re: Mississippi State Baseball

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Vitello would leave Tennessee in an instant if State offered him

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I bet he wouldn’t. Not only does he love it at Tennessee, he’s actually having a direct hand in renovating and rebuilding Lindsey Nelson Stadium. UT is spending as much as anyone on baseball now. The Vols are spending $90 million to upgrade and rebuild Lindsey Nelson stadium. Attendance will only continue to grow as the stadium grows. When UT is done with renovations, which had already started, LNS will hold sound 9K or so. Also Vitello is the 4th highest paid coach in the SEC right now.

Coaches year Salary from 2023:
Corbin- ?
Johnson- $1.65 mill
Bianco- $1.625 mill
Schlossnagel- $1.58 mill
Vitello- $1.5 mill
Van Horn- $1.35 mill
O’Sullivan- $1.29 mill
Lemonis- $1.275 mill


The Vols are not worried about anyone in the SEC now that the administration isn’t afraid to spend money on baseball. Tennessee is spending $90+ million on upgrades, and schools like Bama put on hold its basketball arena because they didn’t want to spend over $60 million anymore as inflation went up.