Feb 24, 2023
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee suspended baseball coach Tony Vitello on Friday for the Volunteers’ weekend sequence with Dayton whereas college officers, Vitello and the NCAA deal with a violation in this system.
Officers introduced the suspension proper earlier than the third-ranked Volunteers opened a three-game set with Dayton. Josh Elander is changing Vitello as performing head coach. The college mentioned an replace will probably be supplied Monday.
“Coach Vitello has acknowledged his mistake and accepted full duty,” Tennessee mentioned in a press release. “We admire his cooperation within the course of and his dedication to do proper by the student-athletes within the Tennessee baseball program.”
Tennessee cited NCAA bylaws for stopping any additional particulars being launched. However shortstop Maui Ahuna has but to be cleared to play for Tennessee after transferring to the college final June.
Ahuna was an All-Massive 12 participant at Kansas who batted .396 with eight homers and 48 RBIs. The Vols had been the No. 1 general seed within the NCAA match final 12 months, solely to lose to Notre Dame within the tremendous regionals.
Vitello was suspended for 4 video games final season by the NCAA for chest-bumping umpire Jeffrey Macias throughout a confrontation in a sport in opposition to Alabama. Vitello teamed up with a fraternity to lift cash for the Wounded Warriors Undertaking with a chest bump for a $2 donation.
