For Tennessee fans, Vols baseball coach Tony Vitello is their guy. He’s engrained himself into the Big Orange. He’s a winner, sure, but he’s also got a good energy about him. He connects with fans, and he’s always in his team’s corner.
But, what if you were the athletic director of a generic SEC baseball program, and you could hire any college coach in the country to run your program for the next several years? Who would you choose?
In that situation, would you still pick Vitello, or perhaps a different SEC coach? The conference is at no shortage of good baseball coaches.
There wasn’t much more David Sanders Jr.needed to see at Tennessee this weekend. His official visit with the Vols was his second trip to Knoxville in a little more than three weeks and his fourth visit to Tennessee’s campus since early April.
But the five-star Class of 2025 offensive tackle from Providence Day School in Charlotte, N.C., didn’t need to experience anything different to come away impressed with the Vols. His weekend stay at Tennessee gave him what’s expected to be his final look at the program before he makes his college decision, and he said the Vols “did a great job” and again showed him how much he means to them.
Four-star defensive end wasn’t sure what to expect when coming to Lincoln this weekend, but Malcolm Simpson left impressed by Nebraska and the program’s commitment to building football players and men.
The recruit struggled to even pick one part of the visit that stuck out for him.
