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NMJC Head Baseball Coach Leaving, Assistant Coach Recommended for Replacement

Cory Hall & Josh Simpson

7/24/2008 - Hobbs, NM. It's official. New Mexico Junior College Head Baseball Coach Cory Hall is heading for a new position at Western Texas A & M University this fall -- and Assistant Coach Josh Simpson has been recommended to replace him in leading the Thunderbird program.

Hall, who has served as head coach at NMJC since Ray Birmingham's departure to UNM in 2007, has decided to accept the head assistant coaching position at WTAMU, a NCAA Division II school. There, he will once again partner with Matt Vanderburg, who was hired as Head Coach in May. Under Hall's guidance in 2004-2005, the two had coached Clarendon College to its first national ranking in school history.

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