Tony Vitello accepts deal to become Giants manager

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I’M ALINA BURDINE ON LORI TUCKER. WE DO HAVE BREAKING NEWS THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT TENNESSEE’S BASEBALL COACH TONY VITELLO LEAVING THE VOLS. 6 NEWS ANCHOR BO WILLIAMS IS AT THE LIVE DESK IN BOTH THE SPECULATION NOW OVER. YEAH, THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT. UT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR DANNY WHITE ENDING SEVERAL DAYS OF SPECULATION ABOUT TONY VITELLO HEADING TO THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS SENDING OUT A STATEMENT. >> CONGRATULATING THE COACH ON WHAT WHITE CALLS AND INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY. NOW WIDE STATEMENT GOES ON TO SAY, QUOTE, WE WISH HIM THE BEST AS HE EMBARKS ON THE NEW CHAPTER IN HIS CAREER AND THANK HIM FOR EVERYTHING HE’S DONE TO TRANSFORM TENNESSEE. BASEBALL INTO A CHAMPIONSHIP PROGRAM ABOUT HELLO HAS SPENT 8 YEARS WITH THE AND LED THEM TO THEIR FIRST NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2024, HE LEAVES ROCKY TOP OF THE RECORD OF 340 OR 1, 3, TO 41, ONE WINDS AND 131 LOSSES. I’LL BE ON THE WINNING RECORD BY TELOS TIME, THOUGH, THE DIAMOND VOLS HAS ALSO SEEN MORE ENERGY SURROUNDING THE PROGRAM AND THE UNIVERSITY HAS INVESTED AS WELL TO THE TUNE OF 100 MILLION DOLLARS FOR RENOVATING LINDSEY NELSON STADIUM WITH WORK THAT IS STILL IN PROGRESS THERE ON CAMPUS. NOW, SPECULATION ABOUT BY TELOS FUTURE WAS ON DISPLAY AT YESTERDAY’S BALL BASEBALL SCRIMMAGE. WE HAVE LIVE REPORTS FOR YOU FROM THERE ALL DAY. YESTERDAY FANS WERE SHOWING UP CHANTING VITALE IS NAME AND MAKING ONE LAST DITCH EFFORT TO KEEP THE CHAMPIONSHIP-WINNING COACH HERE IN KNOXVILLE. NOW UT AD DANNY WHITE PLANS TO SPEAK TO THE MEDIA AT 3.30 TODAY. WE’RE GOING TO BRING YOU HIS NEWS CONFERENCE LIVE AS PART OF OUR TEAM COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SO YOU WANT TO KEEP IT TUNED RIGHT HERE TO WATE. YOU CAN ALSO FOLLOW ALONG AT WATE DOT COM. JUST LOOK FOR THIS STORY. YOU’LL BE ABLE TO WATCH THAT

The San Francisco Giants announced that it is finalizing a deal to make Tennessee baseball coach Tony Vitello the Giants’ new manager.

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