The journey to the College World Series in Omaha will get underway in just two days as teams from all over the nation take the field for their first games of the 2024 season.Oklahoma will participate in the Shriners Children’s College Baseball Showdown at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas this weekend to kick off the new year with world-class play. The series starts on Friday afternoon with a game against Oregon. Let’s start at the top, with the Oklahoma coaching staff. A few changes were made since the end of the previous season, but not all that many. Skip Johnson is back in Norman for his seventh season as head coach.Following a year of working as Pete Hughes’ pitching coach, Johnson assumed the head coaching position in June 2017 and has guided the Sooners to an overall record of 189-132, with their incredible run to the College World Series finals in 2022 serving as the high point.
