Louisiana Tech Vice President and Director of Athletics Eric Wood announced today the hiring of Josh Taylor as the head coach of the Lady Techster Softball program.
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Louisiana Tech Vice President and Director of Athletics Eric Wood announced today the hiring of Josh Taylor as the head coach of the Lady Techster Softball program.
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Where did the previous coach go?
We had an interim coach after the resignation of previous coach due to health issues. https://latechsports.com/news/2020/7...l-reasons.aspxOriginally Posted by Tech52
funny how Maria resigned because of health reason then proceeded to take a job at a lower level
I thought it was health - article says personal reasons. I know she had cancer at one point.
I think she did say health reasons then took a job at Galveston College
Sounds like a good hire, but it makes me wonder why Taylor wanted to leave Nevada since he has a lot of ties to the school and did well with the program there. If the Tech job is considered a step up, then I'm good with it. I'd love for Tech softball to relevant again.
This is what he had to work with at Nevada.
What Nevada fans are saying...
rimrocker26
Pretty tough to lose an alum to the same job at a C-USA school, but I guess C-USA is a pretty good softball and baseball conference. Which the MW obviously isn't...
wolfan8431
I'm pretty shocked as well. I had heard that he had investments so money wasn't a problem. We will never have as nice facilities as they have, Not that this makes any difference
The attitude of their fans is what we want to avoid. Never expecting to have competitive teams or facilities leads to complete apathy. Looks like their facility could be upgraded easily if success demanded.
Berkley Calapp is an assistant coach at Nevada. I wonder if she would be interested in returning to Tech as an assistant coach. A lot may depend on what the new coach at Nevada wants to do and what Taylor thinks of Tech's current assistant coaches. https://nevadawolfpack.com/sports/so...ey-calapp/1002
Thanks, guess I missed that.
Yes TJC here in Tyler has an incredible athletic program in all sports. This year they were National Champions in Men’s baseball, women’s soccer and Tennis.
https://tylerpaper.com/sports/nation...ntent=headline
https://tylerpaper.com/sports/tjc-ap...ntent=headline
Okay.....I admit it. I'm suspicious. Why was Taylor available? After all, he is a former Nevada player and alumni. Hopefully he isn't coming to LA Tech with "baggage".
It is sad we have been conditioned to be skeptics.
I will confess that edged into my mind as well.
Really sad.
Quick research, he ran a clean program and his team maintained a very high team GPA. Maybe topped out what he could do at Nevada or probably there was a lack of investment for softball.
Im not sure what the turnover rate in head coach spots for softball. I imagine it isnt very high. Tech softball probably seem like a pretty attractive job. Nice facility and a good fertile recruiting territory.
Looking back, we hired Mark Montgomery from Northern Colorado with a 42-63 record. He ended up doing really well here at Tech.
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