- HC at Orange Lutheran for 15 years
- Multiple draft picks - most recent 1st rounder in 2022 class Mikey Romero
HC at Analy HS to start his head coaching career in 1999 Long time USA Baseball staff member. Most recently the 18U national teamIncredible person, dad, and mentor- When you hate losing you have to focus process over the outcome
Can we rely on you? Can teammate, coaches rely on you? - Take care of the things you can on your own
Playing for a bigger cause!Doing your part of to your best of your abilityConstantly adapting the team in high schoolSit down and reflect each year and what are we going to have to do to be successfulEstablishing the things that are foundationalAdaptability is huge, USA is more on personality driven and being able to communicateGetting that person to produce as much as possible- High school is over time and through finding out what makes them tick
USA is maximizing the handTo truly build relationships you have to know the person beyond what they doOpen the air to build trustWe all have to be able to trust one anotherDoing it for 25 guysFall is for evaluation periodActivities - ropes coursesBonfireChapel serviceTeam building with parents along with playersMore trust you can bring through the parents the more trust you can build more from the playersExtra innings - pizza once a month, meal with parents - halftime of a game to give a “state of the union” address of the program.Booster committee to be the middle man for communication between staff and parentsEvery setback is a setup!Baseball is a small part of who we are based on the grand scheme of lifeThe most successful people are people peopleThe impact that we can have on young men and women are impacting them on what they become - there is so much more rewards for thatThe reward is the kids no one knows outside our program There are always outside influences on us, and if you believe there is something that is helping you then it is helping you. Be disciplined in your choicesMuch more intentional with my daughter to build that relationshipSeparate dad from coachOutside of the lines you need to have bothDo you want the dad answer or the coach answer?Be dad at home“This is what it takes”This has to be your drive internallyI want to have more of an influence on his mind that his physical body Creating habits for lifeBeing a sponge and understanding people around youThe people we choose to surround ourselves with have a big impactWe can learn 1 thing from everyone 
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