The San Francisco Giants are hiring University of Tennessee coach Tony Vitello as their manager for his first professional coaching job

The conventional path is managing in Triple-A for a decade. The conventional path is being a polite bench coach, biding your time, saying the right things, and thanking the organization for the opportunity to interview for a main gig every now and again.

Tennessee was an afterthought in the SEC before Vitello transformed the program into one of the nation’s best. Over eight seasons, Vitello led the Vols to a 341-131 record, winning a national title in 2024 and making the Super Regionals on three occasions.

Buster Posey already put plenty of his fingerprints on the San Francisco Giants as a player for 12 seasons. Now, as the organization's president of baseball operations, the former catcher is taking the franchise into unprecedented territory.

Giants top managerial candidate might have done the most confident thing trying to prove he is the right guy for the job.

Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy says he couldn't have imagined going directly from coaching in the college ranks to managing in the major leagues.

I expect that by the time you read this yarn, you will know everything there might be to know about one Tony Vitello. He of course is the shiny new manager of your San Francisco Giants.

Buster Posey was a superstar player for the San Francisco Giants, and now he's hoping to be a superstar executive for that same organization. His first season d

San Francisco Giants president of baseball operations Buster Posey said Wednesday he isn't planning on pursuing Bruce Bochy as a managerial candidate next season.

Buster Posey, the club’s president of baseball operations, said he had spoken to Bruce Bochy and mentioned there could be a position for the 70-year-old in the organization — just not the managerial job.

The biggest news on Rocky Top this week isn't that the Tennessee Vols lost to the Alabama Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa last Saturday night. Instead, the biggest news is the ongoing saga involving Vols baseball coach Tony Vitello and the San Francisco Giants.