South Carolina to name Ray Tanner as new athletic director, Chad Holbrook as head baseball coach

  • Gene Sapakoff
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  • Posted: Thursday, July 12, 2012 10:18 a.m.
    UPDATED: Thursday, July 12, 2012 10:24 a.m.
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AP Photo/Nati Harnik South Carolina coach Ray Tanner smiles during a news conference Saturday, June 23, 2012, ahead of the NCAA College World Series baseball finals at TD Ameritrade Pard in Omaha, Neb. Reports say that Tanner will take over the athletic director's that was vacated by Eric Hyman.

The Univeristy of South Carolina has selected two-time College World Series champion baseball coach Ray Tanner as its new athletic director and assistant coach Chad Holbrook to replace Tanner, according to multiple reports.

Tanner, the Gamecocks’ head baseball coach from 1997 through a third straight College World Series finals appearance last month, takes over for Eric Hyman, who left to take the athletic director job at Texas A&M.

Holbrook is widely considered one of the top recruiters in college baseball and was on the staff when South Carolina won national titles in 2010 and 2011.

Tanner reportedly will be introduced at a news conference on Friday following a Board of Trustees meeting. Tentative plans are for Holbrook to have his official news conference on Monday.

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