The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/10/22/giants-hire-college-coach-tony-vitello-as-new-manager-first-college-coach-to-jump-straight-to-mlb-manager/SF Giants president Buster Posey is taking a big swing by hiring the first ever college coach with no MLB experience whatsoever as the team’s new manager, as University of Tennessee coach Tony Vitello will now manage the Giants.   When the San Francisco Giants fired manager Bob Melvin after two mediocre seasons, it was on Giants longtime All-Star catcher and now team President Buster Posey to pick the replacement. And now exactly 24 days after Melvin was fired, the Chronicle reports that the Giants have hired the University of Tennessee’s college coach Tony Vitello as the team’s new manager. The Chron describes Vitell

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