coaches of the 21st century, certainly among those who haven’t taken home the NCAA Championship. Schlossnagle made numerous appearances in the College World Series with both A&M and the TCU Horned Frogs, where he coached from 2004 to 2021.
Depending on what side of the fence you reside on, you might have a lot to say about this move. And you might either be excited … or, in Aggies fans cases, incensed about it. Especially after Schlossnagle made very public comments about the job, which A&M fans sped back on.
Here’s his answer to the question of his future less than 12 hours ago: https://t.co/GtO3oWWPe6 pic.twitter.com/mN9dGrVe6G
— Robert Flores (@RoFlo) June 25, 2024
Jim Schlossnagle less than a day ago: https://t.co/mdKLy2JhUL pic.twitter.com/IXkV8U5FjH
— Mike Beauvais (@MikeBeauvais) June 25, 2024
Oh god. It really is mad online day. https://t.co/0G5z25TC7c
— 🇳🇫 Sickos Committee 🇳🇫 (@SickosCommittee) June 25, 2024
It’s a business, etc. … this one is legitimately too insane to do lol. These kinds of betrayals (Craig Counsellings) will never work https://t.co/iqrEeZSe6H
— Patrick Daugherty (@RotoPat) June 25, 2024
Jim Schlossnagle accused a reporter of being selfish last night for asking him about the Texas job.
“I took the job at Texas A&M to never take another job again. And that hasn’t changed in my mind,” he said. https://t.co/nwpeWrwyNv
— Mike Wilson (@ByMikeWilson) June 25, 2024
Seriously? Taking the job is one thing. Going out as he did is an insult to his players and all #Aggies. https://t.co/xONr1aaeuU
— Jerome Solomon (@JeromeSolomon) June 25, 2024
Jim Schloss you’re an absolute joke of a person. 0 character to lie to everybody and then head to the rival school.
Garbage human. https://t.co/QgpIZ03B7S
— Mitty (@MittyNBA) June 25, 2024
