FAYETTEVILLE — It’s been eight years since Tony Vitello traded in his Arkansas baseball uniform to become the head coach at Tennessee.
The Razorbacks’ former assistant has become the most successful branch of Dave Van Horn’s ever-growing coaching tree, quickly turning the Volunteers into one of college baseball’s best programs. The apprentice even reached the mountaintop before the mentor, guiding Tennessee to the national championship last season.
That has just added to the drama of this year’s Fayetteville Super Regional, which pits Arkansas vs Tennessee in a rematch of the regular-season finale at Baum-Walker Stadium.