NORMAN—When Skip Johnson first met Tim Tadlock, Johnson's bravado quickly stood out.
“Hey man, my curveball breaks this much,” Tadlock recalls Johnson saying during one of their first meetings as he holds he hands nearly as far apart as they'll go.
Now, that pitcher with swagger turned pitching coach with high-profile pupils is Oklahoma's baseball coach.
Johnson was announced Monday as the Sooners' newest baseball coach, just a week after OU parted ways with Pete Hughes.
"Once our search got underway last week, we spoke to many people throughout the youth, college and professional baseball worlds about the candidates we were considering, and the information gleaned from those conversations further validated our belief that Skip is the right and the best choice for our program now and going forward," OU Athletic Director Joe Castiglione said in a release.