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Randy Mazey

Associate Head Coach

  • Randy Mazey begins his fifth season with the Frogs and his second campaign as associate head coach where he oversees the TCU pitching staff.
  • Since joining the program, the Frogs have posted four consecutive 40-win seasons to go along with four conference titles, four Regional appearances, two Super Regional berths and one trip to the College World Series.
  • Kyle Winkler headlined another talented crop of pitchers in 2011 as he became the fourth All-American pitcher under the guidance of Mazey. As part of a record-breaking class that saw eight players drafted, four of them were pitchers including, Matt Purke (3rd round), Winkler (10th round), Steven Maxwell (37th round) and Kaleb Merck (43rd round). The future is bright on the mound for TCU as a pair of freshmen, Andrew Mitchell and Stefan Crichton, were tabbed Freshmen All-Americans.
  • In his first season, Mazey helped the Frogs to a league-best 484 strikeouts to go along with a collective 3.95 ERA, which was the lowest for a TCU squad since the 1981 season. That season, four members of the pitching staff where selected as All-Mountain West Conference performers.
  • Mazey’s second campaign proved to be even more successful as the Frogs finished the season with a collective 3.63 ERA, which ranked fifth among all NCAA Division I baseball programs. That season, Andrew Cashner was selected as a second team All-American while Sean Hoelscher and Trent Appleby garnered Freshman All-American honors.
  • The TCU associate head coach played a pivotal role in mentoring the program’s second first round draft pick in Andrew Cashner, who was selected by the Chicago Cubs with the 19th overall pick in the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft.
  • During his collegiate coaching career, Mazey has served as head coach for two Division I institutes in Charleston Southern (1994-96) and East Carolina (2003-05). During his six seasons as a head coach, Mazey has put together a 186-150-2 overall record (.550 winning percentage).
  • Mazey was selected as the Conference USA Coach of the Year during the 2004 season after his squad captured a school-record 51 games en route to advancing to the NCAA Super Regional. In addition, Mazey was also selected as the Big South Conference Coach of the Year following the 1996 season.
  • During his 19 seasons in the dugout, Mazey has guided his programs to 14 post-season appearances, three Super Regional berths and a pair of appearances in the College World Series.

Jim Schlossnagle

Head Coach

  • Jim Schlossnagle begins his ninth season as head baseball coach.
  • Schlossnagle has won more games (348) in eight years than any coach in TCU history after posting the top eight win totals each of the last eight years. He is 348-153 (.695) as the head coach at TCU and 425-200 (.680) in 10 years as a head coach.
  • After leading the Frogs to their first-ever College World Series appearance and a school-record 54 victories during the 2010 campaign, Schlossnagle was selected as the National Coach of the Year by the National College Baseball Writers Association.
  • The TCU head coach has produced the top-eight win totals in school history, and the Frogs have won a conference championship in some form in each of those campaign. During that stretch, the Frogs have captured six consecutive regular-season conference championships.
  • 2011 saw the Horned Frogs continue a trend that started with the 2009 campaign when they were selected to host a regional for the third straight season. That distinction left them in select company as only five other teams have hosted each of the last three seasons.
  • The honor of hosting came on the heels of a 42-17 regular season that saw the Horned Frogs win their sixth straight regular season crown. TCU dominated the league field, posting a 20-3 record in Mountain West play. 10 Frogs were honored as all-conference performers, while Schlossnagle was tabbed MW Coach of the Year for the sixth straight season. TCU finished ranked as high as 17th in the national polls.
  • Schlossnagle and staff set a new standard in the baseball program when a school-record eight athletes were drafted in the 2011 MLB draft. Additionally, two more signed free-agent contracts to join the professional ranks.
  • During the 2010 campaign, Schlossnagle guided the program to new heights as the Frogs reached the College World Series after sweeping through the Fort Worth Regional and defeating Texas in the NCAA Austin Super Regional. TCU went 3-2 at the College World Series and finished the season ranked No. 3 by all the national polls.
  • Schlossnagle guided the Frogs to their first-ever No. 1 seed during the 2009 season when TCU hosted the Fort Worth Regional. The Frogs finished the 2009 campaign with a 40-18 record, including their fourth overall and third straight 40-win season. The Frogs came up one game shy of advancing to the College World Series.
  • The Frogs hosted their first-ever Mountain West Conference Tournament during the 2008 season. The Frogs captured their fifth straight tournament crown and third consecutive seasons in which TCU had swept both the regular-season and tournament crowns.
  • Schlossnagle guided the Frogs to their first regular-season conference title since 1994 when the Frogs posted a 17-5 record in the Mountain West Conference during the 2006 season. That season, Schlossnagle was also named an assistant coach for Team USA where the team defended its gold medal and swept through the FISU World Championships in Cuba.
  • Schlossnagle guided the Frogs to their first-ever 40-win season in program history during the 2005 campaign. In his first season at TCU during the 2004 season, the Frogs’ head coach guided the program to a then-school record 39 wins and their first NCAA Regional appearance since 1994.

TONY VITELLO

Assistant Coach & Recruiting Coordinator

  • Tony Vitello begins his second season with the Frogs as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator.
  • Vitello hit the ground running in his first season at TCU, bringing to campus 17 newcomers in the fall of 2011. The class featured four players who turned down professional contracts in favor of coming to school.
  • While making his mark on the recruiting trail, Vitello also put his stamp on the 2011 squad. Under his guidance, the Frogs hit .306 as a team and averaged 6.7 runs per game. The 141 doubles hit as a team ranked fourth all time. Additionally, five hitters earned all-conference accolades. Four offensive stars were drafted at the end of the season and two others signed free agent contracts.
  • Prior to joining the Frogs, Vitello spent eight seasons at Missouri where he helped the Tigers earn seven NCAA Tournament berths as well as a trip to the Super Regional during the 2006 campaign.
  • Considered one of the top recruiting coordinators in the country, Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball have routinely ranked Vitello’s recruiting classes among the top-25 in the nation. During the 2008 season, Missouri’s recruiting class was ranked No. 11 and three of his final four classes were ranked in the top-25 by Baseball America.
  • Vitello served as the pitching coach at Missouri where his staff was consistently ranked as one of the best in the Big 12 Conference. During the 2006 season, the Tigers’ pitching staff led the Big 12 Conference with a 3.36 ERA, which also ranked 11th in the nation.
  • During his tenure at Missouri, Vitello recruiting and developed 19 pitchers who were selected in the Major League Baseball Draft, including current major leaguers Max Scherzer and Doug Mathis along with recent first-round picks Aaron Crow and Kyle Gibson.

Danny Wheat

Assistant Athletic Trainer

  • Danny Wheat has served as an assistant athletic trainer for TCU since 2003. He is responsible for athletic injury recognition and care, treatment and rehabilitation for the Horned Frog baseball team.
  • He previously worked in the Texas Rangers organization from 1976 to 2002, serving as the head athletic trainer at the major league level for the final 11 seasons.
  • Began his career at the Double-A level in the Texas League with San Antonio and Tulsa.
  • In 1995, he served as the American League athletic trainer for the MLB All-Star Game. Later chosen to be the trainer for the 1998 MLB All-Star Tour of Japan.
  • In 2003, Wheat was named athletic trainer for Team USA at the International World Cup of Baseball in Havana, Cuba. USA Baseball came calling again in the summer of 2009, as he was picked to be assistant athletic trainer for the World Cup squad that won gold in Europe.
  • More recently, he was appointed by USA Baseball as the head athletic trainer for the 2010 National Team.
  • Wheat joined the Ben Hogan Sports Therapy Institute in 2003, serving as the trainer for both the Fort Worth Cats baseball team and the Fort Worth Brahmas hockey team.