Soccer coach Tony Amato left for Florida in late May and softball coach Mike Candrea retired on June 7, so really it shouldn’t have come as much of a surprise when baseball coach Jay Johnson bolted for LSU in late June.
It had been weeks since the Arizona athletic department had to start a coaching search, so it was overdue.
Yet, Johnson leaving was a bit of a shock. LSU is a great job—one of the best in the country, actually—but it’s not as if it’s a big step up from Arizona.