Better Men, Better Ballplayers

109: Alex Guerra - HC Radford University

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Alex Guerra Notes

 

Bio

  • Head Coach at Radford University
  • Former player at Radford
  • Former assistant coach at Radford University (2014-2015)
  • For the past 7 years he has been the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at James Madison University (2016-2022)
  • Started in college baseball at Central Florida as their director of baseball operations as well as their volunteer assistant coach (2012-13)
  • Passionate!
  • Aggressive player and coach!
  • Serious about coaching!

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    Notes

    • Got into coaching because you want to impact people
  • Who did I want to surround myself with as a staff?
  • Have the right people around you on a daily basis
  • Have a guy that knew the area
  • Developing great relationships with players, well versed in coaching, constantly learning, passionate about recruiting
  • I want guys that want to be at Radford
  • You need to define that you want in those positions when hiring a staff
  • With my personality I need someone….
  • Stick to your guns, and you have to be ok with making decisions that someone won’t like it
  • How you explain the decisions is important
  • Have something done before expected
  • Challenging yourself to get better
  • The people I work with are family to me
  • This is how we are going to build it, and players will have to total ownership of it
  • You either will be about it, or you just won’t be around it
  • The head coach needs to set a direction for the entire program
  • “We are going to be a Blue Collar Family”
    • Everyday there will some type of lesson, example that you will bring back to define our culture
  • Being vulnerable is going to be a part of our culture, and The coach needs to be one who starts that.
  • Consistency is the best thing a coach can do. Whatever we do just stay consistent that helps cultivate our culture daily
  • If you have the good players and can develop them with a strong culture you have a chance to win championships
  • Consistently communicate to our guy what exactly their role is 
  • The process, the culture comes from one voice
  • Be myself, treat people with respect, hold them accountable
  • Twitter - @AGBaseball9
  • [email protected]

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