Former Oregon head coach George Horton joined the Orange Coast College baseball staff after the sudden death of head coach John Altobelli a few weeks ago.
Then Orange Coast College baseball coach John Altobelli – who sent his son, J.J., to play for Horton at Oregon – died two weeks ago in a plane crash that killed eight others, including his wife and daughter as well as Kobe Bryant and his daughter. One of Horton’s best friends, OCC assistant coach Tim Matz, asked if he would join the baseball staff at the school to assist a grieving team and staff.
Following a conversation with J.J. Altobelli, Horton was back in uniform.
“It’s a calling for me,” Horton said last week as he prepared to board the team bus for a game at Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo, Calif. “The more I thought about it, ‘Alto’ must have been in heaven yelling ‘Do this coach’ because I got pulled in.”
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