Brent Haring takes over as head baseball coach at Nicholls

THIBODAUX, La. (WGNO) — Nicholls State University has a new head baseball coach.

Brent Haring takes over just two weeks after former coach Mike Silva moved to Arkansas State University.

Haring has more than 20 years of experience in and around baseball, most recently as director of operations for LSU baseball. Before that, he coached at BYU, where he says he learned to appreciate the baseball culture at Nicholls when the Cougars traveled to Thibodaux.

“I was totally blown away by the support and the community and the feeling you get at Ray Didier Field,” Haring recalled. “And, I remember going back to the hotel and saying to the head coach, Coach Littlewood, ‘Coach, this place is awesome. This place is incredible.”

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The Colonels are coming off back-to-back Southland Conference championships. Haring says he hopes to improve on the team’s previous success.

“Mike has been here for three years. I went to two regionals, you know. So it’s incredible. He’s one of the best coaches in college baseball, in my opinion,” Haring said. “But my goal would be to take it one step further and get through a regional and get into the super regional round and make a run.”

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