Texas A&M’s president met with members of the Aggies baseball team Wednesday morning (June 26), the day after the players head coach decided to move to the University of Texas.
A statement from Mark Welsh says in part that “The disheartening news of the past 24 hours made their coaching staff the center of attention and denied our players the hard-earned opportunity to celebrate and be celebrated for their tremendous season and that exhilarating run to the National Championship Game in Omaha.”
Welsh had no comment about how the university will go about replacing the head coach, the associate head coach, the pitching coach, and the hitting coach.
Statement from Mark Welsh provided by Texas A&M:
I want to take a minute and thank our Aggie Baseball players for the truly remarkable season they just completed. They made us proud with their play, and inspired us with their respect for each other, their opponents, and the 12th Man. The disheartening news of the past 24 hours made their coaching staff the center of attention and denied our players the hard-earned opportunity to celebrate and be celebrated for their tremendous season and that exhilarating run to the National Championship Game in Omaha. They are great athletes, great teammates, great young men and great Aggies. I believe Aggies everywhere are incredibly proud to have them representing Texas A&M University. I know I am.
As far as the coaching staff goes, President Welsh has no comment.