South Carolina baseball, Paul Mainieri hires Chris Gordon as director of player development

COLUMBIA — South Carolina baseball coach Paul Mainieri has hired Chris Gordon as the director of player development, the school announced Monday.

Gordon's job duties also include working as the as director of analytics and camp coordinator.

"Chris is going to be a valuable member of our staff," Mainieri said in a school release. "In today’s game, analytics, technology, and statistics play a vital role in player development, recruiting, scouting reports, and game strategy. Chris’ proficiency in all of the developmental systems we have at our access ... is outstanding and his ability to analyze the data to make recommendations to the coaches will be critical."

Gordon spent the past two seasons at Texas, working on hitting and pitching development. He was promoted to the on-field coaching staff during the 2024 season and worked directly with the pitchers. Gordon was at Duke 2017-22 and was elevated to pitching coach in February 2021.

He's also worked at East Tennessee State University and Milligan.

At South Carolina, Gordon will work on staff with brand new coach Paul Mainieri, who comes to the Gamecocks via retirement and assistant coaches Monte Lee, Terry Rooney and John Hendry.

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Lulu Kesin covers South Carolina athletics for The Greenville News and the USA TODAY Network. Email her at lkesin@gannett.com and follow her on X, formerly known as Twitter, @Lulukesin