After leading his team to its best season since 2011 and then bolstering his coaching staff in the summer, Georgia Tech baseball coach Danny Hall had his contract extended through the 2023 season. Hall’s contract, last extended after the 2016 season, was to expire after the 2021 season.
The contract was announced Friday. Terms of the deal were not immediately available. Hall earned a base salary of $395,000 in the contract that was extended in 2016.
Hall has appeared to have put his team on firmer ground with his hire in January of assistant coach James Ramsey, which led to the Jackets leading the ACC in batting average and finishing second in runs and slugging percentage. Tech finished the season 43-19 overall and 19-11 in ACC play. It was Tech’s first season with 40-plus wins and a winning league record since 2011.
The Jackets earned the No. 3 seed in the NCAA tournament but were upset by Auburn in the regional round. Tech had missed the NCAA tournament the previous two seasons and three of the previous four. Hall was named ACC coach of the year for the fourth time in his 26 seasons at Tech.
In the summer, Hall hired Danny Borrell as his new pitching coach, luring him from his position as pitching coordinator for the New York Yankees farm system.
Tech also finalized contracts for Borrell and Ramsey that run through the 2022 season, a significant pact in that assistant coaches throughout the athletic department normally work on one-year deals.
“Coach Hall is one of college baseball’s best and most legendary coaches, and we’re fortunate to have him continue to lead our baseball program,” athletic director Todd Stansbury said in a statement. “I am very excited about coach Hall and the staff he has put together. The momentum that they continue to build is paying off on the recruiting trail, which is a huge part of what will lead us back to Omaha.”
Hall has led Tech to its only three College World Series berths – in 1994, 2002 and 2006 – and 21 NCAA tournament berths in his 26 seasons. However, the Jackets have also not advanced past the regional round of the tournament since 2006.
“I’m thankful and honored to be head coach here at Georgia Tech,” Hall said in a statement. “I still come to work every day excited about being part of such a special institution. I want to thank President Angel Cabrera and athletics director Todd Stansbury for their support of me, my family, our coaching staff and Georgia Tech baseball. We will continue to build a championship-caliber program here and represent the Yellow Jackets well on and off the field.”
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