Loyola, Pepperdine Name Baseball Coaches

New baseball coaches were named Wednesday at Loyola Marymount and Pepperdine. Chris Smith, a former assistant, was promoted at Loyola, and Pepperdine hired Andy Lopez.

Smith, 29, served three years under Dave Snow at Loyola. Snow resigned to coach at Cal State Long Beach. Lopez, 34, was coach at Cal State Dominguez Hills six years. He replaced Dave Gorrie, who retired after 10 years at Pepperdine.