With Kentucky baseball drawing closer to first pitch in 2024, one of the more newsworthy pieces of the offseason was the contract extension of head coach Nick Mingione which will, simply put, either be a gift or a curse.
The extension came after Mingione led the Wildcats to a 40-win season and the team’s second appearance in the Super Regionals.
Starting with the positives, long term security can be critical in the recruiting and transfer processes.
“High school recruiting will always be the foundation of what we are trying to do, there is no substitute for having a guy in your program for two, three, four, five years,” Mingione said.