KNOXVILLE, Tenn — Thursday, Tony Vitello was officially introduced as the San Francisco Giants' baseball manager.

Vitello previously served as the head baseball coach for Tennessee. While there are still many mixed feelings about him leaving, one proud person is Vitello's dad, Greg.

"I coached by myself, coming home from games and from practice, he (Tony) was kind of my assistant coach," said Greg Vitello.

For Vitello, his journey went from volunteer assistant coach to the actual head coach of Tennessee.

"The first crowd for his (Tony's) first game, it was about 38 degrees and it was misting, and I counted there were 28 people in the stands. And he simply thought, Hey, you know what, let's build," said Greg.

Building up Rocky Top is exactly what Tony Vitello did. Winning multiple SEC

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