Clemson began its 127th baseball season with the first full-squad training this weekend before they open the season with a three-game series against Xavier at Doug Kingsmore Stadium from Feb. 16-18.
Bakich is in his second season as head coach at Clemson, as he led the Tigers to the 2023 ACC championship in his first season at the program's helm. It was Clemson’s first ACC title since 2016 and was a big reason it earned the No. 4 national seed in the NCAA Tournament, the first time the program hosted a regional since 2018 and first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2019.