• UNC athletes in football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, and baseball will receive a share of revenue starting July 1st.
• UNC will increase its athletic scholarships from 338 to 532 across all sports.
• UNC is exploring new revenue streams like naming rights and sponsorships to offset increased costs.

University of North Carolina athletes will be paid revenue directly by the school, beginning July 1, in addition to income they already earn for use of their name, image and likeness.

Tennessee baseball made a big splash in the transfer portal on Sunday, picking up a commitment from the top-rated player in the transfer portal as former Virginia first baseman and right fielder Henry Ford made his pledge known to Tony Vitello and the Tennessee staff.

The slugger was on campus the first week the portal officially opened for an official visit ahead of Tennessee’s super regional matchup at Arkansas. Tennessee beat out Mississippi State and Texas for Ford, who is playing in the Cape Cod League this summer.

Ford, who stands in at 6-foot-5 weighing 225 pounds, is draft eligible this summer. He’s currently listed as the No. 73 MLB Draft prosect by MLB Pipeline and No. 70 by Baseball America. He has two years of collegiate eligibility remaining but is a serious draft risk.

Virginia head coach Brian O’Connor left his post to take on the head job at Mississippi State after the season. Ford, along with several of his fellow teammates, entered the NCAA transfer portal.    

The Charlottesville, Va. Native, who attended high school in Chattanooga at Baylor School, broke onto the scene as a true freshman in 2024, landing on three Freshman All-American teams after hitting .336 at the plate with 17 home runs, 69 runs batted in and 13 doubles in 61 starts. The home runs and RBI tally were both freshman records for the program.

In 2025, Ford registered a .362 average with 11 home runs, 46 RBI, nine doubles and 42 runs scored across 50 games played. He primarily played first base as a freshman before shifting more towards the outfield as a sophomore. In total, Ford played in 74 games at first base and 34 games in the outfield while at Virginia in two seasons.   Ford was named second-team All-ACC following the 2025 campaign as an outfielder.

Baseball Transfer Portal

The 2025 non-graduate transfer portal opened on June 2 and will remain open until July 1. Players must have their name entered in the transfer portal by July 1 if they want to move on, but new destinations do not have to be made by that time.

The Vols have benefited greatly from the transfer portal in recent cycles, reeling in the likes of Chase Dollander (2022), Griffin Merritt (2023), Maui Ahuna (2023), Zane Denton (2023), Billy Amick (2024), Cannon Peebles (2024), AJ Causey (2024), Chris Stamos (2024), Liam Doyle (2025), Andrew Fischer (2025) and Gavin Kilen (2025).

Ford becomes the seventh addition for the Vols via the transfer portal, joining right-handed pitchers Clay Edmondson (UNC Asheville), Mason Estrada (MIT), Bo Rhudy (Kennesaw State), RHP Brady Frederick (ETSU), utility Garrett Wright (Bowling Green) and RHP/OF DJ Newman. Tennessee has also added junior college players such as RHP Matt Barr (SUNY Niagara) and Tyler Myatt (Walters State) and picked up catcher Trent Grindlinger as a late add to the 2025 class in recent weeks.

Tennessee has now lost 13 players to the transfer portal so far: INF Jack Jones, INF Robinson Martin, LHP Bryson Thacker, RHP Brayden Sharp, RHP Austin Hunley, RHP Thomas Crabtree, OF Colby Backus, LHP Ryler Smart, LHP Dylan Loy, LHP Andrew Behnke, RHP Austin Breedlove and RHP/OF Beau Revord.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Former Arkansas baseball coach and Razorback legend Norm DeBriyn will be inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame as part of the 2025 class, the College Baseball Foundation announced Monday, June 23.

In a coaching career that spanned four decades, DeBriyn transformed Arkansas into a national powerhouse after taking over as head coach in 1970 at the age of 28. The winningest coach in school history, DeBriyn guided the Razorbacks to a record of 1,161-650-6 (.641 winning percentage), two Southwest Conference titles, one Southeastern Conference title, one SEC Western Division title, 15 NCAA Tournament appearances and four NCAA College World Series appearances.

The Razorbacks recorded their best national finish is school history under DeBriyn in 1979, finishing as runner-up in the College World Series. In his 33 seasons at the helm of the Arkansas baseball program, DeBriyn coached 19 All-America selections, six Freshman All-Americans, 58 all-conference selections and 48 all-conference tournament selections. He was named SWC Coach of the Year in 1978, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989 and 1990, and SEC Coach of the Year in 1999.

DeBriyn, the second Razorback to be inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame, was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame and the University of Arkansas Sports Hall of Honor in 1991, the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2003 and the Southwest Conference Hall of Fame in 2015. The Ashland, Wis., native is also a member of the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh Athletics Hall of Fame.

The 18th induction class, comprised of players, coaches and other builders of the game who have positively impacted college baseball, will be honored at the 2026 Night of Champions presented on Feb. 12, 2026, in Overland Park, Kan., the home of the College Baseball Hall of Fame. The event will serve as the ceremonial start to the 2026 college baseball season, which begins on Feb. 13, 2026. For more information and to reserve your tickets, please visit the CBF website.

Along with the Hall of Fame inductees, the Night of Champions will celebrate the winners of the 2025 College Baseball Foundation awards, including Roch Cholowksy, UCLA (Brooks Wallace Award); Jake Knapp, North Carolina (National Pitcher of the Year); Evan Dempsey, Florida Gulf Coast (John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year); Brad Neffendorf, LSU Shreveport (Skip Bertman Coach of the Year); and Larry Lee, Cal Poly (Wayne Graham Award for Teaching Excellence).

To be eligible for the College Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, players must be out of college for 15 years and have completed one year of competition at a two-year institution in the CCCAA, NJCAA or a four-year NCAA (Division I, II or III) or NAIA institution. Ballot-eligible coaches must be retired for two years or be active and no less than 75 years old.

2025 COLLEGE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME CLASS
Players

• Gene Ammann, Pitcher, Florida State University, 1968-70
• Kris Benson, Pitcher, Clemson University, 1994-96
• Kip Bouknight, Pitcher, University of South Carolina, 1998-2001
• Hubie Brooks, Shortstop, Mesa College/Arizona State University, 1976-78
• Gene Hooks, Third Baseman, Wake Forest University, 1947-50
• Mike Loynd, Pitcher, Florida State University, 1984-86
• Mark McGwire, First Baseman/Pitcher, University of Southern California, 1982-84
• Phil Nevin, Third Base, Cal State Fullerton, 1990-92
• David Price, Pitcher, Vanderbilt University, 2005-07
• Earl Sanders, Pitcher, Jackson State University, 1984-86
• Mike Stenhouse, Outfielder, Harvard University, 1977-79
• Stephen Strasburg, Pitcher, San Diego State University, 2007-09
• Joe Thomas, Pitcher/First Baseman, Marietta College, 1994-97

Coaches

• Norm DeBriyn, Coach, University of Arkansas, 1970-2002
• *Clint Evans, Coach, University of California, 1930-54
• *Ray Fisher, Third Baseman/Pitcher/Coach, Middlebury College 1907-09/1910 (Third Baseman/Pitcher/Coach) / University of Michigan / 1921-59 (Coach)
• Les Murakami, Coach, University of Hawai’i, 1968-97
• Ray Tanner, Coach, North Carolina State, 1988-96/University of South Carolina, 1997-2012
• Jerry Weinstein, Coach, Sacramento State College, 1975-98

* To be inducted posthumously

Administrators / Builders / Umpires

• Scott Boras, Agent, University of the Pacific, 1974-77
• Paul Guillie, Umpire – 1990-2014/SEC Coordinator of Baseball Umpires – 2014-current

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On Monday, CBS Sports and the Pac-12 announced an extension of their partnership through the 2030-31 season. The extension will help usher in a new era of the Pac-12.

“Our goal with this process was to find transformational partnerships for the new Pac-12, and throughout our discussions and time together it became more and more clear that a partnership with CBS Sports would be just that,” Pac-12 commissioner Teresa Gould said. “I am thankful to the team at CBS Sports for seeing our vision and investing in our shared future as we build, launch and realize a new Pac-12 together.”

On July 1, 2026, the Pac-12 will welcome the additions of Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, San Diego State, Utah State and Gonzaga. With its pre-existing members, Washington State and Oregon State, the conference will officially have eight members next year.

This move came after the conference disintegrated last year, with its members joining either the ACC, Big 12 or Big Ten. Pac-12 games will air on Paramount+, along with CBS.
 
“As the new Pac-12’s primary media partner, CBS Sports’ top-tier coverage will showcase the best of the conference’s football and men’s basketball games annually across our platforms, including the championship game for both sports,” said Dan Weinberg, executive vice president, programming, CBS Sports. “Extending this partnership strengthens our multiplatform college football and basketball schedule and, at a pivotal moment for the new Pac-12, allows us to collaborate, grow the conference and expand its reach.”

The conference’s current and incoming members were both responsible in the decision to sign an extension with CBS. For some of the key details in the conference’s latest deal, look below.

• Annual football championship game on CBS and streamed live on Paramount+.
• Annual men’s basketball tournament championship game on CBS and Paramount+.
• A minimum of three regular season football games on CBS and Paramount+ each season.
• A minimum of three regular season men’s basketball games on CBS and Paramount+ each season.
• Football and men’s basketball games throughout the regular season on CBS Sports Network, with details to be announced at a later date.

Per the Pac-12’s release, the conference will announce other media rights deals after it finalizes the agreements. For a league that looked all but gone only a year ago, the conference suddenly seems to have a bright future ahead.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.- Announced by the College Baseball Foundation, former NC State Baseball head coach Ray Tanner has been selected as one of 21 college baseball standouts to be inducted into the 2025 class of the College Baseball Hall of Fame.

Tanner is one of six coaches inducted in this year’s class and is the first NC State Wolfpack Baseball member to be inducted in the College Baseball Hall of Fame.

“Ray Tanner’s long and illustrious career has made a tremendous lasting impact on two very proud and prestigious baseball programs,” head coach Elliott Avent said. “His outstanding contributions to the great baseball traditions of NC State and the University of South Carolina have set the table for this distinguished and well-deserved honor.”

From 1977 to 1980, Tanner played for the Wolfpack under head coach Sam Esposito, starting four seasons at shortstop and third base. In 1980, he was named to the All-ACC first team.

Immediately after graduating in 1980 with a B.S. in Recreational Administration, Tanner remained an assistant coach under Coach Esposito. After seven seasons as an assistant, he was promoted to head coach following Tanner’s retirement. At 28 years old, Tanner became one of the youngest head coaches in the country.

In his first season as head coach, Ray Tanner led NC State to a then-school record forty-five wins, a second-place finish in the ACC, and a spot in the NCAA tournament. His team again broke the school victory mark in 1990 and was named ACC Coach of the Year after winning forty-eight games. The last NC State ACC Tournament championship came under Tanner in 1992.

In 1993, Tanner led the Wolfpack to win 49 games again, breaking his record, which stood for the next 20 years. Under coach Tanner, NC State made five straight NCAA Tournament appearances.

He finished his NC State career with a 395-173-3 record and a .694 winning percentage, which ranks fifth all-time in the ACC among head coaches who have coached at least four seasons. The Wolfpack saw eight All-Americans under the guidance of Tanner.

The 18th induction class will be honored at the 2026 Night of Champions presented by Prairiefire on February 12, 2026, in Overland Park, Kansas, the home of the College Baseball Hall of Fame. The event will be the ceremonial start to the 2026 college baseball season, which begins on February 13, 2026.

To be eligible for the College Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, players must be out of college for 15 years and have completed one year of competition at a two-year institution in the CCCAA, NJCAA, or a four-year NCAA (Division I, II or III) or NAIA institution. Ballot-eligible coaches must be retired for two years or be active and at least 75 years old.

Each year, more than 200 representatives nationwide vote on the College Baseball Hall of Fame induction class. The voting body is comprised of national and regional college baseball media, active and retired coaches, former players, former inductees, college baseball historians and members of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) collegiate baseball committee. The College Baseball Hall of Fame inducted its first class in 2006. Since then, 175 players, coaches, umpires, administrators, and contributors have been selected for induction. Click here for a full list of College Baseball Hall of Fame classes.