As much as it sucks to think about, Dave Van Horn isn’t getting any younger.
The Arkansas baseball coach had already referred to retirement heading into this most recent Omaha trip, which ended with a galactic gut punch coming the Hogs’ way in a walk-off, season-ending loss to LSU.
Van Horn turns 65 in September and has grandchildren to enjoy now. It’s a very real possibility that he will never hoist the hardware even if he coaches through his contract in 2031 and makes two or three more trips to Charles Schwab Field.
It’s easy to feel like Van Horn is entitled to a championship, but that just isn’t how this sort of thing goes.