Elliott Avent
Elliott Avent
Elliott Avent is the head baseball coach of the NC State Wolfpack. After 19 years of coaching the Wolfpack, Avent has compiled both the most wins and most losses of any head baseball coach in NC State history...
high national
We've got high expectations this year. We like to think we're going to play for a national championship, but if we're going to play for a national championship, we've got to play better than this.
baseball best class college competitor country faced far great hole pitchers tremendous
We faced one of the best pitchers in the country today, a tremendous competitor and a class act, and he was magnificent. It was a great college baseball game. We made it interesting in the ninth, but we were just too far in the hole at that point.
against best great including performance seen three today total
Unbelievable. He was great. It was the best I've seen him -- I've had Gibby for three years, and he's had some great performances, including a no-hitter against Maryland, but today was the best performance I've seen him have -- total control, total command. ... He was outstanding.
good
You have to feel good about that offense.
against dugout east knew maybe
It's a dual-sided thing. As much as we knew in our dugout that we could come back against East Carolina, they knew it too. Maybe we didn't do it all by ourselves.
great makeup
You can say what you want about his stuff, but his makeup is off the charts. And he has great stuff. That's what I told him.
early late year
Early in the year it's about where you're playing. Late in the year it's about how you're playing.
club familiar great miami program
Miami has been a great program for so many years. It's a club we're very familiar with.
amazing baseball came closed guy hurt jeff joey last leagues left lost missing phil pitchers played proved roles sixth top towards versatile year
Jeff Stallings was one of the top pitchers in the conference. We lost him towards the end of last year and that really hurt us. Joey Devine was one of the top pitchers ever in this conference, which he proved by what he did after he left here, making the big leagues in two months. Phil Davidson who was so versatile and played so many roles for us. He started, he came in in the sixth inning, came in the third, spot-started. He even closed some games. Phil was amazing for us. When a guy can do that many things for you, you're not just missing one pitcher; it's like you're missing three.
pick
That guy, if he's not the first pick in the country, I'd be awfully surprised.
goes hard season work
It's a hard thing to work on. I think its something that you're going to see us get better at as the season goes on.
coaching efforts grown program support
I wouldn't have guessed that the support for our program would have grown this fast. The efforts of our coaching and support staffs have been incredible.