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A&M's Childress engineers turnaround

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ROB CHILDRESS is beginning his third season as the head coach of the Texas A&M Baseball Club. The Gilmer native and Harmony graduate orchestrated the biggest turnaround in NCAA Division I baseball in 2007. His Aggie team finished 48-19, winning 23 more games than in 2006, in addition to claiming the NCAA College Station Regional championship, a berth in the Super Regionals and the school’s first Big 12 title since 1999. He is also one of the top pitching coaches and recruiters in the nation. His expertise as a pitching coach is evident as A&M’s pitching staff has ranked second in the rugged Big 12 in earned run average in each of his two seasons. Here he is pictured both on the field at right coaching the Aggies and above with his family, from left, daughter Hannah, 11; son Maxwell, 5; and Amanda, his wife.

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