Arizona made a solid hire with the addition of Jay Johnson. (Arizona)

Report Card: Offseason Coaching Hires

Sometimes the college baseball coaching carousel is wrapped up in the middle of the summer. Other times, such as this offseason, the carousel doesn’t wind down until the middle or end of fall workouts.

After Auburn parted ways with head coach Sunny Golloway a few weeks ago, the Tigers quickly moved on heralded Mississippi State pitching coach Butch Thompson. Meanwhile, Austin Peay was forced to make a new hire this fall because of some legal issues with former head coach Gary McClure, while it was a busy offseason in the West Coast Conference, where Pacific, Pepperdine and Portland all made new[…]