Report: Texas baseball reassigns assistant coach Philip Miler amid offseason shakeup

In a surprise move following the 2022 college baseball World Series, the Texas Longhorns have begun a massive overhaul of their coaching staff. And on Tuesday, more news came out of changes to the Longhorns baseball staff.

“ Sources confirm that Texas Baseball Coach Phillip Miler has been reassigned by Head Coach David Pierce as the shakeup of the staff continues. The Longhorns now looks to replace both paid assistants for the 2023 season,” wrote Texas reporter Zachary Symm via Twitter.

Miler has been the Longhorns assistant coach under Pierce for the last six seasons. He also worked with the Texas baseball coach at Sam Houston State from 2012 to 2014 and Tulane from 2015 to 2016. The two have had a long run together, but now it appears that that time has come to an end as the Longhorns will now look to replace Miler.

Troy Tulowitzki turns down USC, will leave Texas baseball program

Former MLB shortstop and Texas volunteer baseball assistant coach Troy Tulowitzki has reportedly made a major decision regarding his coaching future. According to D1Baseball’s Kendall Rogers, Tulowitzki has turned down the vacant USC job.

Tulowitzki emerged as a candidate for USC last week, and he spoke to the Trojans about the vacant position.

In addition, Rogers reported that Tulowitzki will be leaving the Texas program, and will instead do consulting across the sport next season.

“SCOOP: Troy Tulowitzki, the leading candidate for the @USC_Baseball job, has decided not to be the #Trojans‘ head coach,” Rogers tweeted. “Tulowitzki also will not rejoin @TexasBaseball for the 2023 season. He spent three seasons with the #Horns, and #USC‘s search continues.

“MORE: Tulowitzki will do some consulting in the college baseball space over the next year with the goal of eventually getting back into high-profile college coaching. He did a terrific job with the #Texas offense in his three seasons with the program.”

In his playing career, Tulowitzki spent time with the Colorado Rockies, Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees. He was a five-time All-Star, two-time Gold Glove Award winner, and a two-time Silver Slugger. Tulowitzki was a career .290 hitter, and he had 225 home runs and drove in 780 runs before calling it a career in July of 2021.