Better Men, Better Ballplayers

65 - Mark "Pudge" Gjormand - James Madison HS (VA)

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Bio

  • Current head coach at James Madison High School
    • 26th season at Madison (31st overall)
      • Langley HS (1 year)
  • Marshall HS (8 years)
  • 2 VA state championships
  • 1 perfect season, which was recognized as one of the best high school teams of ALL time
  • 14 Liberty Conference Championships
  • 1 Concorde Conference Championships 
  • In 2018 Gjormand was named Conference Coach of the year for the 7th time 
  • Region 6 Coach of the year for the 4th time.  
  • Home Plate Club’s high school coach of the year
  • National Baseball Coaches Association (BCA) East Coast coach of the year
  • finalist for the BCA’s national coach of the year award
  • Founder of MVP International where multiple sports are played all throughout the world
  • Incredible clinician speaker
  • Leader of men!  
  • Mental game master!!

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    Notes

    • Learning how to lose is just as important as learning how to win
  • Take the reigns early and then loosen it up as you go
  • Unload christmas trees for lions club in the community
  • Phases of the season
    • Phase 1 - pre season and off season, friday life lessons
  • Phase 2 - spring break - tournament and compete for something
  • Phase 3 - conference play - win as much as we can, we only count wins, we lose and we get back up
  • Phase 4 - conference tournament
  • Phase 5 - regional tournament
  • Phase 6 - state tournament
  • You always need to overachieve no matter how good you are
  • You are not a 9 hitter, you are 1 of 9 hitters!
  • Post goals at the beginning of the season in the locker room
  • I have been there, but I have not been there with this team!
  • Glue guys - do the things no one sees and keeps us all together
  • In baseball we can’t ride the emotional rollercoaster
  • We need to stay at a level and feel where it needs to be
  • My captains are my seniors, because as a senior you deserve to be a leader and it gives you the opportunity to put it on a resume. 
    • If they are not ready for that leadership then it is on me!
  • Players win games, coaches lose games
  • Winning can be the bridge to misery
  • Rise and shine or rise and wine, be careful
  • Follow on twitter @coachpudge8
  • email at James Madison High School

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