End of an era: Clemson fires Jack Leggett - Charleston Post Courier
Athletic director Dan Radakovich made the call Thursday, a year after evaluating Leggett’s job security and choosing to retain him for 2015 under the premise of steady improvement. The Tigers responded with a 32-29 season and quick ouster from an NCAA regional for the fifth consecutive year. “After careful evaluation and review of the season, and the projection of our program over the last few years, it was my decision to introduce a fresh approach to our program,” Radakovich said at an afternoon press conference. “He’s one of the icons of our profession,” South Carolina coach Chad Holbrook told a Columbia radio station. “It’s a sad day for college baseball. Florida coach Kevin O’Sullivan, a former Leggett assistant, told D1Baseball. He’s meant the world to me. ”. Leggett, 61, was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame on Jan. He oversaw six trips to the College World Series, and for a time was the Tom Izzo of baseball: never letting a graduating senior miss out on Omaha. But the team has endured a backslide each and every one of the past five years, going from College World Series to losing a home regional to losing a regional at home to losing a regional at South Carolina (to the Gamecocks) to losing another... Source: www.postandcourier.com
