Erik Bakich emerges as top target for Clemson head coach position

After Clemson’s head baseball coach Monte Lee was fired at the conclusion of the season, the Tigers are on the hunt for a new head coach. And according to On3.com, the man they Tigers want at the helm is none other than Michigan Wolverines skipper Erik Bakich.

Matt Connolly at Clemson Sports ($) reports that Clemson has contacted Bakich already and they believe he is the most probable candidate to end up getting the position. An announcement could come as early as the middle of the week, Connolly wrote.

Meanwhile, Rivals is reporting Bakich has accepted the job, but nothing has been made official by the university yet.

In 2002, after playing a brief professional baseball career, Bakich started…