Frank Anderson is expected to leave Tennessee baseball to join the San Francisco Giants, a source with direct knowledge of the situation told Knox News.

The source spoke on the condition of anonymity because Anderson’s hire has not been announced.

Anderson spent his entire career of more than 40 years in college baseball, but will depart for the major leagues to join Tony Vitello with the Giants. Vitello was hired as the Giants manager on Oct. 22. Anderson is the second staff member to leave with Vitello.

Strength coach Quentin Eberhardt left to be San Francisco’s director of performance, sources told Knox News on Nov. 14. UT hired Keegan Knoll to be the strength coach following Eberhardt’s departure. Knoll brings eight years of MLB experience to UT’s staff.

Anderson served as the interim coach for three days before Josh Elander was hired on Oct. 25. Anderson was initially retained on Elander’s first staff, but instead will head for the pro ranks. Elander could choose to promote director of pitching performance Josh Reynolds to the pitching coach role for the 2026 season or hire externally.

Anderson spent the past eight seasons at Tennessee, coaching elite pitching staffs and 25 MLB Draft picks, including four first-rounders. He had two first-round pickers in 2025 in Liam Doyle and Marcus Phillips. Chase Dollander (2023) and Garrett Crochet (2020) were also first-rounders.

A program-record six pitchers were picked in the 2023 MLB Draft.

Anderson was one of Vitello’s first hires. Vitello plucked Anderson from Houston, where he was an assistant coach from 2013-17. He was the head coach at Oklahoma State from 2004-12. He won the College World Series in 2002 as the pitching coach at Texas, where he worked from 2000-03.

The Grant, Nebraska, native also coached at Texas Tech from 1990-99.

He got his start in coaching in 1984 at Emporia State, his alma mater. He coached at Emporia State until 1987 then was at Howard College in Texas from 1988-89.

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