Quentin Eberhardt is leaving Tennessee baseball to be the director of performance with the San Francisco Giants, sources with direct knowledge of the situation told Knox News.

The sources spoke on the condition of anonymity because Eberhardt’s hire has not been made public.

Eberhardt will oversee major league strength and conditioning, sports science, nutrition and mental health with the Giants, who hired Tony Vitello as their manager on Oct. 22. Eberhardt spent seven seasons as the strength coach on Vitello’s staff at UT in two different stints broken up by a brief tenure with the Chicago Cubs.

He informed the Vols on Nov. 14 of his decision.

New UT coach Josh Elander hired Keegan Knoll to be the strength coach following Eberhardt’s departure, a source told Knox News. Knoll spent the 2025 season as an assistant strength and conditioning specialist with the Milwaukee Brewers. He previously spent seven seasons with the Cubs from 2018-24, working alongside Eberhardt in 2022.

Elander retained pitching coach Frank Anderson and assistant coach Ross Kivett. He appointed Kivett as the recruiting coordinator, a title he previously held. Elander hired Chuck Jeroloman from Florida and made him the associate head coach, which Elander was on Vitello’s staff.

Eberhardt’s first run at UT was from 2017 through 2021 before he was hired as the head strength and conditioning coach for the Cubs in December 2021. He returned to Tennessee in mid-2022 and spent the past three seasons at UT. The Vols made three trips to the College World Series and won the 2024 national championship with Eberhardt on staff.

Tennessee has routinely ranked among the nation’s top slugging teams and has developed many power arms under Eberhardt. The Vols hit at least 126 homers in each of the past three seasons. They hit 184 in 2024, which is the second most in a season in NCAA history.