Gabriel Bo Durkac (born December 12, 1972) is an American

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coach and former

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. He is the hitting and infield coach at the

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. Durkac played college baseball at the

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in 1992 and

Virginia Tech The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, commonly referred to as Virginia Tech (VT), is a Public university, public Land-grant college, land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States ...

from 1993 to 1995 and

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before pursuing a professional career. He served as the head baseball coach at

Illinois State University Illinois State University (ISU) is a public research university in Normal, Illinois, United States. It was founded in 1857 as Illinois State Normal University and is the oldest public university in Illinois. The university emphasizes teachin ...

from 2015 to 2018.

Playing career

Durkac began his college career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he hit .226 as a freshman. After being told he would not have much of an opportunity to play much as a sophomore, he transferred to

. While he was at Virginia Tech, he was twice named an All-

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honoree.

Coaching career

On June 10, 2002, Durkac was hired as an assistant at the

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. In 2009, he was hired by Illinois State as an assistant coach working primarily with hitters and infielders. On June 23, 2014, Durkac was promoted to head baseball coach. He was fired on May 29, 2018, after compiling a 82–134 record. On July 26, 2018, Durkac was named the volunteer assistant at the

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, working with infielders and hitters. He was then named the infielder and hitting coach at the University of South Florida, as well as recruiting coordinator on July 16, 2019.

Head coaching record

References

External links

South Florida Bulls bio
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