- HC at University of Delaware
Former recruiting coordinator and associate head coach at Florida Atlantic University- 3 NCAA Regional appearances and won 2 Conference USA regular season titles
2019 Conference USA Assistant Coach of the Year Former assistant coach at the University of Cincinnati Former head coach at West Chester University for three years- PSAC East Coach of the Year and Atlantic Region Coach of the Year in 2009
Reached the World Series and placed 7thFormer assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Delaware from 2002-06
Everything worthwhile is uphill!We will resort to what we knowIts the guys that genuinely care about each other are the teams that win in April and MayGetting to know each other the last 10 minutes of practice- Hero, highlight, hardship
NO CAPTAINSLeadership training - 21 laws of leadership - each guy teaches 1 law of leadership and how to apply it to the programLast 10 minutes of weight room break it down and call out players who did it well that day!We are all leaders! Household, job, Only as effective as the guys handle it and deal with itNot having captains because we are all leaders and can lead in different waysIt is important to the staff that the players feel it is their team!!Naming guys captains put undo pressure on themI’m going to take notes and discuss/evaluate the next day Nobody is going to hit more on the field as muchMachine BP (2 (days)Everyday rounds they don’t know what is comingScripted and know the goal each roundRecycling the good roundsRecords are posted!!Chart all Bp (hard hit or not)Rank the hard hit % of hitters each dayIf you are going to spaz out in BP we got no shot in the gameDefense is about getting pre pitch and first step down, we know you can catch the ballI want them to practice to get to that swing if they are a power guyTotal rounds - 6 swings. Lose swings when don’t get bunt downGet some bunts down to help not shiftBreak the plate into thirdsWe fall back to our training, if we trained appropriately then we just competeAvoid talking about striking out!! We want to be fearless and not worrying about striking out2K approach- Every swing is aggressive
In the end we still want to hit doubles and hit the ball hardAt our level we don’t just put it in playFear not getting off aggressive swings!!Personal 2k adjustments - in the box, hands, swing, etcLeave them be and see what works for themEarly Work - Warm up with tee, flips, and most work with coach throwing over hand or off machineBP is hard in our programWe will mix in feel good BP as neededMajor leaguers can practice at 50%, but the lower levels just cannot practice at that level. We need to do practice different 
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