Texas announces the appointment of Texas A&M assistants to Jim Schlossnagle.

The university announced the hiring of three assistants who worked under Jim Schlossnagle in College Station immediately following the former Texas A&M Aggies head coach’s appointment to the Texas Longhorns position: associate head coach and recruiting coordinator Nolan Cain, assistant hitting coach Michael Earley, and assistant pitching coach Max Weiner.

The question of whether Director of Player Development, who rejoined previous head coach David Pierce’s team this season after working as an assistant from 2019 to 22, is still relevant now that Schlossnagle is bringing his College Station coaches along.

Even though Tulowitzki is still regarded as possibly the most crucial member of the existing team that Schlossnagle has to keep on board, the hiring process at the University of Texas was competent overall, as seen by the persistence of the productive Texas A&M staff.

When the former head coach of TCU moved to College Station from Fort Worth, Schlossnagle hired Cain from LSU. Cain coached catchers, oversaw recruiting, and became the Aggies’ associate head coach two years ago.

When Cain was given the role of assistant head coach, Schlossnagle remarked, “Nolan has been the glue to our program.” “He has proven his amazing worth on the field and in the recruiting process, and he has more than earned this promotion.”

A former pitcher for LSU, Cain worked as Paul Manieri’s assistant coach from 2016 to 21 before taking a position as coordinator of baseball operations in Baton Rouge, five years after his playing career with the Tigers concluded.

Through his recruiting efforts at LSU, Cain was able to sign potential top pick Jace LaViolette (2025 MLB Draft). LaViolette, a rising junior star at Texas A&M, and Stanford transfer Braden Montgomery nearly secured a national championship, which unfortunately was derailed by Mongtomery’s recent injury.

After hiring Cain, Mainieri stated, “He started as our coordinator of baseball operations before moving onto the field as the volunteer coach.” “I placed him into the full-time role of recruiting coordinator as soon as an opening emerged in the middle of the year, right before the fall signing day, and what a job he did! Before assembling his own top-5 recruiting classes over the following few years, including the top-ranked class, he managed to keep that recruiting class together under crisis management circumstances.

Earley, a native of Indiana, spent six seasons in the Chicago White Sox organization after being selected by the team in the 2010 MLB Draft. Earley previously played for the Hoosiers. Following the conclusion of his playing career in 2015, Earley worked for Arizona State for five seasons, four of which he spent as the hitting coach. After going undrafted out of high school, Spencer Torkelson became the first overall pick in the 2020 MLB Draft with Earley’s assistance during that period.

Without Coach Earley, “I would not be where I am at today,” Torkelson declared. “He embodies what it is to be a winner. His devotion to the game of baseball and his hard work ethic are infectious.

With LaViolette smashing 29, Montgomery hitting 27, and Gavin Grahovic launching 23, the Aggies went from hitting 84 home runs in 2022 to 86 in 2023 and 136 in 2024, tying for fourth nationally under Earley.

Weiner, a 2017 graduate of Florida International University, joins the Aggies before to the 2024 season after serving as the minor league pitching coordinator for the Cleveland Guardians in 2018 for one year, and then the Seattle Mariners for the next five years.

When Schlossnagle hired Weiner, he stated, “We are excited to welcome Max to Aggieland and look forward to his impact on the growth and development of our pitching staff both on and off the field.” “Over the past few years, he has been at the forefront of the incredible transformation of the Seattle Mariners organization.”

After two seasons in College Station, LSU hired respected former Texas A&M pitching coach Nate Yeskie. This season, Weiner’s staff ERA improved from 5.67 with an opponent batting average of.270 to a 3.86 ERA as opponents hit.236 against the Aggies.

In the previous year, Schlossnagle stated, “It became very clear that Max is widely considered one of the brightest, young, energetic pitching coaches in the entire baseball community after talking with several sources in both professional and college baseball, front office executives, scouts, major and minor league players.” “He has helped and taught great pitchers how to compete to win, and he has been at the forefront of the science of pitching development.”