Vitello is the first manager in big league history to jump directly from a college baseball dugout -- he was previously the manager at the University of Tennessee -- to the highest level of the game.

San Francisco (81-81) finished its 2025 Major League Baseball season on Sunday. The Giants fired manager Bob Melvin following the conclusion of the regular season.

Following the Giants’ firing of Bob Melvin, Vitello boarded a flight to the East Coast on a recruiting trip. The plane had no ...

Tony Vitello fully recognizes he is a most unconventional call-up to Major League Baseball, making the leap from the college coaching ranks at Tennessee to the San Francisco Giants while bypassing the ...

The San Francisco Giants introduced Tony Vitello as the 40th manager in franchise history at a press conference Thursday ...

That moment was 11 years ago. Posey played six more seasons, retired and became the Giants’ president of baseball operations.

Tony Vitello is a break-the-mold hire that could have significant ramifications for the San Francisco Giants, MLB and college ...

Vitello’s Tennessee teams played with an edge. While in that role, he has said that “in between the lines there are no rules” and compared his team to UFC fighters. It’s a big, irreverent gesture to ...

As the Giants officially introduce their bold new managerial hire, a few details about the search process emerge. Read more ...

In picking Tony Vitello as the new San Francisco Giants manager, Buster Posey didn't just throw the baseball industry a ...