BOT chairman indicates USC could move quickly on Tanner

[FeatheredCock]

Ray Tanner may not be USC’s baseball coach for much longer. Tanner would like to replace Eric Hyman as USC’s athletic director, and the school’s board of trustees chairman appears to on board with that. A source said Sunday that Miles Loadholt is in favor of Tanner taking over as AD and would like to see the move made as quickly as possible.

A second source said over the weekend that should Tanner be named the new AD, former USC assistant athletic directors Brad Edwards and Chris Massaro could join him in high ranking positions on the staff.

Edwards is a former Gamecock football star who currently is the AD at Newberry College. Massaro currently is the AD at Middle Tennessee State.

If Tanner is named the new athletic director after 16 seasons as baseball coach, he would be replaced as head coach by current assistant head coach Chad Holbrook.

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[FeatheredCock]

Interview with Ray Tanner

In an interview with Tanner by Kornblut, Tanner said that he "would certainly entertain the idea of being the AD". He also said repeatedly that he has been coach for 16 yrs. He said that he is excited about getting back to coaching the kids, but also said that he does not want to get out of coaching because "it was time". Said that he doesn't want it to come close to him being fired, or asked to step down.

He said a couple of times that you cannot coach forever, but he loves the University, and wants to be working here in some capacity for the duration.

I think he has earned the right to the AD job, or, at least the Senior Associate AD. He is a great leader of people and would be great working with Coach Spurrier. The #1 priority, imo, for the new AD is to NOT shorten the career of Spurrier. Tanner knows what it takes to win in the SEC, and knows our competition.

 

[Garnet]

Interview with Ray Tanner

In an interview with Tanner by Kornblut, Tanner said that he "would certainly entertain the idea of being the AD". He also said repeatedly that he has been coach for 16 yrs. He said that he is excited about getting back to coaching the kids, but also said that he does not want to get out of coaching because "it was time". Said that he doesn't want it to come close to him being fired, or asked to step down.

He said a couple of times that you cannot coach forever, but he loves the University, and wants to be working here in some capacity for the duration.

I think he has earned the right to the AD job, or, at least the Senior Associate AD. He is a great leader of people and would be great working with Coach Spurrier. The #1 priority, imo, for the new AD is to NOT shorten the career of Spurrier. Tanner knows what it takes to win in the SEC, and knows our competition.

Yes, the AD job seems ok fro him.