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John DeRouin to be new Arizona pitching coach with Kevin Vance off to SDSU

June 17, 2025

By Brian J. Pedersen, Arizona Desert Swarm: It was the addition of Kevin Vance as pitching coach two years ago that took the program to another level.

The work Vance did to elevate the Wildcats’ pitching staff was inevitably going to result in him getting a head coaching job, and that appears to have happened. Kirk Kenney of the San Diego Union-Tribune is reporting that Vance will be hired by San Diego State as head coach.

It would be the first head coaching opportunity for the 34-year-old Vance, who is a San Diego native. He replaces Shaun Cole, who coached the Aztecs for two seasons after serving as their pitching coach for four years

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