Maryland baseball assistant Rob Vaughn is the leading candidate to replace John Szefc as head coach of the Terrapins, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. While Maryland has vowed to conduct a national search to replace Szefc, who left the program Friday to take over as head coach at Virginia Tech, it also has zeroed in on Vaughn as a viable replacement. [Maryland baseball coach John Szefc is leaving for Virginia Tech]Vaughn, 29, has interviewed with Maryland Athletic Director Kevin Anderson, although it remains unclear how many other candidates Anderson might assess in the search. He was the first assistant hire made by Szefc in 2012 and quickly established a solid reputation as the program’s hitting coach. Szefc promoted Vaughn to associate head coach last year.

Source: Washington Post June 11, 2017 20:49 UTC