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Here are 5 things to know about LSU’s new baseball coach', 'authors': ['Jeff Nowak'], 'content': [{'data': {'text': 'LSU baseball now knows the name that will succeed the Paul Mainieri era: Jay Johnson.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/ckqbix8rc000v2cqik7x6se0q@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'The Arizona head coach will leave the Wildcats to take over the reins for the Tigers, sources confirmed to WWL Radio Thursday afternoon.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/ckqbm50ky003g3h6z0s0pdckj@published'}, {'data': {'tag': None, 'fill': None, 'items': [{'uri': 'www.audacy.com/_components/article/instances/ckpvtgos9002y2dqg66kyssac@published', 'url': 'http://www.audacy.com/wwl/local-sports/lsu/lsuhirescoach', 'lead': 'image', 'pageUri': 'http://www.audacy.com/wwl/local-sports/lsu/lsuhirescoach', 'feedImgUrl': 'https://images.radio.com/aiu-media/Image-from-iOS-1-44c7f8ce-9a30-4d93-98ed-58f039600de9.jpg?crop=16:9', 'urlIsValid': True, 'contentType': 'article', 'canonicalUrl': 'http://www.audacy.com/wwl/local-sports/lsu/lsuhirescoach', 'overrideImage': None, 'overrideTitle': None, 'primaryHeadline': "LSU to hire Arizona's Jay Johnson as next baseball coach, sources say", 'ignoreValidation': False}], '_version': 2, 'articles': [{'uri': 'www.audacy.com/_components/article/instances/ckpvtgos9002y2dqg66kyssac@published', 'url': 'http://www.audacy.com/wwl/local-sports/lsu/lsuhirescoach', 'lead': 'image', 'pageUri': 'http://www.audacy.com/wwl/local-sports/lsu/lsuhirescoach', 'feedImgUrl': 'https://images.radio.com/aiu-media/Image-from-iOS-1-44c7f8ce-9a30-4d93-98ed-58f039600de9.jpg?crop=16:9', 'urlIsValid': True, 'contentType': 'article', 'canonicalUrl': 'http://www.audacy.com/wwl/local-sports/lsu/lsuhirescoach', 'overrideImage': None, 'overrideTitle': None, 'primaryHeadline': "LSU to hire Arizona's Jay Johnson as next baseball coach, sources say", 'ignoreValidation': False}], 'missingItems': False, 'sectionFront': 'local sports', 'componentVariation': 'inline-related'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/inline-related/instances/ckqbm68dz003y3h6zoxg0xb1i@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'But who exactly is Jay Johnson? Here are five things to know.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/ckqbm5wmb003p3h6zujebg1jj@published'}, {'data': {'text': '━━━━', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/ckqblscoj001b3h6zeaqhbe7m@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<strong>1. HAILING FROM...</strong>', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/ckqbm3vnq00373h6zzj5hncbm@published'}, {'data': {'url': 'https://twitter.com/UACoachJ/status/1403580613488087042', 'html': '<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">9-3 Cats! <a href="https://t.co/hTxUpGPWr0">pic.twitter.com/hTxUpGPWr0</a></p>&mdash; Jay Johnson (@LSUCoachJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/LSUCoachJ/status/1403580613488087042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2021</a></blockquote>\n', 'showMedia': True, 'showThread': True, 'componentVariation': 'tweet'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/tweet/instances/ckqbm89o800473h6zitspvqa1@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Johnson, 44, is an Oroville, California native and began his playing career in 1996 at nearby Shasta College. After two seasons he transferred to Point Loma Nazarene where he started at second base.\xa0That’s also where Johnson began his coaching career as an assistant in 2001, before being promoted to the head coach in 2005.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/ckqblsepd001l3h6z04e60k6l@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'The next season Johnson departed to become an assistant coach at the University of San Diego, helping to lead the Toreros to three West Coast Conference championships and four NCAA Tournament\xa0appearances from 2006-’13.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/ckqblsepd001m3h6zzn29kwas@published'}, {'data': {'text': '━━━━', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/ckqblsepd001n3h6zejk1sxe2@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<strong>2. SHORT CAREER, BIG RESULTS</strong>', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/ckqbm3l82002y3h6zn88xsrdj@published'}, {'data': {'alt': 'Jay Johnson', 'url': 'https://images.radio.com/aiu-media/Image-from-iOS-2-124137ae-1664-4a87-bfd6-b4a990d722db.jpg', 'width': 1024, 'credit': 'AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz', 'height': 647, 'caption': 'Arizona head coach Jay Johnson speaks to his players in the first inning against Vanderbilt during a baseball game in the College World Series Saturday, June 19, 2021, at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb.', '_version': 1, 'imageLink': None, 'rendition': None, 'sizeInBytes': '39784', 'borderToggle': None, 'componentVariation': 'image'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/image/instances/ckqbmim60005e3h6zpsslb9kt@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Johnson’s head coaching career isn’t nearly as extensive as some of the other targets in LSU’s coaching search, but his top-end accolades are among the best. His head coaching career began at the\xa0University of Nevada in 2014, finishing with a record of 72-42, and Mountain West Coach of the Year honors in 2015.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/ckqblsepd001o3h6zwgwmbud1@published'}, {'data': {'text': "He departed to Arizona the next season, producing immediate results. The Wildcats went 49-24 in Johnson's his debut season, with their run reaching all the way to final game at the College World Series.\xa0That ended in a loss, however, to the same Coastal Carolina squad that upset LSU in the Super Regionals earlier that season. Johnson again led the Wildcats to Omaha this past season, defeating Ole Miss\xa0and fellow LSU target Mike Bianco in the Super Regionals. Arizona fell with a whimper in two games, but that didn’t scare off the Tigers from hiring the Pac-12’s coach of the year to replace Paul Mainieri.", '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/ckqblsepe001p3h6ziata5u4j@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'In all Johnson has a head coaching record of 316-172, along with a postseason record of 17-7. What that postseason record doesn’t reflect, however, are the two seasons prior to the canceled 2020 college\xa0baseball season in which the Wildcats scuffled to a record of 66-46 (29-30 in Pac-12 play) and missed the postseason both years.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/ckqblsepe001q3h6zwtzfkci6@published'}, {'data': {'text': '━━━━', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/ckqblsepe001r3h6zljaxf5yd@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<strong>3. TOP DOLLAR</strong>', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/ckqbm36qd002q3h6zltup5f60@published'}, {'data': {'alt': 'Jay Johnson and Tim Corbin', 'url': 'https://images.radio.com/aiu-media/USATSI16282726-15f73c1d-3af4-42f5-84c2-47c39ae64698.jpg', 'width': 2984, 'credit': 'Steven Branscombe-USA TODAY Sports', 'height': 1987, 'caption': 'Vanderbilt Commodores head coach Tim Corbin and Arizona Wildcats head coach Jay Johnson meet before the game at TD Ameritrade Park.', '_version': 1, 'imageLink': None, 'rendition': None, 'sizeInBytes': '729864', 'borderToggle': None, 'componentVariation': 'image'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/image/instances/ckqbmeehg004p3h6z3xvr87wi@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'It remains unclear how much money LSU agreed to send Johnson’s way to depart Arizona, but it’s likely he didn’t come cheap. Johnson was the second-highest paid coach at the College World Series this\xa0season.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/ckqblsepe001s3h6zia7axiho@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Johnson’s salary for the 2021 season was reported at $856,687 — a number cut by 20% due to COVID — that was second only to the $1.2 million Vanderbilt paid to head coach Tim Corbin, according to The Tennessean Johnson had two years remaining on his current deal with Arizona after signing an extension in 2018, his second in as many seasons. He’ll owe just over $1 million back to the program for leaving early, <a href="https://tucson.com/sports/arizonawildcats/baseball/jay-johnson-leaving-arizona-to-become-coach-at-lsu/article_2aa9a2ae-d53b-11eb-9434-ffe908eb9e70.html">according to a report from The Arizona Daily Star</a>. Johnson\'s contract also included language that blocked him from leaving for another Pac-12 program.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/ckqblsepe001t3h6za56tp314@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'The other coaches, all of whom took some form of COVID reduction for this year’s compensation:<br /><strong>- Brian O’Connor</strong>, Virginia: $765,530<br /><strong>- Chris Lemonis</strong>, Miss. State: $750,000<br /><strong>- David Pierce</strong>, Texas: $731,250<br /><strong>- Tony Vitello</strong>, Tennessee: $550,000<br /><strong>- Elliott Avent</strong>, N.C. State: $434,833<br /><strong>- David Esquer,</strong> Stanford: n/a (private school/salary info not publicly reported)', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/ckqblsepe001u3h6z71y83yuz@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Despite that big number for Johnson, it’s unlikely to have scared off LSU. The now-retired Mainieri was one of just a handful of NCAA baseball coaches to paid at north of $1 million in salary per season.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/ckqblsepe001v3h6zv1yei15u@published'}, {'data': {'text': '━━━━', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/ckqbm0y5o002h3h6z7hnhstar@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<strong>4. ABOUT THE RECRUITS</strong>', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/ckqblsepe001w3h6z0fhdmr5i@published'}, {'data': {'url': 'https://twitter.com/UACoachJ/status/1135767700251168768', 'html': '<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Big time proud of Nick Quintana. Great player, great teammate, great career at Arizona that went by way too fast. This guy is model of how to do it. Tigers got better tonight. <a href="https://t.co/3VV1rsMsqf">pic.twitter.com/3VV1rsMsqf</a></p>&mdash; Jay Johnson (@LSUCoachJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/LSUCoachJ/status/1135767700251168768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2019</a></blockquote>\n', 'showMedia': True, 'showThread': True, 'componentVariation': 'tweet'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/tweet/instances/ckqbmcq8v004g3h6z5ls02j0l@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'It’s no secret that there are recruiting advantages inherent to coaching in the Southeastern Conference, but it will be on Johnson to deliver on the recruiting trail. That said, he’s had an impressive run of\xa0recruiting classes since taking over in Tuscon, with his highest-rated class,\xa0according to PerfectGame.org\xa0 this past year at No. 8 and behind only Stanford in the Pac-12. The current crop of commitments to\xa0Arizona is ranked 23rd, but it will remain to be seen if school choices shift for the incoming Wildcats players.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/ckqblsepe001x3h6zs4f6u2a2@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'The same could be said for LSU, which currently has the 4th-ranked recruiting class in line for next season with other SEC programs (Florida, Vanderbilt and Arkansas) ranking 1, 2 and 3. See the\xa0breakdown of those rankings below.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/ckqblsepe001y3h6z6m2q2js6@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<strong>ARIZONA RECRUITING CLASSES</strong> (beginning with Johnson’s 2nd season)', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/ckqblsepe001z3h6zxim5cltn@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<strong>- 2017</strong>: 30th; top-100 recruits: 0<br /><strong>- 2018</strong>: 9th; top-100 recruits: 1<br /><strong>- 2019</strong>: 21st; top-100 recruits: 2<br /><strong>- 2020</strong>: 8th; top-100 recruits: 2<br /><strong>- 2021</strong>: 23rd; top-100 recruits: 2', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/ckqblsepe00203h6zr3hrxy8z@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<strong>LSU OVER SAME SPAN</strong>', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/ckqblsepe00213h6zd1wbkhas@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<strong>- 2017</strong>: 16th; top-100 recruits: 2<br /><strong>- 2018</strong>: 3rd; top-100 recruits: 4<br /><strong>-</strong> <strong>2019</strong>: 7th; top-100 recruits: 3<br /><strong>-</strong> <strong>2020</strong>: 2nd; top-100 recruits: 4<br /><strong>- 2021</strong>: 4th; top-100 recruits: 6', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/ckqblsepe00223h6zzgvyyx57@published'}, {'data': {'text': '━━━━', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/ckqbm03xf00283h6ze49y2ma5@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<strong>5. A TRAGIC KOBE CONNECTION</strong>', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/ckqblsepe00233h6ztdhn0ohu@published'}, {'data': {'url': 'https://twitter.com/BaseballBros/status/1354066239543521280', 'html': '<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">May we never forget Coach John Altobelli and his family 🙏 <a href="https://t.co/mzMhLaGlHW">pic.twitter.com/mzMhLaGlHW</a></p>&mdash; Baseball Bros (@BaseballBros) <a href="https://twitter.com/BaseballBros/status/1354066239543521280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 26, 2021</a></blockquote>\n', 'showMedia': True, 'showThread': True, 'componentVariation': 'tweet'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/tweet/instances/ckqbmh2c9004y3h6ziitbjm9w@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'A tragic helicopter crash in 2020 sent shockwaves across the nation with the death of Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna. 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