Tony Vitello Gets Emotional During Opening Statement After Punching Ticket to College World Series

Pay the man and give him the best facilities in the country, signed all the alumni

So happy we have Tony as our head coach! I would have loved to play for this man and I am 15 years older than this guy!! Pay the man and lock him in. He has built Tennessee baseball in a national power. One last thing congrats to Evansville and those great players and their head coach!

This dude is something special, we may be witnessing a GOAT in college baseball.

The best Coach in College ball, and also just a great leader.

OMG I love Coach V!

What a great opening statement. Anyone should want to play for this man. Supportive of his players. He has their back. Having that foundation established enables everyone to go out and do their best to achieve success. Don't pay attention to a bunch of wanna be reporters that are just a bunch of talking heads. GO VOLS

Preach it Coach Vitello! Coach V bringing the heat! Who is ready for Omaha?

GO VOLS!!! I wanna play for this guy! LET"S GOOOOO!!!!!!

Great leader and motivator!

I would’ve thoroughly enjoyed playing for Tony V. He will take Tennessee Baseball to the mountaintop at some point. Maybe this year. Maybe not. I know one thing though. I define that Tennessee Baseball program as “SUCCESS”. This is coming from a lifelong Bama guy.

You guys are awesome! Great season!

This needs to be seen by every high baseball player thinking about playing college baseball... at any level. Yes, it does mean this much!

Hell yeah. Coach spitting facts!

Pay da man to retire here !!! Go ... BIG ... Orange !!

I’m an LSU GIRL all the way and Jay Johnson is amazing. Tony Vitello is a fantastic coach and leader. He lives for those guys. He’s direct, has a ton of personality, and really makes so many valuable points and often teaches without pure intention to. I love his NIL comments. LSU was preseason #1 and look what happened to us the first 4 weeks of SEC PLAY. But, a team with real love and commitment to one another will find a way to win. I can tell Tony builds team first and if you aren’t 100% a team guy, don’t waste my time. He also notices how hard the competition plays. He sees success in more ways than the W-L RECORD. THEY have an attitude and you can tell where the confidence and success comes from. I also think he is hilarious. Some people are born to coach men, women, basically kids. Vitello is one I wish was around when I was growing up. Jay Johnson is one I wish was around, and the class of the UK Coach—these coaches are the winners because of what they do for their men. Way to go coach! You can come be a business coach whenever you want. You’ll have everyone running through a brick wall like the Evansville kid. Good Luck in Omaha. It was earned! Never Given. ⚾️Go be ballers fellas!!

I wouldn't normally curse, but Tony Vitello is gonna be a legend one day that is one bad a** coach

What a f****n boss! #GBO

Mad respect from a Gator fan

You just heard why Tony Vitello is the best coach in baseball, bar none !!!!

Class act