Louisville’s Roger Williams Transitioning to New Role, Additional Staff Moves Coming

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Following a 2026 campaign in which the Louisville baseball program missed out on the NCAA Tournament, head coach Dan McDonnell is making some slight changes to his staff.

Pitching coach/associate head coach Roger Williams, who has been with McDonnell ever since his hiring at UofL back in 2007, will be transitioning to a new pitching coordinator role, the program announced Friday.

“Roger Williams established a standard of pitching excellence here at Louisville that rivaled any program in the country,” McDonnell said in a statment. “The last few years, we have not met that standard and that starts with me as the head coach. As we evaluate what’s next for our program, we are making a commitment to provide Roger with all the necessary resources to get this program back to where it belongs on the mound.”…

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