Omaha, Neb. -- Two members of Creighton baseball's 1991 College World Series team will reunite as former head coach Jim Hendry and player Brian O'Connor were each named assistant coaches for the 2018 Collegiate National Team Coaching Staff.
USA Baseball announced the 2018 Collegiate National Team coaching staff on Tuesday. LSU's Paul Mainieri was named the manager of the Collegiate team last October and he will be joined by assistant coaches Cliff Godwin (ECU), Jim Hendry (New York Yankees), Brian O'Connor (Virginia) and Jorge Perez (St. Thomas) in 2018.
All four assistant coaches will make their USA Baseball National Team coaching debuts with this year's team, while 2018 will be Mainieri's second coaching appearance for Team USA after serving as a Collegiate National Team assistant coach in 2015.