Tony Vitello (American Baseball manager) Biography

Quick Info

Profession	Baseball manager
Nationality	American
Date of Birth	10/10/1978
Age	47 years
Birthplace	St. Louis, Missouri

Latest News about Tony Vitello

22/10/2025

Tony Vitello was hired as manager of the San Francisco Giants, becoming the first coach in baseball history to transition directly from a college head coaching position to managing a major league team without any prior professional coaching experience. He was introduced to the media on October 30, 2025, after eight seasons at the University of Tennessee where he won the 2024 College World Series national championship.

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Bio/Wiki

Full name: Anthony Gregory Vitello.

Career

Player

University of Missouri	2000-2002, three-year letterwinner, earned Academic All-Big 12 honors as senior

Coaching

Salinas Packers	2002, associate head coach
University of Missouri	2003, volunteer assistant; 2004-2010, assistant coach/recruiting coordinator and pitching coach
TCU	2011-2013, assistant coach and recruiting coordinator
University of Arkansas	2014-2017, assistant coach and recruiting coordinator
University of Tennessee	2018-2025, head coach
San Francisco Giants	Manager since 22/10/2025

Achievements

Tennessee: 60-win season 2024, SEC titles 2024, College World Series 2021/2023/2024, national championship 2024
52 players drafted at Tennessee
National Coach of the Year 2024 (Baseball America, ABCA, D1Baseball.com)
SEC Eastern Division Title 2021
Developed MLB players including Max Scherzer, Andrew Benintendi, Aaron Crow
Tennessee: 2024 College World Series national championship (first in program history), College World Series appearances 2021/2023/2024, five consecutive NCAA Super Regionals 2021-2025, six NCAA regional appearances 2019/2021-2025
52 players drafted during tenure at Tennessee
Six National Coach of the Year awards total
Led Tennessee to 40-win season in 2019 (first since 2005)
29 wins in first season at Tennessee (most by first-year head coach in program history)

Some Lesser Known Facts

1. First coach in baseball history to transition directly from college head coach to MLB manager without prior professional coaching experience[1]
2. Pronounced: vie-TELL-oh[2]
3. Earned Academic All-Big 12 honors as senior at Missouri[2]
4. Pronounced: vie-TELL-oh
5. St. Louis native, attended De Smet High School
6. 40th manager in San Francisco Giants history

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