- Current HC and AD Kimberly High School (WI)
His teams have won 9 FVA - Fox Valley Association Conference championships - First ever baseball Conference championship at Oshkosh North 2005
9 sectional championships at Kimberlytwo state championships at Kimberly (2007, 2017)- Runner up in 2008, 2014, 2015
Over thirty players have garnered Academic All-State honorsServed on the Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association’s (WBCA) Executive Board from 2009-2015 and was the President for two years2022 American Baseball Coaches Association’s (ABCA) Ethics Awards WinnerABCA National Convention speakerDistrict Coach of the Year three timesWI State Coach of the Year twiceABCA’s Regional Coach of the Year twiceFormer USA Baseball staff member - Unity council - group of guys once every 3 weeks in fall to winter, once a week after 1st of year
- Returning varsity guys that choose to get more of their experience
Everything we do in practice is aligned and should make sense. - Being a champion, being a ballplayer - you are a grinder, you take championship reps
Be your own best coach - know yourself, take your reps, and know what you needThe game slows down when you know what your doingPressure happens when you don’t know what’s happeningFood is a great barrier breakerGet on the same store, same section, same shelf, same book, same chapter, same page, same line, same wordCommon vocab - what does it mean to “hustle”A whole number of words - give them the definition and what it means to usUnity council create core values each yearThis is your definition of ___ do you want to be apart of this?Its not you, its your behaviorYou have to be good when you don’t feel great. It is consistency!We can have fun without looking in the other dugoutWhen the shampoo is rinsed out, its time to move on (good or bad)Blue Collar shirts!!! Each core value becomes a day, so we make it part of what we doDuring throwing we do and talk to kids about the personThis guy listens, this really is our classMy goal is that every single day is to make you want to be here!Learned in practice, didn’t learn, Defensive checklist - ownership of what we need to work onLive, what question, who do you feel exhibited, who is not exhibiting it, Defining arm soreness - scale of 1-5 and be clear so we can help your arm so we can use it- Helps us support the kid and becomes more positive
Anything we can do to help build a positive relationship, we need to doWhen we are here, this is sacred time, it is special, and we don’t want anything to get in the way of itAm I practicing what I preach?There is part of practice for your personal development and parts that are team developmentDon’t have an identity crisis - you need to know who you are, and help me understand you betterHere is how we improve certain metrics - - How do those metrics help me be a better player
Credible info for college coach to get recruitedWhat is the best fit? Checklist for what you value?Excited about, looking forward to, and worried aboutIf you are courageous enough to put signs down, then you better be courageous enough to make a mistakeCell phone - 920-570-3369Its is the process, it is the journey that is the heart of what we doNever should we anchor
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