Randy Mazey enters his second season with the Horned Frogs. He was previously the head coach at former Conference USA-foe East Carolina for three seasons and, prior to that time, spent six seasons as the recruiting coordinator at Tennessee, East Carolina and Georgia.

"I am extremely excited to add Coach Mazey to our staff," said Head Coach Jim Schlossnagle. "He has had great success at the very highest level of college baseball. Having worked together at Clemson, I know first hand that he is one of the most knowledgeable baseball coaches in the nation. Our program and players will benefit greatly from Coach Mazey's expertise."

"I'm very excited to be a part of the Horned Frog baseball program and I look forward to helping TCU reach Omaha and win," said Mazey.

In his lone season at TCU, Mazey helped the Frogs to a league-best 484 strikeouts in 2007 as well as guiding them to a 3.95 ERA, the lowest for a Horned Frog squad since the 1981 season.

Mazey posted a three-year record of 120-66-1 (.644) while at East Carolina, which included season marks of 34-27-1 (.548) in 2003, a school-record 51-13 (.797) mark in 2004 and 35-26 (.573) in 2005. In addition, the Pirates also registered a 60-30 (.667) Conference USA regular-season record during that three-year span, which included three NCAA Regional at-large berths.

During the 2004 season, Mazey's Pirates were ranked in the top 10 for numerous weeks during the season, hosted the NCAA Regionals and advanced to the Super Regionals. For his efforts in 2004, Mazey was honored as the Conference USA Keith LeClair Coach of the Year as well as ABCA East Region Coach of the Year.

Mazey spent four seasons as the recruiting coordinator and pitching coach at the University of Tennessee. His pitching staffs posted two of the top four strikeout totals in school history and he produced six Volunteer pitchers who signed professionally, including one first-round draft pick. Tennessee had the second-best ERA in the SEC in 2000. In 2001, the Vols advanced to the College World Series where they tied for third.

The appointment at ECU was the second head coaching post of Mazey's career. At the age of 27, he was named head coach at Charleston Southern University in 1994. In 1996, he led the Buccaneers to their first-ever NCAA Regional appearance and was named Big South Coach of the Year.

His success in 1996 came with a team that was picked to finish last in the preseason coaches poll but rolled through the league competition with a 17-4 conference record. At 30-24-1, CSU posted its first winning season since 1988 and its second 30-win season in school history.

Mazey departed Charleston Southern to become recruiting coordinator and pitching coach at Georgia in 1997. His staff produced its lowest ERA in four years and set a season strikeout record in his lone season with the Bulldogs.

Prior to that, Mazey spent the 1998 season at ECU as an assistant. Under his tutelage, the Pirates posted the third-highest strikeout total in school history. He also served as the program's recruiting coordinator.

Mazey began his coaching career at Clemson University, his alma mater. During his four-year stint with the Tigers (1990-93), Clemson recorded a 198-67 mark, won two ACC titles, made four consecutive NCAA Regional appearances and advanced to the College World Series in 1991. While at Clemson, he coached or recruited 40 players who went on to play professionally, including 19 who were drafted in the top 10 rounds.

Mazey was a three-time All-ACC selection as an outfielder/pitcher during his playing career at Clemson. The Tigers won two ACC titles and advanced to two NCAA Regionals during his four-year stay from 1985-88. He finished with a career batting average of .331 and was 8-1 on the mound.

He was drafted in the 28th round of the 1998 draft by the Cleveland Indians and played two seasons in that organization's minor league system before returning to Clemson as an assistant coach.

Mazey earned a bachelor of science degree in administrative management from Clemson in 1988 and an MBA from Clemson in 1993. He was an 11th round pick in the amateur draft by the Baltimore Orioles following an outstanding prep career at United High School in Johnstown, Pa.

Randy was married to Amanda Ross on January 4, 2005. The couple have one son, Weston Aydan, born December 26, 2006.