Liberty Coach Toman Resigns
Jim Toman unexpectedly resigned Friday after nine seasons as coach at Liberty, the school announced.
A search for Toman’s replacement has begun, director of athletics Jeff Barber said.
“During the last nine years, Jim has maintained a consistent passion for Liberty baseball and worked hard to continue to advance our program,” Barber said in a news release. “He guided our team to a number of signature wins, spotlighted by a Big South title in 2013 and reaching the finals of the NCAA Columbia Regional. I want to express my sincere appreciation to Jim for the impact he had on the lives of our student-athletes and Liberty baseball.”
Toman leaves with the second-most wins in program history and a record of 329-205-1. Liberty was 31-28 this season, winning nine of the final 11 to cross the 30-win mark for the 12th year in a row.
Toman led the Flames to the Columbia regional final in 2013, and Liberty earned its first-ever at-large bid in 2014. This year, Liberty lost to eventual-College World Series participant Coastal Carolina 1-0 in the Big South tournament final, missing out on a regional appearance.
| 2016 COACHING CHANGES | ||
| School | Departures | Arrivals |
| Alabama | Mitch Gaspard | Greg Goff |
| Appalachian State | Billy Jones | |
| Army | Matt Reid | Jim Foster |
| Butler | Steve Farley | |
| Florida International | Turtle Thomas | |
| Furman | Ron Smith | |
| Jacksonville | Tim Montez | Chris Hayes |
| Kentucky | Gary Henderson | Nick Mingione |
| Lamar | Jim Gilligan (ret.) | Will Davis |
| Liberty | Jim Toman | |
| Louisiana Tech | Greg Goff | Lane Burroughs |
| Missouri | Tim Jamieson | |
| Northwestern State | Lane Burroughs | Bobby Barbier |
| Purdue | Doug Schreiber | Mark Wasikowski |
| San Jose State | Dave Nakama | |
| SIU-Edwardsville | Tony Stoecklin | Sean Lyons |
| Texas | Augie Garrido | |
| Villanova | Joe Godri | |
| Youngstown State | Steve Gillispie | Dan Bertolini |
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