The murmurs of moving on from Michael Earley as Texas A&M baseball's head coach have been growing in volume in the later part of the season. There has been a pall over the program since the early-season slump, but an eruption to take down some of the nation's top teams in the middle of the year had quelled the concern to a great degree.
However, the final two weekend series— getting swept by Missouri for the Tigers' only SEC wins of the year and then losing two out of three to Georgia— appear to have sealed Earley's fate. Insiders have spoken about the grave outlook that missing the postseason would have for Earley in College Station, and it seems like the odds of making a regional are longer than they ever have been.
Now, with a loss to LSU in the SEC Tournament, and the Aggies' season likely over, it's decision time. If the Aggies do indeed move on from Earley, though, it looks like they'll have a chance to make some noise.
College baseball insider says Texas A&M has opportunity for "massive upgrade" if moving on from Earley
Obtuse Texas fans insisting on Twitter that A&M should keep Earley has led to this nugget from D1Baseball's Kendall Rogers:
Because you have an opportunity to make a massive upgrade? Same reason Texas went from a guy who was having success to hire a guy who was having more success.
— Kendall Rogers (@KendallRogers) May 24, 2025
Funnily enough, though not surprisingly, the same Longhorn fan immediately tried to argue with Rogers, maybe the most plugged-in voice in the sport, about this information. Take whatever lesson from that you will.
This is an exciting proposition for the Aggies. Earley has admittedly been a disappointment thus far, wasting a preseason number one ranking and all but assuredly missing the postseason, so it wouldn't be hard to find an upgrade from that.
However, keeping in mind that the Aggies made a really convincing run at Tennessee's Tony Vitello last offseason before eventually being turned down, this signals that the decision makers for A&M aren't afraid to go big game hunting. I doubt they'd get a name as big as Vitello, but after giving an upstart coach a chance and seeing it crash and burn, I wouldn't be surprised to see them go get a known quantity.
This is all still speculation at this point— no decision has officially been made. I doubt any will until the Aggies' postseason fate is sealed— A&M isn't exactly on the bubble, but it would be an extreme misstep to fire Earley right now on the off chance that they make a regional.