New Tennessee Vols baseball coach Josh Elander drops great Pat Summitt reference
Josh Elander was introduced as Tennessee’s new baseball coach on Monday
Josh Elander was introduced as the Tennessee Vols’ new head baseball coach on Monday morning.
Elander served on Tony Vitello’s staff at Tennessee for the last eight years. With Vitello moving on to MLB to manage the San Francisco Giants, Elander now gets his first shot as a head coach.
Josh Elander drops great Pat Summitt reference during introductory press conference
Elander quickly endeared himself to Vols fans on Monday by dropping a great reference to legendary former Lady Vols head coach Pat Summitt.
Tennessee’s new baseball coach mentioned that he has a quote from Summitt hanging in his office, and it’s been there the whole time he’s been in Knoxville.
“Nine years ago, I got this job (as an assistant),” said Elander. “Tony called and I went on the road basically immediately. I never went back to the place that I rented in Arkansas. [I was] running around recruiting, doing a bunch of deals.
“But when I got here finally for our first visit, we were running a kid around, and there was a welcome packet on my desk. It had a bunch of different things. But the main thing I took out of that, I just took some scissors and cut it out. It was a quote from Pat Summitt. It’s been hanging in my office for nine years — and it ain’t going anywhere. That quote is, ‘Here’s how I’m going to beat you. I’m going to outwork you. That’s it. That’s all there is to it.’ I cannot wait to see what our staff players and Vol nation can accomplish together in the future.”
The late Pat Summitt didn’t just speak those words, she lived them every day. And from what we know about Elander, we can expect him to do the same.
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