The former Nevada head coach spent two years with the Horned Frogs.
D1 Baseball insider Kendall Rogers reported Thursday evening that TCU assistant coach TJ Bruce has been hired to be the next head coach at Long Beach State. Bruce served as an assistant coach at TCU for two seasons and was previously the head coach at Nevada. Under Bruce, TCU recorded a .298 batting average in 2023, its highest mark since 2016. Bruce was the head coach at Nevada from 2016-21 and held a 171-168 record there.
BREAKING: @LBDirtbags will hire former player and current @TCU_Baseball assistant TJ Bruce as its new head coach, @d1baseball has learned. Bruce, who previously was a head coach at Nevada, has spent the last two seasons with the #Frogs. #Dirtbags #BigWest pic.twitter.com/8pjdLnmIYd
— Kendall Rogers (@KendallRogers) June 13, 2024
Rogers reported Thursday evening that TCU could be naming its replacement for Bruce sometime in the near future. Bruce’s coaching career includes a stint as an assistant coach for UCLA from 2011-15 as well as five seasons as an assistant coach at Long Beach State, where he will now take over a baseball program that went 25-29-1 during the 2024 season.