ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia fired baseball coach Scott Stricklin on Friday, ending a decade-long tenure that failed to supply postseason success.
Stricklin was dismissed three days after the Bulldogs have been blown out 9-0 by South Carolina within the opening spherical of the Southeastern Convention event.
Stricklin had three years left in his contract, however athletic director Josh Brooks determined a change was wanted.
“After a lot thought and deliberation, we really feel it’s in the very best curiosity of our baseball program to maneuver in a distinct route,” Brooks mentioned in an announcement. “We are going to start instantly the method of a nationwide search to establish the subsequent chief of our baseball group.”
Georgia went 29-27 this season, together with an 11-19 mark within the SEC.
Stricklin accomplished his Georgia tenure with a file of 299-236-1 general and 121-146-1 within the convention.
The Bulldogs earned three NCAA invites however by no means superior previous the regional stage below Stricklin, together with 2018 and 2019 after they have been a bunch. Additionally they have been eradicated within the regionals final season.
Stricklin got here to Georgia after a extremely profitable tenure at Kent State, the place he received 4 Mid-American Convention titles and made 5 NCAA Event appearances in 9 seasons – together with a visit to the School World Sequence in 2012.
He by no means approached that stage of success within the extremely aggressive SEC.
