Back from Omaha: Virginia baseball coach Brian O’Connor
Virginia baseball coach Brian O’Connor joins “The Jerry Ratcliffe Show” to share stories from the six-week road trip that took the ‘Hoos to the College World Series.
Virginia baseball coach Brian O’Connor joins “The Jerry Ratcliffe Show” to share stories from the six-week road trip that took the ‘Hoos to the College World Series.
“The Jerry Ratcliffe Show” welcomes Dr. David Diduch from UVA Orthopedics as the show breaks down UVA Baseball’s run in the College World Series, Brian O’Connor’s contract extension and NBA news involving Virginia alum Rick Carlisle and Trey Murphy III.
Virginia athletics director Carla Williams announced on Friday that the University and head baseball coach Brian O’Connor have agreed to an extension of his contract that will keep O’Connor in Charlottesville through the 2027 season.
Virginia Athletics will host a Welcome Back event for the Virginia Baseball team on Saturday at Disharoon Park. The event will begin at noon and is free to the public.
Nate Savino will be a member of the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team this summer. He is the 11th Cavalier to be a part of the team and ninth under head coach Brian O’Connor.
As improbable as it was, Virginia was one of the last five teams standing before it lost a 6-2 decision to No. 2 national seed Texas in a game that was delayed 3 hours, 37 minutes by Omaha storms.
Rick Carlisle grew up as a coach in the Indiana Pacers, back when Larry Bird described the former Virginia guard as an offensive genius.
It is somewhat puzzling that in spite of its high batting average thus far in the College World Series, Virginia isn’t considered particularly good at the plate.
Virginia pitcher Griff McGarry was cruising along Tuesday night, pitching into the eighth inning with a no-hitter against powerful Mississippi State in a battle of College World Series unbeatens.
When fans tune in for tonight’s Virginia vs. Mississippi State game, and see starter Griff McGarry’s numbers, they need to dig a little deeper.
With a resume like Brian O’Connor’s, there’s no doubt that he’s a target for big-time coaching searches like LSU.
Facing one of the most dangerous lineups in the nation, Virginia ace Andrew Abbott pitched his way out of an early jam, then handcuffed favored Tennessee to help the Cavaliers upend the Vols 6-0 in their opening game of the College World Series on Sunday.
On Father’s Day, Logan Michaels delivered the most precious gift possible in his first at bat in the College World Series.
There’s something about having been to Omaha before that’s comforting for Brian O’Connor and some of his coaching staff.
Andrew Abbott, who will start Sunday’s College World Series game against Tennessee, almost has to pinch himself to believe that he and his teammates are really in Omaha.
Virginia is on the eve of its fifth appearance in the College World Series, bracing for a meeting with No. 3 national seed Tennessee on Sunday.
LSU coach Paul Mainieri joins “The Jerry Ratcliffe Show” to talk about his former pitching coach, Brian O’Connor, and break down UVA vs. Tennessee coming up on Sunday in the 2021 College World Series.
Senior pitcher Andrew Abbott garnered All-America honors from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and Baseball America. Reliever Blake Bales was a second team selection on the NCBWA’s All-America team.
“The Jerry Ratcliffe Show” breaks down UVA’s improbable run to another College World Series berth.
Way back in early April, when Virginia’s baseball team was a golf ball lost in the weeds, Brian O’Connor was looking for answers.