– Sean Kenny has been named the pitching coach for the University of Iowa Baseball team, head coach Rick Heller announced Monday.
In his lone season with the Cougars, Kenny helped lower the team’s ERA from 6.27 to 5.59, cut their walks-per-nine from 5.12 to 4.79, and the staff improved both its strikeout-to-walk ratio and strikeouts-per-nine . The 2022 squad advanced to the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional and posted a 36-23 overall record, including a 15-15 mark in the SEC, which was good for second place in the Eastern Division. Injuries again impacted the pitching staff as the Bulldogs used eight different weekend rotations and managed to maintain their place in the nation’s top 25 rankings throughout the regular season. The staff tallied 563 strikeouts in only 59 games, which marked the third best total in school history.
The Bulldogs posted one of their best regular seasons in school history in 2019, going 42-14, including a school record 21-9 in the SEC. Then, Georgia advanced to the semifinals of the SEC Tournament and played host to another NCAA Regional as a top eight National Seed. A native of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Kenny followed head coach Erik Bakich to the University of Michigan after three seasons at the University of Maryland. With the Wolverines, Kenny tutored 10 pitchers selected in the MLB Draft while his staff consistently ranked at the top of the Big Ten Conference in multiple categories, helping the program to two NCAA postseason appearances.
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