The Rice Owls announced Thursday they are parting ways with Jose Cruz Jr. as their head baseball coach after a 2-14 start to the 2025 season.

HOUSTON - Rice University has announced that its baseball team is "parting ways" with head coach José Cruz Jr. According to a statement from the university, Vice President and Athletics Director Tommy McCelland said Rice is "making a change in leadership of its baseball program" and "parting ways" with its head coach.

Rice has fired José Cruz Jr., just four weeks in the college baseball season, the school announced Tuesday. Cruz, in his fourth season as head coach at his alma mater, was off to a 2-14 start, including getting outscored 41-10 by powerhouses Texas A&M,