Former UNC baseball player Mark Kingston named South Carolina head coach

Posted Jun 30, 2017
Mark Kingston is South Carolina’s new baseball coach. The USC Board of Trustees on Friday morning approved a contract for Kingston, who leaves South Florida after three seasons to take over the Gamecocks. Former Gamecocks head coach Chad Holbrook resigned June 6. Like Holbrook, Kingston also played college baseball at North Carolina. (The State)

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