NEW ORLEANS – Since the University of New Orleans announced that
Ron Maestri would be returning as head baseball coach, the University has benefitted from a surge of publicity.
Maestri was formally introduced at a Tuesday press conference at Lakefront Arena.
A sampling of the media coverage of UNO's hiring of Maestri is below.
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS
Official Release (Athletics):
Maestri Returns to UNO to Rebuild Storied Baseball Program
The President's Blog (July 2, 2013)
Appointment of Maestri as Head Baseball Coach
Campus PR:
Maestri Pulls UNO Jersey Out of Retirement
Southland Conference:
Legendary Coach Maestri Returns to Lead UNO Program
NATIONAL
Associated Press (Brett Martel):
UNO's Most Accomplished Coach Maestri Returns
Collge Baseball Insider:
Maestri Returns to New Orleans
Perfect Game (Kendall Rogers):
Twitter Reaction to Maestri Hire
BATON ROUGE
Advocate (Brian Alle-Walsh):
Maestri Back at UNO Where He Last Coached in 1985
Advocate (Jim Derry):
Maestri's Friends, Former Players Turn Out to Wish Him Well
Advocate (Scott Rabalais):
'Maes' Returns to Program He Built From Ground Up
104.5 FM ESPN (Matt Moscana):
Maestri Interview
NEW ORLEANS
Times Picayune (Rachel Whittaker):
UNO welcomes Maestri back, hopes to resurect university pride
SportsNOLA (Ken Trahan):
UNO Strikes Gold with Return of Silver Fox
WGNO/SportsNOLA (Ed Daniels):
Shot in the arm comes in form of Maestri's Return
SportsNOLA (
Emmanuel Pepis):
Maestri Hire Puts Uncertainty in Past for Privateers
SportsNOLA Video Interviews -
Maestri • Morel • Fos • Paul Mainieri • Randy Bush • Mike Giorlando • Tim Floyd
WWL-TV-
Maestri to Lead UNO Baseball
WDSU-TV:
UNO Brings Maestri Back After Nearly 30 Years
WWL-AM (Deke Bellevia & Bobby Hebert):
Interview with Maestri
WVUE-TV -
Maestri Introduced as UNO Head Coach
WGNO-TV -
Coach Maestri Returns to Lakefront
WGSO 990 AM (Kaare Johnson):
Interview with Maestri
WGSO 990 AM (Jude Young):
Maestri Returns
WGSO 990 AM (Three Tailgaters):
Maestri Interview
WWL-TV -
Fourth Down on 4
WVUE-TV -
Maestri on Fox 8 Final Play
WGNO-TV -
Maestri Feature
WGSO 990 AM (Michael Harris/Life Resources):
Maestri Interview
