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DBU’s Dan Fitzgerald hired as Recruiting Coordinator for LSU Baseball

Posted on 7/7/21 at 4:41 pm
Posted by ell_13
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Posted on 7/7/21 at 4:41 pm
Per Kendall:

SCOOP: @LSUbaseball has hired @DBU_Baseball associate head coach and recruiting coordinator Dan Fitzgerald as its recruiting coordinator, sources tell @d1baseball. Fitzgerald earned a stellar reputation during his nine seasons with the #DBU program and is a terrific get for #LSU.
This post was edited on 7/7/21 at 4:43 pm
Posted by Jack Daniel
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Posted on 7/7/21 at 4:42 pm to
Should I like this?
Posted by RummelTiger
Texas
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Posted on 7/7/21 at 4:42 pm to
Niiiiiice...
Posted by MrJimBeam
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Posted on 7/7/21 at 4:42 pm to
Sounds like a great hire but I want TD to tell me what to think except magician2
Posted by ProjectP2294
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Posted on 7/7/21 at 4:43 pm to
I think I really like this. He's got a good eye for talent, IMO.
Posted by LSUTigers_00
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Posted by The Boat
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Posted on 7/7/21 at 4:44 pm to
Tulo for non paid volunteer hitting coach
Posted by CottonWasKing
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Posted on 7/7/21 at 4:44 pm to
I don’t know anything about this guy, hadn’t heard his name until this very moment, but if he had anything to do with DBU’s recent teams then frick yes I want him.
Posted by GEAUX5
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Posted on 7/7/21 at 4:44 pm to
Immediately thought of something football related when I first read the title
Posted by TigerAlumni2010
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 7/7/21 at 4:44 pm to
This seems like a Boom.
Posted by GeorgeTheGreek
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Posted on 7/7/21 at 4:45 pm to
DBU baby!
Posted by TravisBRTiger
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Posted on 7/7/21 at 4:46 pm to
Good get. This staff is excellent.
Posted by timlan2057
In the Shadow of Tiger Stadium
Member since Sep 2005
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Posted on 7/7/21 at 4:46 pm to
With what DBU has accomplished as a small denominational school becoming a national baseball power, this is a helluva home run hire.

Feel fortunate to have Fitzgerald the 2-3 years we will have him. He’ll be a head coach at a P5 school before long.
Posted by lsugrad35
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Posted on 7/7/21 at 4:47 pm to
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Dan Fitzgerald enters his ninth season at DBU and serves as the Patriots' Associate Head Coach and Recruiting Coordinator. Regarded as one of the top recruiters in the country, Baseball America rated Fitzgerald as the No. 7 assistant coach in the nation in 2018, while D1Baseball.com ranked him as the 17th best recruiter in college baseball in 2016. In a survey of 90 head coaches conducted by Baseball America in 2020, Fitzgerald was rated No. 7 on a list of assistant coaches from across in the nation that will one day make the best head coach. Since he arrived at DBU in 2013, the Patriots have landed a league-high 58 players on the Missouri Valley All-Conference Team that were recruited and signed by Fitzgerald. On the national level, seven Patriots have earned All-American honors, while seven freshman have been tabbed as Freshman All-Americans.
Posted by Gnash
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Posted on 7/7/21 at 4:48 pm to
This is a damn good hire
Posted by PP7 for heisman
New Orleans
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Posted on 7/7/21 at 4:48 pm to
From DBU's website

Bio
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Dan Fitzgerald enters his ninth season at DBU and serves as the Patriots' Associate Head Coach and Recruiting Coordinator. Regarded as one of the top recruiters in the country, Baseball America rated Fitzgerald as the No. 7 assistant coach in the nation in 2018, while D1Baseball.com ranked him as the 17th best recruiter in college baseball in 2016. In a survey of 90 head coaches conducted by Baseball America in 2020, Fitzgerald was rated No. 7 on a list of assistant coaches from across in the nation that will one day make the best head coach.

Since he arrived at DBU in 2013, the Patriots have landed a league-high 58 players on the Missouri Valley All-Conference Team that were recruited and signed by Fitzgerald. On the national level, seven Patriots have earned All-American honors, while seven freshman have been tabbed as Freshman All-Americans.

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During his eight seasons at DBU, Fitzgerald has seen 10 players garner top honors in the Missouri Valley Conference. In 2016 and 2018, the Patriots’ Darick Hall and Devlin Granberg were each named the Joe Carter Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year. Hall was also tabbed as the MVC’s Newcomer of the Year in 2016, while Kody Funderburk earned Newcomer of the Year honors in 2018. On the mound, Colin Poche (2016) and Trevor Conn (2018) were each honored as the MVC Pitcher of the Year, while Camden Duzenack (2017) and Jimmy Glowenke (2018) were each named the league’s Defensive Player of the Year. Fitzgerald has also helped to produce the MVC Freshman of the Year in Jameson Hannah (2016) and Jimmy Glowekne (2018).

At the professional level, 30 of Fitzgerald’s signees at DBU have been selected in the Major League Baseball Draft. Among the program’s 30 draft picks who were recruited and developed by Fitzgerald, 11 have been taken in the top 10 rounds.

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TOP 10 ROUND MLB DRAFT PICKS RECRUITED BY FITZGERALD
2nd Round - Burl Carraway (Chicago Cubs - 2020)
2nd Round - Jimmy Glowenke (San Francisco Giants - 2020)
2nd Round - Jameson Hannah (Oakland Athletics - 2018)
4th Round - Seth Elledge (Seattle Mariners - 2017)
5th Round - Chance Adams (New York Yankees - 2015)
6th Round - Devlin Granberg (Boston Red Sox - 2018)
6th Round - MD Johnson (Miami Marlins - 2019)
6th Round - David Martinelli (Philadelphia Phillies - 2016)
7th Round - Dalton Higgins (New York Yankees - 2017)
9th Round - Matt Duce (St. Louis Cardinals - 2018)
9th Round - Camden Duzenack (Arizona Diamondbacks - 2017)
Posted by josh336
baton rouge
Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 7/7/21 at 4:55 pm to
Great hire! His recruiting acumen is wel known.

As for his infield instruction, im ignorant to his help there.
What i can say, is the dallas baptist fielding percentage in
2021 was 5th in conference and 82nd nationally
2019 was 2nd in conference and 71st nationally
2018 was 1st in conference and 34th nationally
2017 was 5th in conference and 187th nationally
2016 was 4th in conference and 65th nationally
2015 was 2nd in conference and 32nd nationally
This post was edited on 7/7/21 at 5:00 pm
Posted by Weaver
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Posted on 7/7/21 at 4:56 pm to
time for fire jj?
Posted by DRock88
Member since Aug 2015
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Posted on 7/7/21 at 4:58 pm to
So, Moscona and Kendall had no idea what they were talking about. Just guessing like the rest of us.
Posted by Keaux10
Grand Isle
Member since Feb 2019
1766 posts
Posted on 7/7/21 at 5:00 pm to
He will kill it at Lsu
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