nore dame fires baseball coach.....formerly coached in mvc at uni and evansville....

[TJames]

notre dame fires baseball coach.....formerly coached in mvc at uni and evansville....

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame baseball coach Dave Schrage has been fired after the Irish posted their first losing record since 1987.

The school announced the decision today as the Irish finished the season 22-32, failing to qualify for the eight-team Big East tournament for the first time since Notre Dame joined the conference in 1996.

In four seasons under Schrage, the Irish posted a 119-104-1 record. They failed to advance to the NCAA tournament under Schrage and never won more than 36 games.

Schrage’s predecessor, Paul Mainieri, had 11 40-win seasons and nine NCAA tournament appearances in 12 years, including advancing to the 2002 College World Series.

Before Notre Dame, Schrage coached for four seasons at Evansville and three years at Northern Iowa. He is 595-657-1 in 23 college seasons.

 

[hammer1]

595-657 WOW! he should be fired! His record sucks big time!~

 

[BankShot]

Maybe Oakland City?

 

[landrus13]

That coach has to feel bad leading Notre Dame to their first losing season since 1987. No wonder he was fired, just for that reason alone.

 

[treefromafar]

Heller

Hey, TJames, do you think either party, ND or Heller, would have interest? NOt sure, but ND baseball is/was a good program before Schrage.

 

[TJames]

not going there....lol.....

after all the coaches who have left or been fired in recent years...not gonna touch that subject with a ten-foot pole....lol......

 

[Jason Svoboda]

I've heard they already hired someone. Terry Rooney is the name I've heard.

 

[TJames]

i'm glad notre dame is struggling a little in baseball....

isu used to clean up, recruiting-wise, in the northern indiana/chicagoland area and in the indy region...before the irish decided to pump some money into their baseball program....

with a change in coaches there now...maybe rick can step into the void and get some quality kids out of those areas once again....