Randy Boone

[Dustin McComas @DustinLMcComas]

Had the privilege of covering the entire Skip Johnson tenure at Texas. He arrived a down-to-earth baseball junkie and accomplished JUCO coach who was a pitching savant and an underrated talent evaluator for hitters, too. The guys who could come to Austin to throw bullpens... pretty incredible. I think Cliff Lee wore sandals for his. Anyway...

Over the years, he slowly started doing a little more media each year (if I remember right, Augie might've encouraged this) and you knew people believed so highly of him that they wanted him to start doing things assistant coaches needed to do to get head coach opportunities. And as great of a pitching coach and evaluator of overall talent he was, he was also a humble sponge that soaked up the winning wisdom from Augie Garrido.

But the more we had time around Skip on and off the record, the more you appreciated he was exactly the guy he is now. And that's why he is where he is now - a national champion.

In an industry that can sometimes encourage coaches of status to stray away from who they are and try to become something they're not, he's as authentic as they come. I have no doubt you could drop him into any baseball setting at any level and he'd excel and the way he brings the best out of and manages people is commendable. People use to marvel at how quickly he could have the other dugout's signs and how he could simply watch a guy run and move and know that player had upside on the mound. The stories are endless.

Congrats to one of the all-time best baseball minds and teachers of the game for winning the big one.

[Shawn Clynch @ShawnC_ATX]

This moment right here.

The Branch family will never forget this.

Two CWS bombs by their sons

College ⚾️

🫠

[Randy Boone @RanBoone]

Be. There. One. Time. Keimon!!! Don’t have enough space to congratulate Skip properly so that will have to do. No one more deserving for what he has done for so many. You’re the man Skip. Now go find you a deer…Just kidding. He already has one picked out.

[Randy Boone @RanBoone]

@noahdarling_ Start Friday. Problem solved

[Randy Boone @RanBoone]

What are the odds of your two sons ending the 2026 season with home runs in their last AB? Not sure Vegas even has an answer for that. #omaha

[Randy Boone @RanBoone]

@KendallRogers @NashTalksTexas Be. There. Please.

[Randy Boone @RanBoone]

#umpshow

[Randy Boone @RanBoone]

Imagine a world where the CWS finals were on Friday -Saturday -Sunday. You know like the rest of the season and….. I know I’m getting crazy here but the football natty was on a Saturday. You know like the rest of the season. #logic

[Randy Boone @RanBoone]

🤘🏼🤘🏼 #HookEm

[Randy Boone @RanBoone]

@KendallRogers @NCAABaseball Best day of the year…as long as your team wins.

[Randy Boone @RanBoone]

Texas Fight 🤘🏼

[Randy Boone @RanBoone]

@HardballHardge Had to rewind it to make sure I saw it correctly. Crazy. Thought the documentary was very well done overall. 🤘🏼

[Randy Boone @RanBoone]

I was today years old when I learned that Skip Bertman coached and played at Miami.

[Randy Boone @RanBoone]

Started the day the same way we ended it. With a little baseball and Bryson’s favorite in between. #HookEm 🤘🏼

[Randy Boone @RanBoone]

@KendallRogers You are spot on. The boys just said “Dad why did you get so excited, it wasn’t even close.”

[Longhorn Baseball News @HornsBsblNews]

Texas shuts out Oklahoma 14-0, holding the Sooners out of the end zone for the third straight ye…

Oh wait never mind this was Baseball. 🤯

[Randy Boone @RanBoone]

@SuaKCravens If you are going to take petty shots at people it might behoove you to learn how to spell that person’s name before doing so. 🫣👀#HookEm

[Kendall Rogers @KendallRogers]

🤘FALL REPORT: Texas

Fresh off an #SEC crown in season one in the league, @TexasBaseball has an incredibly deep pitching staff to go with an offense loaded with upside.

My inside scoop on #Hookem's Fall Workouts.

READ: https://t.co/5gTBI1ohY0…

[Randy Boone @RanBoone]

@AustinTx_wood @EP__Tex Tape doesn’t lie