Illinois baseball coach Dan Hartleb won't have one of the program's best players on his coaching staff this upcoming season.
Kyle Hudson, a volunteer coach the last two seasons with the Illini, has accepted a job to become the bench coach for the Lynchburg (Va.) Hillcats, a Class A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians.
The former two-sport standout at Illinois, who played baseball and football during his time at Illinois from 2005 to 2008, first joined Hartleb's staff before the 2015 season.
That season saw Illinois win a program-record 50 games before the Illini advanced to the program's first-ever NCAA Super Regional.