The San Francisco Giants have hired Tennessee baseball coach Tony Vitello as the team’s next manager, the team announced Wednesday. Vitello, 47, becomes the first ever college coach to make the jump directly to MLB manager without prior experience at the professional level.

The San Francisco Giants are hiring Tennessee Volunteers coach Tony Vitello as their new manager for his first pro coaching job.

Elander has been the hitting coach at Tennessee since the 2018 season.