Go toWhatAboutBaseball.com/curveto get your special offer. Thats 20% off AND free shipping. Bio Today we have on Eric Borba, head baseball coach at Orange Lutheran High School. Eric is in his 13th year there after leaving a very successful program at De LaSalle High School where he was the head coach from 2004-08. Over 13 years, Borba has proven himself to be one of the elite coaches and programs in high school baseball. He has also been a frequent coach for several teams for team USA. On the show we discuss the standards that it takes to be a player and a coach at Orange Lutheran, and we dig heavily into playerdevelopment. Resources - FCA Coaches Bible - Leading with the heart- Coach K Contact https://twitter.com/coachborbs23 eric.borba@lhsoc.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Go toWhatAboutBaseball.com/curveto get your special offer. Thats 20% off AND free shipping. Bio Derek Sullivan begins his eighth season as the Head Coach of the Panthers, his 16th year as a member of the coaching staff, and his 19th involved in the City College program. In addition to his coaching duties, he also teaches full-time in the Kinesiology, Health, and Athletics Division. In his seven years as the head coach, Coach Sullivan has had 90 players transfer to four-year universities. Having a commitment to prepare for the next level, both on the field and off, is a huge part of becoming a “Sac City Guy”. While at City, Coach Sullivan has amassed an overall record of 191-108 (.639 winning %). The Panthers have qualified for the postseason in six of his seven years, won three Super Regionals two Sectionals and finished 3rd in California in 2019 and as the State Runner-Up in 2018! “Sully” returned to the coach for the Panthers in 2005 after playing for ABCA Hall of Fame coach, ...
Go toWhatAboutBaseball.com/curveto get your special offer. Thats 20% off AND free shipping. Bio Among the most highly respected coaches and recruiters in college baseball,MitchThompson is beginning his8th year as head coach at McLennan Community College. Thompson was named McLennan head coach before the 2014 season and immediately began rebuilding the program to prominence, National Runner Up in 2015. 5th place in 2017. Had the top JUCOMLB Draft pick in two of the last three years.They are also one of only 7 Division 1 JC’s to have 40 or more wins in each of the last 5 years. Before being named McLennan head coach, Thompson spent one season as the South Texas area scouting supervisor for the Kansas City Royals organization after spendingnearly two decades on staff at Baylor University (1995-2012) where he was the Bears’ hitting instructor and primary recruiter. Mitchalso began his coaching career as a graduate assistant for legendary coach Ron Polk at Mississippi State. on the sho...
Go toWhatAboutBaseball.com/curveto get your special offer. Thats 20% off AND free shipping. Bio LarryVucan- Head Baseball Coach, Southlake Carroll (TX) Larrytook over in 2017 as the head coach at Carroll sincehe took over,theyreached the final four3 times in his first 4 years and won back to backTexas High School 6A State Baseball Championships in 2018 and 2019 He wasNamed Dallas/Ft. Worth High School Coach of the Year 2017 and 2019 A little background onLarry He is a native of El Paso. Played Collegiately at New Mexico Highlands University.andPlayed professionally in the Italian Baseball League in Trieste, Italy and thenCoached andManagedthere. On the show we discuss how to communicate throughout a large program (they have 5 total HS teams)Larrygoes in depth over hisplayer evaluation system and we discuss how to get teams ready for post season play Here isLarryVucan Timestamps 0:30- Playing in Italy 2:30- Vision of the program 26:35- Developing a player evaluation system 37:34- Pre...
Go toWhatAboutBaseball.com/curveto get your special offer. Thats 20% off AND free shipping. Bio WesCarrollheads into his 14th season as head baseball coach at the University of Evansville as the Aces usher in a new era of Evansville Baseball and has taken the program to new heights.Carrolllearned the “the Purple Aces’ way” growing up just a few minutes from campus in nearby Newburgh, Indiana. He watched his older brother and former Major League infielder, JameyCarroll, excel at shortstop, and later got to experience the success the program is capable of first-hand as a four-year starter for the Purple Aces and a member of UE’s 2000 NCAA Tournament team. Following his college career at Evansville,Carrollwas drafted in the 37th round of the Major League Baseball first-year player draft by the Philadelphia Phillies.Carrollspent the next five years playing Minor League Baseball for the Phillies, and later, for the Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals organization. As a part of the no...
Go toWhatAboutBaseball.com/curveto get your special offer. 20% off AND free shipping. Bio Matt Parkerstarted in 2018 as head coach of Eastern baseball. Year one theywere 25-23, last years COVID year was 19-4, nationally ranked and leading league when shutdown and this year they are 26-3, nationally ranked, and were leading the league at the time. Before Eastern,Matt over andtook the Oklahoma Wesleyan baseball program to new heights, breaking program records andturnedthe Eagles into an NAIA regional power and national contender.Theywon four conference championships and two NAIA World Series appearances. He was a three-time conference Coach of the Year and two-time ABCA Region Coach of the Year. Prior to Oklahoma Wesleyan,Parkerspent three seasons as an assistant at California Baptist University, two seasons as an assistant coach at Garden City (Kan.) Community College, and he also spent the 2005-06 season as an assistant coach at Henderson State University. On the show we talk about ...
Go toWhatAboutBaseball.com/curveto get your special offer. Thats 20% off AND free shipping. Bio Freddy Hilliard is in his 11th season as Head Baseball Coach at Malvern Preparatory School in Malvern, Pennsylvania. In his time at Malvern Prep, he has amassed a school record for wins with a 282-71 record and has led the Friars to 7 league championshipsand 6 State titles including the previous 3 in a row to go along with 8 straight seasons of making the state final.Coach Hilliard has been named Coach of the Year 3 separate times during his tenure, and his teams have been nationally recognized both with preseason and postseason national rankings in several publications 7 times. Coach Hilliard has helped mentor over 65 players onto the collegiate baseball ranks including 40 that have gone on to play at the division one level.He has also had a player of his selected by MLB in 3 of the previous 4 drafts. On the show we discuss the meaning behind Malvern having "no rules",defining and teachi...
Go toWhatAboutBaseball.com/curveto get your special offer. Thats 20% off AND free shipping. Bio Matt Hobbsis inhisthirdseason as the Arkansas pitching coach in 2020, joining the Razorbacks in November 2018. Matthelped craft the Razorback pitching staff into one of the top groups in the country in his first year on the Hill in 2019. andIn a shortened season, the Hogs put together a 3.68 ERA and an 11-5 record with three saves and one shutout. Arkansas racked up 143 strikeouts in 142.0 innings Hobbs has coached eight players that have been drafted in the top-10 rounds, including 2018 first-round pick Griffin Roberts, and has helped develop a total of seven big leaguers. Before Arkansas, Hobbs was the Pitching coach at Wake Forest and in each of his first three years in Winston-Salem, the Demon Deacons improved in ERA, strikeouts , walks per nine and opponent batting average Hobbs pitched at Missouri from 1999-2002, where he won 13 games and struck out 125 batters. Hobbs was drafted tw...
On today's show we have onTannerReklaitis Tanner works as the Director of Operations at Tread Athletics. He also writes a weekly email newsletter for coaches called Monday Morning Edge which will have you thinking every Monday morning. His work is focused on helping coaches succeed in the 21st century. Previously, he worked at Driveline Baseball and was a Minor League Pitching Coach for the Los Angeles Angels. On the show we discuss the systems approach, power laws and the what, why and how of coaching. Time Stamps :30- Journey to Tread 2:00- Systems approach 1940- The Power Law 29:00- What, why and how of coaching 35:20-Studyingcoaches in other sports 40:20- The Importance of communication 43:50- Getting players to own their career 55:- Last things Resources https://tanners.blog/mme/ Jurgen Klopp Biography Conscious Coaching- Brett Bartholomew Alchemy- Rory Sutherland Zero to One- Peter Thiel Contact https://twitter.com/treklaitis https://tanners.blog/ Learn more about your ad choi...
Bio SpencerAllen is the 26th head baseball coach of the Northwestern program and was named to the position on June 14, 2015. Allen came to Northwestern after serving as an assistant coach at Illinois in 2015. He helped the Fighting Illini set the school record with 50 wins and win the first NCAA Regional in program history.the Illini ranked near the top of the Big Ten in numerous offensive categories, leading the league in hits, runs, RBIs, total bases, home runs and slugging percentage. Prior to his stint with Illinois, Allen served a two-year stretch as the associate head coach and recruiting coordinator at Creighton. Reaching the college world series.From 2010-12, Allen worked as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Washington State University.Allen was the recruiting coordinator for the Boilermakers during the 2008-09 seasons. Healso worked as a scout in the Detroit Tigers organization, and as a volunteer coach at Iowa (2004). Allen's coaching career began at Edmonds...