IOWA CITY, Iowa – Iowa pitching coach Robin Lund has accepted an offer to become an assistant pitching coach for the Detroit Tigers.

Iowa baseball coach Rick Heller confirmed Lund’s hiring via a text message Sunday afternoon.

Kendall Rogers, managing editor of D1Baseball, was the first to report that Lund had been hired by the Tigers.

“Not many in the history of the game have gone right from college to the big leagues without any pro experience,” Heller said of Lund. “Pretty impressive, and we are all happy for Robin and his family.”

Rogers also reported on Sunday that Iowa baseball is expected to hire Sean McGrath as its new pitching coach.

McGrath was the pitching coach at Elon before becoming the Double A pitching coach for the Seattle Mariners organization.

Heller said he couldn’t confirm the hiring of McGrath at this time.

During Lund’s tenure in Iowa City, the Hawkeyes have won 103 games, had five All-Americans, two Big Ten Pitcher of the Years, one Big Ten Freshman of the Year, six ABCA/Rawlings All-Region and eight All-Big Ten honorees.

In 2022, Iowa won 36 games — the eighth most wins in a single season in program history — and finished tied for second in the Big Ten, posting a 17-7 overall record.  Iowa won 20 of 27, 23 of 32 and 30 of 42 games down the stretch, including winning six straight series to close out the regular season to put itself in NCAA Regional conversation at season’s end.

Lund oversaw an Iowa pitching staff that was among the nation’s best, as it ranked second nationally in hits allowed per nine innings (6.88), third in strikeouts per nine innings (11.2), fourth in ERA (3.72) and 11th in WHIP (1.29).  The staff led the Big Ten in virtually every pitching category during the season and it racked up a program record 609 strikeouts, shattering the previous record of 499 set in 2018.

SCOOP: With Lund heading to the @tigers, @UIBaseball is expected to hire Sean McGrath as its new pitching coach. McGrath was the PC at Elon before becoming the Double A pitching coach for the @Mariners. Strong get for Heller and Co. #Hawkeyes #B1G

— Kendall Rogers (@KendallRogers) November 6, 2022