Josh Elander is hiring Chuck Jeroloman from Florida to his first Tennessee baseball staff, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.

The source requested anonymity because Jeroloman’s hire has not been made public.

Jeroloman has spent the past six seasons at Florida and was most recently serving as the interim head coach with coach Kevin O’Sullivan on administrative leave due to personal matters. He was promoted to associate head coach on O’Sullivan’s staff after the 2024 season.

Jeroloman and Elander have a longstanding relationships as Jeroloman was a volunteer assistant coach at TCU in 2012, Elander’s junior season with the Horned Frogs.

Elander was named the head coach on Oct. 25 following coach  Tony Vitello’s Oct. 22 exit to manage the San Francisco Giants after eight seasons at Tennessee. If Elander keeps the rest of the staff, Jeroloman completes the assistant coach lineup alongside pitching coach Frank Anderson and assistant coach Ross Kivett.

It is like Jeroloman will assume associate head coach duties, which Elander held. Kivett could slide into the recruiting coordinator role that Elander also held.

Jeroloman’s addition gives Tennessee a heralded hitting coach and top-tier recruiter in the SEC join Elander’s staff.

He spent two seasons as an assistant coach at South Florida and four at Jacksonville before he was hired at Florida. He coached MLB first-round draft picks in Jac Caglianone and Wyatt Langford at Florida. Both reached the major leagues within a year of being drafted.

Jeroloman started his college coaching career at TCU from 2012-13 as a volunteer assistant.

He played shortstop for Auburn from 2002-04 and was drafted by the Boston Red Sox. He hit 12 homers and had 91 RBIs in three seasons.

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