Brian O'Connor
Brian O'Connor
NCAA baseball head coach was named the 2009 National Coach of the Year with the University of Virginia in 2009.
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth21 April 1971
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We just need to continue to progress. The season is still young, we're only 20 percent through the season, but we just need to keep working on our skills so that we are improving up to the start of the ACC season against Georgia Tech.
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We didn't necessarily have a strategy. We all had our strengths and weaknesses, but we also had enough faith in one another to let whoever had a gut feeling about the answer go ahead and buzz in.
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Those guys in the bullpen have been worked hard. I was trying to sneak through one more inning with Jacob.
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Those big-run innings are important to open up leads. We took advantage of our opportunities toward the end of the game and a couple of guys got clutch hits and we were able to have a four-run inning.
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Richmond is playing very good baseball as of late. There has always been a rivalry between Richmond and Virginia in baseball, and they've had a great baseball program in the last ten years.
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Sean Doolittle absolutely set the tone for that game with his performance on the mound on just four days rest. He set the tone for the weekend and fortunately, Casey came in there in the ninth and we found a way to win at the end.
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Mrs. Kennedy is showing great spirit and pulling everyone together. She is the leader in this household.
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When you lose a tough ballgame like we did on Wednesday, it is important that your senior leadership and your captains step up, and Mike Ballard did that today. He got us started back on the right track.
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There are a lot of people in the family who don't see each other too often. They're still catching up. A somber mood is going on.
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It's a terrible burden on the poorest, most vulnerable citizens of the state, especially those on fixed income,
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It was important to get him back out there and give him a little confidence heading into a key weekend for us.
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Any time in college baseball you can get 30 wins before you have 10 losses, you put yourself in really great position. We need to take advantage of every opportunity we have at home.
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Coach Anderson's experience as a college coach and a player in collegiate and professional baseball will make him a great addition to our coaching staff, ... On the field, he will be working with our catchers while assisting with the hitters in our program. I am looking forward to his contributions to Cavalier Baseball.
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It is so comfortable when you play at home. You have your own locker room and your own routine. It's tough to play on the road. You win on the road with good pitching, a good starting pitching performance. That is what we did not get last weekend in two out of three games. That's the difference. It allows our young kids to relax a little bit and just play.