SAN ANTONIO – UTSA baseball has added Alan Sailors as its volunteer assistant coach for the 2022 season, it was announced by head coach Pat Hallmark.
"We are excited to add Alan to our coaching staff," Hallmark said. "Alan brings a great feel for college baseball in the state of Texas and has the ability to have an instant impact on our outfield and catching positions. He is a tremendous addition to the program and will add to an already great group of coaches on our staff, including Ryan Aguayo and Zach Butler. I'm excited to welcome Alan and his wife Amy, into the UTSA family."
Sailors will work directly with UTSA's coaching staff on the day-to-day management of the program, while also tutoring UTSA's catchers and outfielders.
Sailors comes to the Roadrunners after serving as the volunteer assistant coach at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi from 2018-21.
In the 2019 season, Islander's catchers finished near the top in all defensive categories, with all three catchers finishing first, second and third in percentage of runners caught stealing.
"I am excited to join the coaching staff and program here at UTSA," Sailors said. "This is great platform for me to grow as a coach and person and I am thankful to Coach Hallmark, Coach Aguayo and Coach Butler for providing this opportunity."
Before heading to Corpus Sailors served as the catching/recruiting coordinator at Trinity University in San Antonio, and has also spent time on the staff at Texas Lutheran, Meridian [Miss.] Community College, Mary Hardin-Baylor and his alma mater, Howard Payne.
Sailors was a four-year letterwinner and three-year starter behind the plate at Howard Payne. As a senior, Sailors paced the conference in percentage of runners caught stealing, while ranking second in total runners nabbed attempting to steal.
Sailors graduated from Howard Payne University with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise and Sport Sciences in 2013 before earning a master's degree in Sports Administration from Mary Hardin-Baylor. In June 2018, Sailors married Amy Potts.
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