No pitching coach for Southern Jaguars

After weeks of rotten luck and disjointed practice schedules, the Southern baseball team caught a break Saturday afternoon. Rain and snow vanished, the sky cleared and the sun showed up. In the parking lot outside Lee-Hines Field, with the constant ring of aluminum bats in the distance, pitchers stretched and laughed. Right-hander/class clown Seth Monaghan made goofy faces and goofier dance moves. Teammates talked trash. Minutes later, they took off for some running exercises.

With less than a week to go before the Jaguars’ season opener at UCLA, everything seemed in place. Except for the presence of a pitching coach. For the second straight year, Southern will attempt to win the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship without a full-time pitching coach — something longtime head coach Roger Cador had hoped for this summer when he agreed to a three-year contract that will pay him at least $125,000 per season. Two months after winning his 14th conference title, Cador — who begins his 26th season behind the wheel of the baseball program — interviewed twice with the University of New Orleans (Cador agreed to a new deal with SU, his alma mater, before UNO made an offer).

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SU Jaguars 2010 Baseball Schedule

DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME

FEBRUARY
19 Friday UCLA, Los Angeles, CA (Jackie Robinson Stadium) 8:00 P.M.
20 Saturday Cal State Northridge, Los Angeles, CA (MLB Urban Youth Academy) 4:00 P.M.
21 Sunday Bethune-Cookman, Los Angeles, CA (MLB Urban Youth Academy) 4:00 P.M.
24 Tuesday University of New Orleans, Baton Rouge, LA 6:00 P.M.
27 Friday Baton Rouge CC (Exhibition) Baton Rouge, LA (Pete Goldsby Field) 1:00 P.M.

MARCH
2 Tuesday University of Loyola, New Orleans, LA 6:00 P.M.
6 Saturday +Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA 1:00 P.M.
6 Saturday University of New Orleans, Thibodaux, LA 4:00 P.M.
7 Sunday Nicholls State University, Baton Rouge, LA 1:00 P.M.
9 Tuesday Southeastern Louisiana Univ., Baton Rouge, LA 6:00 P.M.
13 Saturday *+Prairie View A&M Univ., Baton Rouge, LA 12:00 NOON
14 Sunday *Prairie View A&M Univ., Baton Rouge, LA 1:00 P.M.
16 Tuesday Univ. of Louisiana-Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 6:00 P.M.
20 Saturday +Baton Rouge CC (Exhibition) Baton Rouge, LA 1:00 P.M.
21 Sunday Baton Rouge CC (Exhibition) Baton Rouge, LA (Pete Goldsgy Field) 1:00 P.M.
23 Tuesday Nicholls State University, Baton Rouge, LA 6:00 P.M.
27 Saturday *+Arkansas Pine Bluff Univ., Pine Bluff, AR 1:00 P.M.
28 Sunday *Arkansas Pine Bluff Univ., Pine Bluff, AR 1:00 P.M.
30 Tuesday Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA 6:00 P.M.

APRIL
3 Saturday *+Texas Southern University Baton Rouge, LA 12:00 NOON
4 Sunday *Texas Southern University Baton Rouge, LA 1:00 P.M.
6 Tuesday University of New Orleans Baton Rouge, LA 6:30 P.M.
10 Saturday *+Grambling State Univ. Baton Rouge, LA 12:00 NOON
11 Sunday *Grambling State Univ. Baton Rouge, LA 1:00 P.M.
13 Tuesday University of Loyola Baton Rouge, LA 6:00 P.M.
17 Saturday *+Prairie View A&M Univ. Prairie View, TX 1:00P.M.
18 Sunday *Prairie View A&M Univ. Prairie View, TX 1:00P.M.
20 Tuesday Delgado CC (Exhibition) Baton Rouge, LA 6:00 P.M.
21 Wednesday FAMU, Baton Rouge, LA 6:00 P.M.
22 Thursday FAMU, Baton Rouge, LA 3:00 P.M.
24 Saturday Jackson State University Baton Rouge, LA 1:00 P.M.
25 Sunday Jackson State University Jackson, MS 1:00 P.M.
27 Tuesday Southeastern Louisiana Hammond, LA 6:00 P.M.

MAY
1 Saturday *+Arkansas Pine Bluff Univ. Baton Rouge, LA 12:00 NOON
2 Sunday *Arkansas Pine Bluff Univ. Baton Rouge, LA 1:00 P.M.
5 Wednesday Alcorn State University Lorman, MS 6:00 P.M.
8 Saturday *+Texas Southern University Houston, TX 1:00 P.M.
9 Sunday *Texas Southern University Houston, TX 1:00 P.M.
11 Tuesday Univ. of Louisiana Lafayette Baton Rouge, LA 6:00 P.M.
15 Saturday *+Grambling State Univ. Grambling, LA 1:00 P.M.
16 Sunday *Grambling State Univ. Grambling, LA 1:00 P.M.
18 Tuesday Alcorn State University Baton Rouge, LA 6:00 P.M.
26-29 Wed.-Sun. SWAC Tournament Shreveport, LA TBA

Bold = Home Games
* = Conference Games
+ = Double Header Games
All game times are Central