HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Following the departure of long-tenured hitting coach Travis Creel, who recently accepted the Jacksonville State head coaching position, the Southern Miss baseball program had to shuffle the deck a bit on the coaching staff.After a few weeks of searching, head coach Christian Ostrander has decided to elevate Ladd Rhodes, who was the Golden Eagles' recruiting coordinator, to the hitting coach position. In turn, the Golden Eagles are also hiring former Mississippi State and Houston assistant Kyle Cheesebrough to take over as their recruiting coordinator, according to a report from D1Baseball's Kendall Rogers.Cheesebrough helped lead Mississippi State to the College World Series in 2019 and also in 2021, the year the Bulldogs won it all. He is well-connected throughout the state of Mississippi, and from what we can tell, he is also beloved by all of his former players.This story is still developing, so stay tuned to Southern Miss Golden Eagles On SI for more updates throughout the day.Add us as a preferred source on GoogleFollow