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2018 Tennessee Baseball Record Book GENERAL INFO MEDIA INFO COACHES/STAFF PLAYERS 9 OPPONENTS REVIEW RECORDS & HONORS VOLMANAC BASEBALL 2018 TENNESSEE BASEBALL RECORD BOOK | @VOL_ COACHES & STAFF TONY VITELLO HEAD COACH 22 FIRST SEASON AT TENNESSEE Overall Record: 0-0 Record at Tennessee: 0-0 Alma Mater: Missouri, 2002 Tony Vitello accepted the position of head coach for the Tennessee Volunteers baseball program on June 7, 2017. CAREER NOTES A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Vitello arrived on Rocky Top following four seasons as assistant coach/recruiting coordinator at Arkansas. His rise to the head coaching ranks PLAYING EXPERIENCE also includes stops at Missouri (his alma mater) and TCU. He 2000-2002 Missouri has earned a reputation as one of the elite recruiters on the college baseball landscape, having assembled eight top-15 COACHING EXPERIENCE signing classes--including America’s top-rated crop of talent 2002 Salinas Packers Associate Head Coach in 2014. 2003 Missouri Volunteer Asst. Coach In November 2016, D1Baseball.com ranked Vitello No. 2, and 2004-10 Missouri Asst. Coach/Recruiting Coord. tops in the SEC, on its list of the top 30 recruiting coordinators 2011-13 TCU Asst. Coach/Recruiting Coord. in America. 2014-17 Arkansas Asst. Coach/Recruiting Coord. During a full-time, Division I coaching career spanning 2018-pres. Tennessee Head Coach just 14 years, Vitello has signed and developed six first-round MLB Draft picks and a handful of players who advanced to the COACHING HIGHLIGHTS big leagues. That list includes Andrew Benintendi, Brandon - Rated top recruiter in the SEC and No. 2 recruiter in all of Finnegan, Kyle Gibson, All-Star Aaron Crow, Gold Glove Award college baseball by D1Baseball.com in 2016 winner and four-time All-Star Ian Kinsler and five-time All-Star - Helped the Razorbacks average nearly 38 wins per year, win- and three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer. ning 40 or more games three times, appearing in three NCAA “This is as good of an opportunity as there is in the Tournaments and advancing to the 2015 College World Series country,” Vitello said after being hired. “I consider myself - Coached 22 Razorbacks who were selected in four incredibly blessed to be a part of the athletic department at MLB Drafts the University of Tennessee. It’s the ultimate combination of - Helped lead TCU to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearanc- an elite conference, a state school with great in-state players, a es, including a Super Regional berth in 2012 phenomenal city and outstanding tradition that exists not just - Horned Frogs started seven freshmen who recruited by with baseball, but across all sports. Vitello in the NCAA Super Regional at UCLA in 2012 “It’s no coincidence that it’s been a place where so many - Final recruiting class at TCU was ranked 17th in the country, and three student-athletes he signed also played for Team great coaches have been leaders in their sport. I want to work USA like crazy to uphold that standard.” - During time at Missouri, recruited and developed 19 players The 39-year-old Vitello already boasts the incredibly rare who were drafted by major league teams, including Ian Kinsler, distinction of having mentored both a National Hitter of the Max Scherzer, Aaron Crow, Kyle Gibson, Nick Tepesch, Doug Year (Benintendi) and National Pitcher of the Year (Crow). Mathis and Justin James Benintendi won the 2015 Golden Spikes Award as America’s - Made the postseason seven times with the Tigers top amateur baseball player after batting .376 with 20 home - Had top-25 recruiting classes in three of his final four years in runs, 57 RBIs and 24 stolen bases. Crow--who Vitello coached Columbia, including the 2008 class that ranked No. 11 during his tenure on staff at his alma mater, Missouri--claimed nationally by Baseball America the 2008 Roger Clemens Award following a campaign in which he won 13 games, posted four shutouts, totaled 127 strikeouts POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE and at one point threw 43 consecutive scoreless innings. MISSOURI Crow became the highest MLB Draft pick in Mizzou history 2003 NCAA Regional (Starkville, Miss.) when the Washington Nationals selected him ninth overall that 2004 NCAA Regional (Fayetteville, Ark.) summer. 2005 NCAA Regional (Fullerton, Calif.) Benintendi--drafted seventh overall by the Boston Red Sox 2006 NCAA Super Regional (Fullerton, Calif.) in 2015 and the recipient of a $3.6 million signing bonus--is a 2007 NCAA Regional (Columbia, Mo.) prime example of Vitello’s abilities in player development. From his freshman to sophomore season, Benintendi improved his 2008 NCAA Regional (Coral Gables, Fla.) batting average by 100 points and hit 19 more home runs. En 2009 NCAA Regional (Oxford, Miss.) route to National Player of the Year honors in 2015, he became TCU just the third player in SEC history to lead the league in home 2011 NCAA Regional (Fort Worth, Texas) runs and batting average. Just 421 days after being drafted, 2012 NCAA Super Regional (Los Angeles, Calif.) Benintendi was promoted to the Majors. ARKANSAS Arkansas stood among the most competitive programs in 2014 NCAA Regional (Charlottesville, Va.) the nation during Vitello’s four seasons in Fayetteville, averaging 2015 College World Series (t-7th) nearly 38 wins per year, winning 40 or more games three times, 2017 NCAA Regional (Fayetteville, Ark.) appearing in three NCAA Tournaments and advancing to the 2015 College World Series. That 2015 squad set a school record with a stellar .975 team fielding percentage. In 2017, Arkansas 10 2018 TENNESSEE BASEBALL RECORD BOOK | UTSPORTS.COM GENERAL INFO belted an SEC-best 83 home runs en route to 45 wins. YEAR-BY-YEAR COACHING RECORD Vitello coached 22 Razorbacks who were selected YEAR SCHOOL POSITION RECORD PCT POSTSEASON in four MLB Drafts. 2002 Salinas Packers Assoc. Head Coach 50-14 .781 NBC World Series Vitello’s tenure with the Razorbacks was preceded CALIFORNIA COLLEGIATE LEAGUE TOTALS by three seasons as an Assoc. Head Coach 1 Year 50-14 .781 MEDIA INFO assistant coach and recruiting Total 1 Year 50-14 .781 coordinator at TCU (which was a member of the Mountain West in his first season YEAR SCHOOL POSITION RECORD PCT POSTSEASON [2011] before joining the Big 2003 Missouri Vol. Assistant 36-22 .621 NCAA Regional 12). Prior to that, he was an 2004 Missouri Assistant/RC 38-23-1 .621 NCAA Regional assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Missouri (then 2005 Missouri Assistant/RC 45-23 .662 NCAA Regional a member of the Big 12) for 2006 Missouri Assistant/RC 35-28 .556 NCAA Supers COACHES/STAFF eight years. 2007 Missouri Assistant/RC 42-18 .700 NCAA Regional In his three years at TCU, Vitello lured some of the top 2008 Missouri Assistant/RC 39-16 .709 NCAA Regional players in the country to Fort 2009 Missouri Assistant/RC 35-27 .565 NCAA Regional Worth and helped the Horned 2010 Missouri Assistant/RC 29-26 .527 Frogs to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances, Missouri Totals 8 Years 299-183-1 .620 including a Super Regional berth in 2012. The Horned YEAR SCHOOL POSITION RECORD PCT POSTSEASON Frogs started seven freshmen, 2011 TCU Assistant/RC 43-19 .694 NCAA Regional PLAYERS recruited by Vitello, in the 2012 TCU Assistant/RC 40-22 .645 NCAA Supers Super Regional at UCLA. His final recruiting class at TCU 2013 TCU Assistant/RC 29-28 .509 was ranked 17th in the country, TCU Totals 3 Years 112-69 .619 and three student-athletes he signed also played for Team YEAR SCHOOL POSITION RECORD PCT POSTSEASON USA. OPPONENTS 2014 Arkansas Assistant/RC 40-25 .615 NCAA Regional During Vitello’s eight years at Mizzou, the Tigers made the 2015 Arkansas Assistant/RC 40-25 .615 CWS postseason seven times. He 2016 Arkansas Assistant/RC 26-29 .473 served as the pitching coach, 2017 Arkansas Assistant/RC 45-19 .703 NCAA Regional REVIEW RECORDS & HONORS VOLMANAC while also working with the team’s hitters and serving as Arkansas Totals 4 Years 151-98 .606 the first base coach. Vitello’s 2008 Missouri recruiting class DIVISION I TOTALS was ranked No. 11 nationally Assistant Coach 15 Years 562-350-1 .616 by Baseball America, and he had top-25 recruiting classes Total 15 Years 562-350-1 .616 in three of his final four years in Columbia. *12 NCAA Tournament appearances in 15 seasons as a Division I assistant coach During his time as a Tiger assistant coach, Vitello recruited and developed 19 players who were drafted by major earned All-SEC recognition. Fletcher also became the third league teams, including major leaguers Kinsler, Scherzer, Crow, Vitello recruit to make the SEC All-Freshman team during Gibson, Nick Tepesch, Doug Mathis and Justin James. Vitello’s four seasons in Fayetteville. A three-year letterwinner at Missouri (2000-02), Vitello earned Academic All-Big 12 Conference honors as a senior 2016 -- ARKANSAS and was named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll In 2016, Vitello helped Arkansas’ offense rank among the twice. Following his playing career and the completion of most potent in the SEC and the country. Redshirt sophomores his management degree at MU, Vitello joined the Missouri Carson Shaddy and Luke Bonfield each hit better than .300 coaching staff as a volunteer assistant in 2003 and completed and combined for 16 home runs and 74 RBIs to lead a team that his course work for his master’s degree in Business. In 2004, he finished fourth in the SEC in home runs (49). Two of Arkansas’ was elevated to full-time assistant coach. six draftees in the 2016 MLB Draft were pupils of Vitello. Utility Vitello served as the associate head coach for the Salinas player Clark Eagan went in the ninth round to the Pittsburgh Packers of the California Collegiate League in 2002.
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