New Volunteer Baseball Assistant Coach

[TheRef]

We've hired Zach Dillon to replace Wells. He comes from Iowa. What was his position at Iowa? Hitting Coach!!!!!

http://www.hawkeyesports.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/dillon_zach00.html

[Dawg61]

Wow former 2006 Big 12 player of the year when he hit .421 and had a .496 OBP.

[engie]

Really good pickup for this spot....

[maroonmania]

Really good pickup for this spot....

Agree, certainly appears to have a better resume than Jake Wells does.

[HereComesTheSpiral]

Agree, certainly appears to have a better resume than Jake Wells does.

Now if we could get a third base coach. Hell, maybe we should pull a random fan each game, couldnt be any worse than mingione over there.

[thf24]

Now if we could get a third base coach. Hell, maybe we should pull a random fan each game, couldnt be any worse than mingione over there.

Incidentally, Dillon also coached third base at Iowa according to that profile.

[maroonmania]

Apparently though he spent the last year coaching a high school travel ball team. Anyone know what was up with that?-

[messageboardsuperhero]

I like it. I like it a lot.

[engie]

Apparently though he spent the last year coaching a high school travel ball team. Anyone know what was up with that?-

I think I remember Iowa going thru a coaching change after last year, because Godwin turned them down...

That would make him going from a paid assistant to volunteer assistant make sense, although the money probably isn't much different in this situation...

[I seen it dawg]

I like it.

[Coach34]

I love the catching background myself

[I seen it dawg]

I love the catching background myself

That's the best part.

[MafiaDawg]

Why do they call it a volunteer coach. They get paid right?

[I seen it dawg]

Yes they get paid. It comes through other sources than baseball budget. NCAA strikes again.

[WPDawg]

Academic All-American at Baylor under Steve Smith
Johnny Bench Semi-finalist
Played some AA Minor league Ball
Hitting coach
Degree in Education

Solid pickup

[mparkerfd20]

So this is a loophole hire basically? Bulldog club or something 'pays' him, but on the book he's not a paid MSU employee?

[I seen it dawg]

So this is a loophole hire basically? Bulldog club or something 'pays' him, but on the book he's not a paid MSU employee?

Pretty much

[engie]

Why do they call it a volunteer coach. They get paid right?

Not directly, they don't. They make their money off camps and out of Cohen's various bonuses and side money.

[MsStateBaseball]

It is a solid pickup, although he can't recruit, he knows people in Texas, Iowa. Solid hire.

[MsStateBaseball]

He can't leave campus to recruit, I misspoke. But he knows people we don't know and that's a good thing.

[messageboardsuperhero]

It is a solid pickup, although he can't recruit, he knows people in Texas, Iowa. Solid hire.

I believe he can recruit on campus- but he can't travel around like Butch and Mingione to circuits or tournaments around the country.

[messageboardsuperhero]

He can't leave campus to recruit, I misspoke. But he knows people we don't know and that's a good thing.

Nevermind, you got it.

[Todd4State]

Nice pick-up. He seems like what everyone pretty much wanted- a guy with a hitting background that can coach catchers.