With the Amegy Bank College Baseball Series [Weekend 2] coming up this weekend, the D1Baseball staff sat down with each of the six coaches playing at Globe Life Field in Arlington this weekend to preview their teams.

00:39 Butch Thompson - Auburn

12:48 Dan McDonnell - Louisville

22:50 Link Jarrett - Florida State

39:54 Will Bolt - Nebraska

48:39 Tracy Smith - Michigan

Unfortunately we had a lot of audio issues with Kansas State's head coach Pete Hughes. You can still watch what we were able to get from the interview on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrCChWFlo4M

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