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In three seasons at Texas A&M, Jim Schlossnagle won the Aggies' first game in the Men's College World Series since 1993, led them to a No. 1 ranking this year and to a No. 3 overall NCAA tournament seed, their highest in school history.

In College Station preparing for the Aggies' regional matchup against Grambling (Friday, 1 p.m. ET, ESPN+/ESPN App), he has his sights set on a run to Omaha, in search of a national championship. The title has eluded both the Aggies and Schlossnagle, who had three 50-win seasons at TCU and led the Horned Frogs to the MCWS five times.

Despite all that success in Fort Worth, he came to College Station because he doesn't want to just build a championship program. He wants to make a monster.

He believes at a place like Texas A&M, he can shake things up, and he's not afraid to tell you. He «gets» the Aggie traditions, including choosing a senior each year to wear No. 12 to represent the school's famed 12th Man. He even pinch hit this year's 12, Ryan Targac, on senior day on the final day of the regular season and Targac delivered a single to run-rule then-No. 3 Arkansas to claim a series win over the Razorbacks, one of the most memorable moments in Olsen Field history.