New Clemson Pitching Coach

Not sure I follow...... What is the name of the new Clemson pitching coach. The reason I ask, is I was under the impression it was someone that was not mentioned there.

Dan Pepicelli? Coach from St John Fisher?

If the new coach is Dan then Clemson has got themselves a good one---he turned the St John Fisher program around and he is a great guy

Thanks,some people were asking about him on another site.
Sounds very much like another Jack should be a good fit for Clemson.

But does he know anything about pitching? Bio says he was an OF in college.

quote:

Originally posted by TRhit:
If the new coach is Dan then Clemson has got themselves a good one---he turned the St John Fisher program around and he is a great guy

quote:

Originally posted by MTH:
But does he know anything about pitching? Bio says he was an OF in college.

I can't imagine Jack Leggett, one of the top coaches in college baseball, hired a pitching coach at Clemson, one of the top programs in college baseball, who knows nothing about pitching.

I dont know about you but I cannot find anything saying Dan is headed to Clemson---now news on the St JohnsFisher website

[QUOTE]Originally posted by MTH:
But does he know anything about pitching? Bio says he was an OF in college.

haha good question... ive found few people know anything about pitching even as college coaches, the guys that do know their stuff are getting paid pretttty well by a big time mlb team

TR,
I saw it on a Tiger chat board, but I didn't see anything else to support it, nothing on the Tigers official site so was wondering who he was.

backstop,
FWIW, milb pays nothing compared to what they get paid as college coaches, most of the good pitching coaches in the country are found on the college field. The best pitching coaches in pro ball of course are in MLB.

TPM,
From another site that has a lot of people who profess to "be in the know," the speculation relates to the pitching coach at St. Johns, not the head coach at St. Johns Fisher.

Thanks, it was posted that Pepicelli got the job, so in the end we will see who shows up...lol.

I guess I did not phrase my initial post very well. I trust Leggett's judgment, but I would be curious to know more about the guy's background as a pitching coach. That's not to say that a non-pitcher cannot be a great pitching coach. Sully and Dave Duncan have both proved that. If he has worked his butt off to educate himself he may be better than some guy that pitched a little 25 years ago and hasn't learned anything since.

Disagree with bakstop07 a little. There are good college pitching coaches out there. But there are some that still teach kids to throw doorknob sliders.

Those people are wrong. There should be an official announcement later this week.

quote:

Originally posted by infielddad:
TPM,
From another site that has a lot of people who profess to "be in the know," the speculation relates to the pitching coach at St. Johns, not the head coach at St. Johns Fisher.

So does anyone know the real story?

The pitching coach at St John's makes more sense.

It's official:

http://athletics.sjfc.edu/news...1/BB_1001092355.aspx

Maybe Leggett/Clemson have found the type of coach they would like to groom as a Leggett replacement down the road. It is not that unusual for a good programs to follow this business model in regard to a future coaching direction.

I agree with you rz. Jack Leggett was originally brought in as Wilhelm's assistant to take over the program when he retired over 16 seasons ago, I think the same thing is going on here as well. Jack will be hitting 60 before you know it, remarried in recent years and most likely is heading down the same path of retirement.
One thing about Tiger baseball, it has remained with the same coaching philosophy for decades, it's just the matter of finding someone who is able to carry that on in future years to come.