MIAMI (August 9, 2019) – With fall ball on the horizon for FIU, Head Coach Mervyl Melendez announced on Friday that Willie Collazo has been named the Panthers' pitching coach.
Collazo, a FIU graduate, will don the Blue & Gold once again after spending the last six seasons as a pitching coach in the Toronto Blue Jays organization, most recently as the pitching coach of the Lansing Lugnuts in 2017.
"Willie brings a wealth of knowledge that will help continue to build a mature pitching staff," Melendez said. "He was the best recruit we signed this season.