$80MM Texas A&M baseball facilities renovations approved: Aggies setting new standard

Texas A&M baseball: $80MM renovations approved to Blue Bell Park, rocketing Aggies to cutting edge of facilities quality

It didn’t take long for Texas A&M baseball coach Jim Schlossnagle to get his wish. Texas A&M officially announced today that one of their new capital plan projects is an eighty million dollar renovation to Olsen Field.

If there’s one thing that this university has shown, it’s that a successful head coach will receive the financial backing he needs to further build on that success. The Aggies gave that to Jimbo Fisher when he went 9-1 and won the Orange Bowl, but Fisher failed to capitalize on that support over the next couple of years.

For Schlossnagle, though, the outlook is far different. He has built a lasting foundation here in College Station, reaching the College World Series in year one and being right on track to get back this year.

This is not to mention things like pulling in premier transfers such as Braden Montgomery, consistently drumming up excitement for the program around town, and occupying the top spot in the polls for several weeks. Schloss, when all is said and done, is on track to have a historic career as the head coach of Texas A&M baseball.

Now, he’ll have a premier facility in which to practice his craft. The money committed to making Olsen one of the top destinations in the country is unparalleled in a conference more committed to the sport than any other in the nation.

Schloss has earned this upgrade with how effectively he has built excitement around the program. Part of raising the necessary funds for a project like this is getting people to buy into a vision, and the Aggie baseball coach has done just that.