Osborne returns to UGA baseball as assistant coach

ATHENS -- Allen Osborne, head baseball coach at Wingate University, has been named an assistant coach at the University of Georgia according to an announcement Monday by Bulldog head coach David Perno.

Osborne will serve as the hitting instructor, coach third base, and assist in recruiting and camps. He returns to the Bulldogs where he first served as a graduate assistant under Robert Sapp in 1997-98, then as a volunteer assistant under Ron Polk in 2000-01 and Perno in 2002. In 2001, Georgia won the Southeastern Conference title and advanced to the College World Series. In 2002, Osborne helped Georgia qualify for back-to-back NCAA Regionals for the first time in school history.

Osborne has spent the past three years rebuilding the Wingate program as the Bulldogs captured the 2010 South Atlantic Conference title, the first since 2000. The Bulldogs advanced to the SAC Tournament each year under Osborne and increased their win total. The 19 conference wins by the Bulldogs in 2010 was the second most in school history.

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