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Mac Engel

Mac Engel: Heading to Omaha, TCU’s Kirk Saarloos has moved out of his predecessor’s shadow

FORT WORTH, Texas — As the mob of young men celebrated their trip to the College World Series in front of 9,000 people on Saturday night, the whole party scene at TCU’s Lupton Stadium felt inevitable.

TCU returning to the College Baseball World Series for the first time since 2017 and sixth time since 2010 was always “never in doubt,” when such moments are hardly a guarantee when you opt for the PAC (Popular Assistant Coach).

One of the hardest decisions a college athletic department can make is handing the keys to their PAC, who has never been a head coach; the safest, soundest, decision is to always go with the coach who has “worn the whistle.”

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