The Morning Commute for Tuesday, June 3

Welcome to the Morning Commute

Today we’re talking about staff announcements for Mizzou Hoops and Softball.

Tim Fuller is back with the Mizzou Men’s Basketball program. After serving as an assistant coach for the Tigers from 2011-2015, he returns as the program’s first general manager — Mizzou Hoops announced on Monday.

You can read the full story from Matthew Gustafson here. (And for subscribers, Rock M Plus had the Fuller news covered back in April).

Basketball wasn’t the only program that made a staff hiring on Monday, however. It’s also a Homecoming for former Tiger baseball player and hitting coach Jake Epstein — who has been hired as Mizzou Softball’s assistant coach.

Matthew Gustafson also had more on this hire.

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Yesterday at Rock M and Rock M+

• Morning Commute from Josh Matejka: It’s a Homecoming x2 for new Mizzou Hoopers

“Look, it’s not like Aaron had far to go. He’s a local after all. And Luke is a Jefferson City guy, so this is also like a homecoming for him.”

Rowe and Northweather have arrived in COMO.

• From Matthew Gustafson: Mizzou Hoops hires Tim Fuller as General Manager

“He has deep ties to all levels of basketball, high school, college and professional, and was dubbed “the ‘most feared’ basketball recruiter you’ve never heard of” in the Yahoo article.”

Welcome back, Tim Fuller!

• From Matthew Gustafson: Former Tigers player, coach Jake Epstein hired as Mizzou Softball hitting coach

“Epstein has mainly worked as a hitting trainer and consultant since his playing days, founding the Epstein Online Hitting Academy. He has worked with multiple Major League Baseball organizations as a hitting consultant, including an official consulting role with the Milwaukee Brewers since 2018.”

Epstein sounds like an intriguing hire for Larissa Anderson.

• Over at Rock M+, We’ve got discussions on football, basketball, and Olympic Sports. Join in!

Rock M Radio’s Before the Box Score: Is Eli Drinkwitz the best recruiter Mizzou has ever had?

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