Tony Vitello hugged his staff, ran to celebrate with his players, dashed back to shake the hands of the Texas A&M coaching staff, then made the most important stop after Tennessee beat the Aggies 6-5 to win the national championship.
He climbed up the stairs behind the third-base camera well to lead his parents and family onto the field.
I don’t think a lot people really understand what it takes to get here until you do this,” Greg Vitello said. “To be able to walk away with a championship, it is just totally amazing.”
Any conversation about Tony Vitello being a coach has to begin with his father.
Greg Vitello coached at De Smet Jesuit High School in St. Louis for 46 years, winning six state titles — five in soccer and one in baseball. Tony Vitello watched his dad, played for him and is undoubtedly on his father’s coaching tree.
