WSJ: Smith gets crash course in D-I baseball

[asu66]

Not crazy about the title attached to this feature, but here it is. The author, Kegan Lowe, is a grad of the UNC School of Journalism & Mass Communication. Wonder if he's our new beat writer?

To describe the past 10 days in Kermit Smith’s life as a whirlwind would perhaps be an understatement as grand as the Appalachian Mountains — the same gaping mountains that he and his family will now call home.

First, there was the life-altering news that broke on July 14, naming Smith the new head baseball coach at Appalachian State, after spending the previous seven seasons at Lander University in Greenwood, S.C.
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As timing would have it, the enjoyment of Smith’s final two days of family vacation in Hilton Head Island, S.C., were cut short, as the 16-year coaching veteran was forced to answer phone calls for the remainder of the trip. Read on here...

http://www.journalnow.com/sports/asu/ba ... ffd1e.html

[AppinVA]

Not crazy about the title attached to this feature, but here it is. The author, Kegan Lowe, is a grad of the UNC School of Journalism & Mass Communication. Wonder if he's our new beat writer?

To describe the past 10 days in Kermit Smith’s life as a whirlwind would perhaps be an understatement as grand as the Appalachian Mountains — the same gaping mountains that he and his family will now call home.

First, there was the life-altering news that broke on July 14, naming Smith the new head baseball coach at Appalachian State, after spending the previous seven seasons at Lander University in Greenwood, S.C.
i
As timing would have it, the enjoyment of Smith’s final two days of family vacation in Hilton Head Island, S.C., were cut short, as the 16-year coaching veteran was forced to answer phone calls for the remainder of the trip. Read on here...

http://www.journalnow.com/sports/asu/ba ... ffd1e.html

I'd hope a school as esteemed as the UNC-CHeat school of Journalism would drill out a crutch lede as weak as that from its graduates. Yuck.

[AppDawg]

From what I was able to find on the interwebs, Kegan graduated from the hill in 2015... Thus, this is his 1st job.

Tidbit: it appears he also was a student manager of their baseball team during his time in school.