Baseball Recruiting Confidential

Host Justin Musil is joined by Josh Jordan, who was named assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at LSU on July 8, 2022. Jordan came to Baton Rouge after a decade as recruiting coordinator (and later associate head coach) at Duke, where he was named National Assistant Coach of the Year in 2018 and helped lead the Blue Devils to their first ACC Tournament Championship. Since joining LSU, Jordan has assembled recruiting classes ranked among the nation's top three and has been instrumental in the Tigers' 2023 and 2025 National Championship runs. Watch live and ask your baseball recruiting questions each week as Justin Musil hosts Baseball Recruiting Confidential!

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Host Justin Musil is joined by Tanner Vavra, assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the University of St. Thomas baseball program. Vavra, a former Minnesota Twins draft pick who played three seasons in their minor-league system, is now in his seventh year on the Tommies' staff, where his recruiting efforts have helped lead the program to a Summit League Tournament Championship in just its third season of Division I competition. Watch live and ask your baseball recruiting questions each week as Justin Musil hosts Baseball Recruiting Confidential!

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Host Justin Musil takes a seat on the other side of the mic as he is interviewed by Karl Ravech, one of the most recognizable voices in baseball broadcasting. Ravech spent more than three decades at ESPN after joining the network in 1993. In that time he hosted Baseball Tonight and the MLB playoff and World Series studio coverage, called Sunday Night Baseball, and served as play-by-play voice of the Little League World Series for 20 years. He also called the College World Series and SEC basketball.

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Host Justin Musil is joined by Ryan Connolly, who now serves as General Manager and Director of Operations for Kansas State Baseball. He joined the Wildcats' staff in 2018 as director of baseball operations under head coach Pete Hughes, after previously working at Virginia Tech, Oklahoma, and Radford, and playing collegiately at Notre Dame, where he was a team captain. Since arriving in Manhattan, Connolly has helped lead K-State's recruiting efforts and program operations. Watch live and ask your baseball recruiting questions each week as Justin Musil hosts Baseball Recruiting Confidential!

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On this episode of Baseball Recruiting Confidential, host Justin Musil is joined by University of Delaware head coach Greg Mamula. A veteran of more than 25 years in college baseball, Mamula returned to Delaware in 2022 after seven seasons as associate head coach at Florida Atlantic, and previously built one of the top offenses in Division II at West Chester, guiding that program to the 2009 NCAA Division II World Series. Known as one of the game's top hitting coaches, he's developed MLB All-Stars Ian Happ and Joey Wendle, along with several other big-league hitters. Justin and Coach Mamula dig into what he looks for when evaluating recruits, how his hitting philosophy shapes his approach to building a lineup, and what young players and their families should know about standing out to a Division I program like his.

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Host Justin Musil is joined by Will Davis, who was named the ninth head coach of the University of Houston Baseball Program on May 26, 2026. He arrives at UH after a decade as head coach at Lamar University, where he compiled a 289-231 record and led the Cardinals to the 2026 Southland Conference Tournament Championship. Before Lamar, Davis spent eight seasons on the LSU coaching staff (2008–2015), including as an assistant coach and head recruiter, helping the Tigers win the 2009 College World Series title.

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Host Justin Musil is joined by Dan Heefner, who was named the sixth head coach in Dallas Baptist University history in July 2007. He took over the program after two seasons as an assistant coach, and in his 19th season at the helm has built one of the most consistent winning programs in the country — 15 NCAA Tournament appearances, an NCAA Regional Championship in 2011, and four Conference Coach of the Year honors, most recently back-to-back C-USA titles in 2023 and 2025.

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Host Justin Musil is joined by Nick Derba, who was named the 25th head coach of the University of Maine Baseball Program on June 23, 2017. He was named to the post after being promoted to associate head coach in 2015 and then serving as interim head coach beginning in December 2016, when he led the Black Bears to their highest win total in four years and a berth in the America East Championship game.

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On this episode of Baseball Recruiting Confidential, host Justin Musil is joined by Missouri State head baseball coach Joey Hawkins. A former Bears shortstop and team captain who was drafted by the Cardinals and played through Double-A, Hawkins returned to his alma mater as hitting coach and recruiting coordinator before being named Missouri State's head coach in 2024 — leading the program to a share of the Missouri Valley Conference regular season title in his first year at the helm.

Justin and Coach Hawkins dig into what he looks for when evaluating recruits, how his own path from player to program leader shapes his approach to development, and what high school and juco players can do to stand out to a coaching staff like his.

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This week Justin is joined by Kansas University Head Coach, Dan Fitzgerald! The 2026 National Coach of the Year led Kansas to three championships in 2026, including the Big 12 regular-season title, the Big 12 Tournament title, and the Lawrence Regional title. The Jayhawks were one of two teams nationally to win their conference's regular-season title outright, the conference tournament title, and advance to Super Regionals.

Hear how Dan's different coaching stops shaped his coaching philosophy, traits that stand out in players, and how he finds successful players.

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