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Tony Asaro
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- Volunteer Assistant Coach
Volunteer assistant coach Tony Asaro is in his first season at Utah. Asaro joins the Utes from El Camino Community College.
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Asaro served two stints as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at El Camino, most recently in 2016 and previously from 2010-12. His responsibilities included forming a hitting performance program, implementing defensive strategies and overseeing the catchers, inside game and base running. El Camino won a South Coast Conference title in 2010 and El Camino players won back-to-back SCC Player of the Year honors in 2010 and 2011. Asaro also served as a part-time instructor in the physical education department.
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Asaro also spent three years at Tennessee as a volunteer assistant coach (2013-14) and Director of Operations/Camp Coordinator (2015). The Vols made back-to-back SEC Tournament appearances in 2014 and 2015, returning to the league tournament for the first time since 2007.
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Asaro began his collegiate baseball career at Pepperdine, helping the team win the 2006 West Coast Conference Championship before transferring to UC Irvine. The Anteaters played in the NCAA Tournament each year, reaching the College World Series in 2007 in addition to a Super Regional appearance in 2008. UC Irvine won the Big West in 2009.
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A scholar-athlete, Asaro graduated from UC Irvine in 2009 with a bachelor's in sociology.
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Asaro served two stints as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at El Camino, most recently in 2016 and previously from 2010-12. His responsibilities included forming a hitting performance program, implementing defensive strategies and overseeing the catchers, inside game and base running. El Camino won a South Coast Conference title in 2010 and El Camino players won back-to-back SCC Player of the Year honors in 2010 and 2011. Asaro also served as a part-time instructor in the physical education department.
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Asaro also spent three years at Tennessee as a volunteer assistant coach (2013-14) and Director of Operations/Camp Coordinator (2015). The Vols made back-to-back SEC Tournament appearances in 2014 and 2015, returning to the league tournament for the first time since 2007.
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Asaro began his collegiate baseball career at Pepperdine, helping the team win the 2006 West Coast Conference Championship before transferring to UC Irvine. The Anteaters played in the NCAA Tournament each year, reaching the College World Series in 2007 in addition to a Super Regional appearance in 2008. UC Irvine won the Big West in 2009.
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A scholar-athlete, Asaro graduated from UC Irvine in 2009 with a bachelor's in sociology.
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