Better Men, Better Ballplayers

106 - Bill Mosiello - Ohio State

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Bio

 

  • Current Head Coach at Ohio State University
  • One of the most accomplished assistant coaches in the country with stops at seven different Power 5 programs.
  • associate head coach at TCU for nine seasons (2014-22)
  • nearly 30 years of collegiate coaching experience and seven more years of experience as a minor league manager.
  • 2017 he was tabbed a coach on the USA Baseball 18U National Team 
  • 2018 16U NTDP head coach
  • coached over 90 major league players, 28 All-Stars, two batting title winners, two AL MVPs, one AL Rookie of the Year and 2012 Cy Young award winner R.A. Dickey.
  • tutored MLB phenom Mike Trout for nearly two full seasons when he was part of the Arkansas Travelers AA club of the Angels
  • Worked in the Yankees organization as well as with coaching icon Auggie Gorrido at Cal State Fullerton
  • Offensive mastermind at each step of the way working with the top 5% of the game
  • ABCA clinician speaker
  • Incredible baseball mind
  • Hell of a baseball GUY!!


    • Notes

      • Adapt or die and you have to make some adjustments.  
  •  I Have a certain set of core beliefs
  • Have to be able to relate to the players
  • How do players learn?
  • Wear  the pants the right way
  • No bat flips - play the game with enthusiasm
  • Going to keep joy in our own team
  • Want them to have a blast but you have to respect your teammates and your team
    • Keeper of the game!!!
    • Teach guys to play the game the right way. Respect your opponents and respecting the team
  • Baserunning is something we can bring to the park everyday
  • Runner at 1b never knows when the guy at 2b  will steal
  • Baserunning worked on daily - some type of theme
  • You can work on instincts
  • You need to make a big deal about it everyday
  • Don’t mistake activity for achievement. If you are not detail oriented you are just oding activity
  • A great player learns from other players mistakes
  • Good players learns from their own mistakes
  • I have to do a better job articulating
  • You cannot assume anything
  • We can steal runs throughout the season from our daily baserunning work
  • The FREEBIE WAR is huge for us! Just like the football coach is trying to win the turnover battle
  • Different between reckless and fearless
  • My guys are going to run because they can make it
  • Enable your players that they can do things. 
  • Never underestimate your players
  • Trust your players the sky limit
  • Culture is how you operate
    • Define it and then demand it
  • Its just like a swing, you teach it daily
  • O - ownership
  • H - hard working
  • I - integrity
  • 0 - one pitch at a time
  • Define them and what do they mean
  • If you are doing it right they can tell you and you need you need to teach it daily
  • Thoughts become things!
  • I need them to see it, and make it important to them
  • There are great kids all over the country
  • Lets keep it simple
  • Meet everyday and discuss everyday and keep it simple - 5 minutes a day
  • Compound effect - doing a little a lot
  • Video of what the play looks like
  • Take notes, watch video, demonstrate, and then rep it out
  • Brian Cain talking about dugout participation
    • be a great teammate, be engaged, and be sure they are doing it
  • Team organizational meetings
    • Special guest speaker
  • What do you know now that you wish you knew then
  • All these things you have to teach and worked on daily
  • You can only take out what you put in (bank account)
  • Great players 
    • Super coachable
  • Invested in teammates
  • Quick learners
  • Comfortable being uncomfortable - when you make changes that is where you grow
  • Success leaves clues!
  • Growth is what we are all trying to get 
  • Learners mindset
  • Its what you know after you know it all that counts the most
  • If i am going to ask my players to grow why wouldn’t I, the coach, be growing
  • Great coaches
    • ask questions
  • We all need help
  • Learners
  • Humble in the way they acted
  • Be who you are
  • Continue to make adjustments
  • I like to stay in the dugout so they don’t even know I am there
  • Ohio State website - https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/coach/bill-mosiello/
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