MIAMI — J.D. Arteaga spent his first day last month as University of Miami head baseball coach in his tiny office down the hall from what used to be Gino DiMare’s spacious digs.
“I made one phone call from here and didn’t feel comfortable,’’ Arteaga, who was promoted on June 26 after five-year head coach DiMare stepped down, told the Miami Herald on Tuesday in a one-on-one interview from that sprawling office in which he now feels at home. He even did his first press availability via Zoom from his former office.
“I have an open-door policy,’’ said Arteaga, 48, “but now I keep my door closed because if not, I get nothing done.
