Tennessee Baseball…

Tennessee's 159 victories since the start of the 2021 season are the most of any team in the country, 13 wins more than the second place Texas, which has 146 in that same span. The Vols are the only team in the country to record multiple seasons of 50 or more wins in the last three years.

To be where they are at now compared to what the Vols was in 2018 when Vitello took over is simply amazing. Say what you want about him, but there is no denying he turned a dead program into a national contender quick. He took over a team that won 7 conference games(2017) to now being in Omaha 2 of the last 3 years.

While the Vols haven’t won the National Title yet, I do believe Vitello will get his first title quicker than Bianco did for Ole Miss. but let’s take a look at the coaches in the SEC and how long it took them to get their first title as a HC.
Tennessee is also the only school in the SEC to make Omaha 2 of the last 3 years also

Lemonis- 7th year (2021 M-State)
Johnson- 10th year (2023 LSU)
Bianco- 25th year (2022 Ole Miss)
Corbin- 12th year (2014 Vandy)

Notable Coach’s with 0:
DVH- 25 years as D1 HC
Vitello- 6 years all at Tennessee.

I think we can all agree on that Lemonis winning a title was a fluke considering what he’s done with that program since. It’s clear that he only won because of the loaded team that he was left with. I know everyone likes to hate on Vitello, but I think he’s ahead of a lot of the coaches named above in the same time frame. He was in Omaha in his 3rd as a HC(didn’t count Covid year) with a team that won 7 SEC games year before he took over.