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Whoever Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt decides is the right person to lead the baseball program in the future will have quite a rebuilding project on his hands. The 2013 version of the Red Raiders will look drastically different than the one that finished 29-26 overall and 7-17 in the Big 12 Conference, which might not be a bad thing. “When it comes down to it we just didn’t get the job done and that’s unfortunate,” sophomore pitcher Trey Masek said after the season-ending 8-2 win over Kansas State on Saturday.

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Some possibilities to be the next head baseball coach at Tech 05/23/12 - 3:01pm

On Monday, Texas Tech began the search for the ninth coach in the history of its baseball program after Dan Spencer was fired.

On Monday, Texas Tech began the search for the ninth coach in the history of its baseball program after Dan Spencer was fired following his fourth season. Below is a breakdown of some potential head coaching candidates and what each brings to the table. They are listed in alphabetical order.

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Watson: Hocutt shows he's serious about wins 05/22/12 - 5:06pm

The honeymoon is over: The determined, focused Kirby Hocutt has arrived

For the past 14 months, we’ve seen the diplomatic side of Kirby Hocutt. Tech’s athletic director has been well out in front, waving the school flag, smiling, shaking hands, meeting people, encouraging fans and donors that the future of Texas Tech athletics is a bright one. On Monday, we saw a different side of Hocutt. Raw, stern, disappointed yet still just as determined as ever to make every Red Raider athletic program a successful one in terms of NCAA postseason.

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Spencer officially out as head baseball coach at Texas Tech 05/22/12 - 5:38am

Hocutt decided it was time to make a change at the top and fired Dan Spencer Sunday as head coach of the program.

When looking at the state of the Texas Tech baseball program, athletic director Kirby Hocutt took into account more than just the disappointment that was the 2012 season. It was in the process of looking through the last three seasons that Hocutt, in charge of the athletic program for the past 14 months, decided it was time to make a change at the top and fired Dan Spencer Sunday as head coach of the program.

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Source: Spencer fired as head baseball coach at Texas Tech 05/21/12 - 5:18am

Texas Tech has scheduled a press conference for this morning at which it is expected to announce that Dan Spencer has been fired as the Red Raiders’ head baseball coach. A source close to the athletic department, on the condition of anonymity, confirmed to the Avalanche-Journal late Sunday night that Spencer has been fired.

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Red Raiders end disappointing 2012 season with bittersweet victory over Kansas State 05/20/12 - 5:41am

The 2012 Texas Tech baseball season ended with a win for the first time in four seasons. But it’s the fact that it ended at Rip Griffin Park on Saturday and not at the Big 12 Championships in Oklahoma City — or beyond — that makes the season a disappointment and the 8-2 win over Kansas State bittersweet. “It’s extremely bittersweet,” said senior third baseman Reid Redman, who was 2 for 3 in his final game as a Red Raider. “We wanted to come out today and play for pride, and it was a big deal going out with a win for our seniors and the guys who aren’t coming back.

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Red Raiders' hopes of postseason end with 5-1 loss to Kansas State 05/19/12 - 5:48am

With its 2012 season on the line Friday night, the Texas Tech baseball team played a game much like many of its previous 53. That wasn’t a good thing. Kansas State left-hander Joe Flattery carved up the Red Raider offense for the Wildcats’ first nine-inning complete game in almost three years, and Tech’s hopes of making the Big 12 Championships next week in Oklahoma City suffered a pedestrian demise in a 5-1 loss at Rip Griffin Park.

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