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Cal State Fullerton places Rick Vanderhook on Leave

by Brian Foley
by Brian Foley 6 comments

VanderhookSmallUPDATE #2: April 17th at 9:02pm ET

After losing to UC Santa Barbara last Sunday, Vanderhook told Shotgun Spratling:

“They’re a soft group and if they keep doing what they’re doing, they’re going to be the first team from Fullerton not to play in the postseason in 26 years.”

UPDATE #1: April 17th at 8:24pm ET
We have spoken to many sources around the Cal-State Fullerton program that stated Vanderhook’s post game punishment was excessive. It included berating players while having extensive running. One of the sources stated to us that this was “Bobby Knight” level stuff. We will update with more information as we investigate it.

Original Post

Rick Vanderhook has been placed on administrative leave.

“Effective today, Cal State Fullerton’s head coach Rick Vanderhook has been placed on paid administrative leave. The university has received allegations that it is obligated to review.”

As always, we will be all over this with coverage from Shotgun Spratling and myself.

Brian Foley is the founder and Lead Editor of College Baseball Daily since its inception in 2005. He has covered two CWS, multiple NCAA Baseball Regionals, and other special events across the country. In addition to his duties with College Baseball Daily, he has covered games for Inside Lacrosse and been featured in USA Today, Wall Street Journal among other publications. He can be contacted by email at editor at collegebaseballdaily.com and followed on Twitter @BFoley82.

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6 comments

Scott April 17, 2014 - 10:15 pm

Has to be serious given that it was just hours before huge series started against cal poly. Has to be more than yelling and running.

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Scott April 18, 2014 - 7:42 pm

Bunch of primadonna players there that don’t produce. All are a bunch of babies

Kylie April 25, 2014 - 1:25 pm

At least someone is reporting something. Baseball America not saying a word. They are sucking up to someone…

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