Tulane has not released it officially, but the new hitting coach/recruiting coordinator who will replace Billy Jones on Travis Jewett's baseball staff is Eddie Smith. Billy Jones had to step down for undisclosed health reasons that Jewett still would not talk about last Thursday.
None of this is news to people who follow the baseball program closely. CrescentCitySports.com had Smith's hiring more than a week ago, but here's a little background. Smith played for Paul Mainieri at Notre Dame and was an assistant at Virginia, Santa Clara and Notre Dame before becoming the head coach at Lower Columbia College in Longview, Washington, the same school Jewett played for, as did Billy Jones. He was 146-49 in four years at Lower Columbia College.
Here's Smith's bio from Santa Clara entering his second year there in 2012.
http://www.santaclarabroncos.com/sports/m-basebl/2011-12/releases/20110802khzyp9
None of this is news to people who follow the baseball program closely. CrescentCitySports.com had Smith's hiring more than a week ago, but here's a little background. Smith played for Paul Mainieri at Notre Dame and was an assistant at Virginia, Santa Clara and Notre Dame before becoming the head coach at Lower Columbia College in Longview, Washington, the same school Jewett played for, as did Billy Jones. He was 146-49 in four years at Lower Columbia College.
Here's Smith's bio from Santa Clara entering his second year there in 2012.
http://www.santaclarabroncos.com/sports/m-basebl/2011-12/releases/20110802khzyp9