The Michigan baseball team has found itself a new head coach. Erik Bakich, the youngest head baseball coach at any BCS-conference school, has been hired away from Maryland.

The 34-year old spent three seasons as the Terrapins' head honcho. Under his watch, Maryland won 32 games last season, the second-highest win total in program history (behind a 34-win campaign in 2002), marking just the third time ever the Terrapins surpassed the 30-win plateau.

In his three years' experience as a head coach, Bakich has posted a 70-98 record, but his teams improved every season, from 17-39 (5-25 in ACC play) in 2010 to 21-35 (5-25) in 2011 and 32-24 (10-20) in 2012.

"My wife, son and I could not be more excited to join the Michigan Athletics family and the Ann Arbor community," Bakich said in a statement released by the athletic department. "Michigan represents a standard of academic and athletic excellence which will be upheld by our coaches and players every day. Michigan baseball has a storied tradition and I am honored to lead this program back to winning championships. We are eager to attack the recruiting trail and will finalize our coaching staff as quickly as possible."

Although Bakich is still relatively young for a head coach, he has plenty of experience in the dugout.

Before accepting the Maryland job, Bakich served as Vanderbilt's outfield coach, hitting coach and recruiting coordinator for seven seasons.

During his time with the Commodores, his work as recruiting coordinator was especially impressive, as he established himself as one of the best young recruiters in the game.

Each Vanderbilt class during his seven-year stint in Nashville ranked in the top 25, according to Collegiate Baseball. In 2005, the Commodores took the top spot in the recruiting rankings, and, in 2008, they ranked second.

Bakich was also responsible for recruiting David Price to Vanderbilt, who went on to be named the 2007 NCAA Baseball MVP and was selected with the No. 1 overall pick of the 2007 MLB Draft.

According to an MGoBlue.com report, Bakich has been responsible for recruiting 81 players who were drafted, including nine who were selected in the first round. As a volunteer assistant at Clemson (2002), he also assisted with recruiting effort.

"Coach Bakich is regarded as one of the top recruiters and developers of talent in collegiate baseball," athletic director Dave Brandon said in the statement. "His leadership and enthusiasm will be critical in restoring our baseball program to a championship level. We are excited about Erik and his family joining Michigan Athletics."

Brandon has been very busy on the hiring front.

Since Brandon took over the department at the beginning of the 2010-11 academic year, the Wolverines have hired eight new head coaches: Bakich (baseball), football (Brady Hoke), cross country (Alex Gibby), men's golf (Chris Whitten), men's soccer (Chaka Daley), women's basketball (Kim Barnes Arico), women's lacrosse (Jennifer Ulehla) and men's lacrosse (John Paul, who was retained from the club-varsity program). A ninth hiring will be made sometime in the near future, as women's swimming and diving coach Jim Richardson retired following the conclusion of the 2011-12 season.