TAMPA, Fla. A new Baseball season is underway at USF And Bulls head coach Billy Mohl is back in the place where his career began – the bullpen.
“This is my office, this is what I’ve known for the last 30-years, so this is what I love”. says the Bulls Head Coach during a practice recently.
Coach Mohl is in his seventh season as the Bulls head coach and 10th at the University, but this year the former Tulane Star pitcher took back the duties of pitching coach after the team’s worst season of his head coaching tenure.
“Last year was embarrassing” snorts the Bulls head coach and this year his team is gettng ready to do something about it.
A big source of pride for Mohl is the number of Bay area kids who have stayed home to play in Tampa, this season fifty percent of his team is home grown.
Coach Mohl’s track record of working with pitchers is one of the best in all of college baseball, 16 of his pitchers have been drafted during his time as head coach and five are currently in M-L-B starting rotations.
Success for Billy Mohl has always been measured by more than just wins and losses, he believes relationships build the backbone of his teams and it’s part of what makes coming to work every day the best part of his job.
“I’m definitely proud to be living in Tampa Bay and say I live here because I love this city, I love this town, I love this university”.
As the Bulls take the field with a clean slate and a new season begins, Coach Mohl is exactly where he wants to be.
Mike Cairns
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