The recent hiring of Walt Jones as Tulane baseball assistant coach was a boost to the Green Wave — and even Vanderbilt’s head coach knows it. The Green Wave announced the hiring on July 1. He will work as the outfield coach while also assisting the hitters and aiding in recruiting. More News: New Tulane Football Recruit Promotes Winning Culture in Decision To Commit The hiring also brings Jones back home to Louisiana. He played his college baseball at Nicholls in Thibodaux, here he later became the program’s hitting coach, recruiting coordinator and associate head coach. He was also the scouting director for Prep Baseball Report-Louisiana and the national JUCO scouting director for Prep Baseball Report-National for a year after leaving Nicholls. Among the coaches impressed by the hire is Vanderbilt head coach Tim Corbin. The pair have never worked together, but their paths crossed at Jones’ last stop, Eastern Kentucky, where Jones was the head coach. More News: Former Tulane Basketball Star Inks Lucrative CoRead More
Vanderbilt Coach Tim Corbin Endorses Tulane Baseball’s Recent Hire
