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A star on Nebraska’s bench: Erstad enjoying new gig
Written by BTN.com staff-
posted on
4/30/12 @ 10:27am
in Baseball, Nebraska, Big Ten Features
First-year Nebraska baseball coach Darin Erstad is as polished and decorated as college coaches come. Let’s list a handful of the accolades: No. 1 pick in the 1995 MLB First-Year Player Draft; 2002 MLB champion; two-time MLB All-Star; three-time Gold Glove winner; .339 lifetime hitter in playoffs. And the list goes on. So, why did Erstad, a two-sport star during his time at Nebraska, decide to start coaching college baseball? “It’s in the blood,” Erstad told BTN.Watch our feature with the former Husker now.
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I attend most games and sit in the second row behind the Husker dugout. I enjoy watching Erstad and Bolt giving signals to the players. I think they are doing a super job and know the Huskers enjoy playing for them. I hear nothing but super comments about the coaching staff.