Mississippi State hiring Brian O'Connor continues to receive high praise

“Coach McMullan is going with him to Mississippi State,” Flaherty said. “Coach O'Connor is obviously the centerpiece of this kind of changing of the guard in Starkville, but man, coach McMullan is one of the best assistant coaches in the country, and for him to go with coach O'Connor, I mean, that makes an already excellent hire, I think, that much better.”

No official announcement about O’Connor’s coaching staff has been made. But its widely accepted that McMullan is coming to Starkville, along with several other coaches (Matt Kirby, Michael Roberts, Travis Reifsnider, Joe Savino and Justin Weiss) who have reportedly updated their social media accounts with Mississippi State logos.

Some were even in a photograph with Bulldog fan Wade Sims (see tweet below).

There are also reports that Wake Forest pitching coach Corey Muscara will be coming to Starkville.

If those reports are all true, then Mississippi State will have one of the best coaching staffs in the nation. But as Rudner said in the podcast, the expectations are enormous.

“This job comes with unbelievable expectations,” he said. “I have heard from multiple sources throughout this process, it was made abundantly clear to all candidates, O'Connor included, that the national championship is the standard for Mississippi State. It basically has to be when you fire a coach in Chris Lemonis, who won the national title just a couple years ago, 2021. So, expectations are huge, resources will be huge, which is a big deal. They're going to pour a lot of NIL money and scholarship money into this program to give Brian O'Connor the best opportunity possible to succeed.”

Mississippi State fans in Starkville will get their first chance to meet its new baseball coach Thursday night in a special welcome event at Dudy Noble Field.

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