Baseball head coach Turtle Thomas interviewed this past week for the vacant University of Maryland head coaching job, according to miamiherald.com.

However, Maryland will not hire the 35-year recruiting veteran to be the baseball program’s next head coach. Instead they will hire former assistant coach of Vanderbilt University, Erik Bakich. In an e-mail to Student Media, Maryland Athletics confirmed that the University will announce its hire this week, but it will not be coach Thomas.

Thomas told The Miami Herald he did not apply for the job. A person he knows is involved in the hiring of the new coach, and the athletic director called him to interview.

He was hired by Athletic Director Pete Garcia two years ago on June 14.

In two full seasons he compiled a 54-57 record, but the team made a 14-win improvement from last season. Also, his recruiting class was ranked No. 15 in the nation, according to Perfect Game Crosschecker.

Head coach Turtle Thomas was unavailable for comment at the time of publication.