OXFORD, Miss — After an early exit in the SEC Tournament, Ole Miss Baseball Head Coach Mike Bianco is bolstering his stocks with the addition of Joel Mangrum as the Rebels' new assistant coach.
Mangrum will serve as the team's pitching coach and handle the day-to-day management of the pitching staff.
“We are super excited to bring Joel to Oxford and Ole Miss Baseball,” Bianco said. “He has a unique and dynamic way of developing pitchers and has proven his success at both the professional and collegiate levels.”
Mangrum is fresh off six seasons with the Cleveland Guardians, four of them as a Minor League Pitching Coordinator. That means Mangrum has been responsible for building and integrating Minor League pitcher development plans, helping pitchers transition from the minors to the majors, coordinating pitcher/catcher plan of attack meetings at all levels of the minors and coordinating offseason development programs.
Mangrum also had stints with ULM, New Mexico State, Austin Peay, Milligan College and Hinds Community College.
“I’m really excited to be joining the Ole Miss Baseball family. I’m incredibly thankful for the opportunity that Coach Bianco has provided me and my family,” Mangrum said. “This is a dream come true. We look forward to making Oxford home and helping continue the tradition of Ole Miss Baseball being a national power in college baseball.”
Ole Miss finished the 2024 season with an overall record of 27-29 while going 11-19 in conference.