'You fight every day': Texas A&M athletic director talks state of athletics

USA Today

28-05-2025

'You fight every day': Texas A&M athletic director talks state of athletics
Following the annual Southeastern Conference Spring Meetings, Texas A&M athletic director Trev Alberts discussed a variety of topics, including the baseball head coach position heading into the offseason.
The Aggies were ranked as the unanimous No. 1 team in college baseball before the 2025 campaign, which is far from how the season ended. Texas A&M's campaign was cut short at the SEC Tournament, as they finished the season with a 30-26 (11-19 SEC) record and missed the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2021. With this year's ventures ending earlier than initially anticipated, the program became the first team since 1991 to miss the postseason after being ranked as the No. 1-ranked club in the preseason.
Texas A&M's disappointing season sparked conversations regarding the head coach position, as the team prepares to rebuild and attempt to retain some of the talent from this year's squad. With many question marks surrounding the position, Alberts set the record straight at the SEC Spring Meetings.
While baseball remains a hot topic among many Aggie fans, the second-year athletic director also discussed several other important topics, including the state of Texas A&M athletics as a whole.
The men's and women's tennis programs have achieved a multitude of incredible victories, including the men's team advancing to the Sweet 16 and the women's team competing for a national championship against the Georgia Bulldogs.
Although the softball program was eliminated earlier than many expected, head coach Trisha Ford led the Aggies to the team's first-ever No. 1 ranking in school history. The men's basketball team also made the NCAA Tournament, while the Aggies football squad capped off a successful regular season with an appearance in the Las Vegas Bowl.
Following an extensive amount of success and some bumps in the road along the way, Alberts gave his thoughts on the athletics year as a whole and what to expect moving forward.
To put this all together, Texas A&M has achieved numerous successes in athletics this year. However, that does not mean that the train stops moving. It is going to continue to move rapidly down the tracks, and for many Aggie fans, that is why complacency is not accepted. In this day and age of collegiate athletics, the aspiration is to find ways to win or get run over in the process.
One integral part of rebuilding rosters each year, especially in the day and age of the transfer portal, is finding ways to fundraise for NIL, athletics facilities, and the overall gameday experience for coaches, players, media, and fans alike.
Following the meetings in Destin, Florida, Alberts spoke with the media about how Texas A&M is continuing to handle this new era in college athletics and what the Aggies are doing to provide fundraising for the respective programs.
Time will tell what direction Texas A&M decides to go starting this fall, as a new academic and athletics season looms on the horizon.
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