News: Nolan Cain is leaving Texas to return to Texas A&M and rejoin the Aggie baseball staff under Mike Earley.

Cain was previously an assistant in College Station from 2022-2024. pic.twitter.com/rJT66M4yjI

— Ryan Brauninger (@R_Brauninger) June 19, 2026

not one i was expecting.

Someone's got to check on schloss

Does this belong on the transfer portal thread?

Sources: @AggieBaseball will hire Nolan Cain, one of the nation's top recruiters, as its newest Associate HC/recruiting coordinator, I'm told. Cain, who spent the past 2 seasons at Texas, had previously spent time on the #Aggies coaching staff under Schloss. He returns to College… pic.twitter.com/INdXUXHnSo

— Kendall Rogers (@KendallRogers) June 19, 2026

What is the story here

Working for a Narcissist gets old.

Finally got sick of *****nagle. Weiner is next

Hopefully he has spent the past few weeks actively recruiting the best Texas players and commits to join him in Aggieland.

In all seriousness though this is a great hire. Only downside is that he will probably be a head coach soon. He will make our program better in the meantime though.

I would REALLY like to know what brought him back. My only guess is either a money or a "tired of Schloss"

Other thing is how many of tu's class will we take

As I said on the front page thread, what would you give to know the story behind this, Oh Wow! Gotta be a scandal in here somewhere, this is just TOO WEIRD!

Was there a cemetery involved with this development?

pdg88 said:

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Hopefully he has spent the past few weeks actively recruiting the best Texas players and commits to join him in Aggieland.

In all seriousness though this is a great hire. Only downside is that he will probably be a head coach soon. He will make our program better in the meantime though.

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Not saying you're wrong - but I think he could have easily been a head coach by now including when we hired Earley. It's possible he doesn't want to be a Head Coach or at least not at this point in his life/career.

At least he'll spend his final years as an assistant coach here and not there. Now time to go take some of their recruits.

Commander Gorn said:

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POS sent him over as a saboteur

…kidding

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I've told y'all. He's about money not loyalty. As long as we remember that, all's good.

And this was the rumor out of Austin that people that was gonna be Lil pecker

Any odds Cain brings Cozart with him? Believe he was coming here before schlossing up and going there.

Why limit it to hitters? Let's take some of the pitchers, too.

PeagleAg said:

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I would REALLY like to know what brought him back. My only guess is either a money or a "tired of Schloss"

Other thing is how many of tu's class will we take

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Doesn't he have young kids? May have been a case where we made him a great offer and having his kids go back to their original school was too good to pass up.

Also Schloss seems like a pain to work under. He's been with him for 5 years now, that's probably the lifespan of an assistant under him.

8e8Ag said:

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Any odds Cain brings Cozart with him? Believe he was coming here before schlossing up and going there.

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This would also be a pipe dream but I bet Cain was Pack's primary recruiter.

If anything, those guys' agents are salivating at floating this possibility to the Texas brass to get even heftier raises then they already would've gotten.

ummm a few thoughts....

1. this guy dragged us when he was here AND when he left.
2. He could have had any head coach job he wanted.
3. Why would he come back here for 1 year unless he was made promises? earley has 1 year left on contract and i havent heard any talk of an extension.
4. Who coaches third?
5. What does Cain tell recruits after the last 3 years of going back and forth? "Yeah I said this but i didnt mean it. its all good now" . sweet credibility and way to build relationships. Speaking of Recruiting... does anyone remember burner phones and recruiting for Texas while at A&M? Raise your hand.
6. How well are we going to do recruiting, with a coach with 1 year left on contract?
7. There are only 3 scenario's here.
A. He reached out because unhappy at Texas. - no chance in hell because he would just take the UH job.
B. Trev hired him a long time ago in anticipation of Earley having a bad year. - So; 12 months from now we look dumb for not keeping Earley if he has a good year. or we look dumb for not getting rid of him fast enough. This screams we have no faith in Mike. So then the talk will be why didnt we get rid of him earlier (when we hired nolan cain)?
C. Earley is about to take another job. Probably a AAA hitting coach or an illinois/indiana school (i forget where he is from) that gives him more stability while his kids grow up. The uncertainty about leaving after next year vs him choosing where to go now is probably easier to manage. Recruiting will be tough and how motivated would you be knowing there is no confidence in you from your admin.

IMO...C is the only answer that makes sense. Cain should not be coaching under Earley. He knows it and Earley knows it. Schloss said it many times. "Cain will be an SEC head coach soon and he isnt going to take any job."

Good luck Coach Earley!!

There's about a 0.1% chance of it being Option C.

Mairzy Doats said:

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ummm a few thoughts....

1. this guy dragged us when he was here AND when he left.
2. He could have had any head coach job he wanted.
3. Why would he come back here for 1 year unless he was made promises? earley has 1 year left on contract and i havent heard any talk of an extension.
4. Who coaches third?
5. What does Cain tell recruits after the last 3 years of going back and forth? "Yeah I said this but i didnt mean it. its all good now" . sweet credibility and way to build relationships. Speaking of Recruiting... does anyone remember burner phones and recruiting for Texas while at A&M? Raise your hand.
6. How well are we going to do recruiting, with a coach with 1 year left on contract?
7. There are only 3 scenario's here.
A. He reached out because unhappy at Texas. - no chance in hell because he would just take the UH job.
B. Trev hired him a long time ago in anticipation of Earley having a bad year. - So; 12 months from now we look dumb for not keeping Earley if he has a good year. or we look dumb for not getting rid of him fast enough. This screams we have no faith in Mike. So then the talk will be why didnt we get rid of him earlier (when we hired nolan cain)?
C. Earley is about to take another job. Probably a AAA hitting coach or an illinois/indiana school (i forget where he is from) that gives him more stability while his kids grow up. The uncertainty about leaving after next year vs him choosing where to go now is probably easier to manage. Recruiting will be tough and how motivated would you be knowing there is no confidence in you from your admin.

IMO...C is the only answer that makes sense. Cain should not be coaching under Earley. He knows it and Earley knows it. Schloss said it many times. "Cain will be an SEC head coach soon and he isnt going to take any job."

Good luck Coach Earley!!

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This is more entertaining if you pretend Carrie Mathison wrote this.

Yeah the hottest up and comer name in college baseball that could have almost any job he wanted, thought it was a good idea to take a lateral move (or some would say a step down) to be associate hc to a coach on a 1 year contract that should probably be coaching under him.

Make it make sense.

Poor sips, A&M is the top coaching job.

You are way over thinking this.

Schloss is a A hole Narcissist for Starters.
CS is much better place for typical college coaches than Austin.

It's this simple.

LB12MEEN said:

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You are way over thinking this.

Schloss is a A hole Narcissist for Starters.
CS is much better place for typical college coaches than Austin.

It's this simple.

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Haha, he's known Schloss is a narcissist for years.

Bc he does not want to be a head coach. Does not want to live in Houston. Could be either. Pat Henry said CS is a special place.

Confucius say "Life's simple, people complicate it"

He's talking about you apparently.