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Drew LaComb enters the role of hitting coach and offensive coordinator for the Falcons, as he joins Air Force having previously served as the head coach of Regis University for four seasons. The Rangers were an impressive 87-77-1 during his tenure as skipper.
Regis continued its steady progression under LaComb in 2023 as the team reached the RMAC Tournament championship game for the first time since 2012, falling to nationally No. 1 ranked Colorado Mesa. The Rangers, who tied the school record for the longest winning streak (13) during the spring, finished the 2023 season with a 31-24 overall record and in third place in the RMAC regular season standings. The 2023 squad set the program record for runs scored (517) and saw first baseman Matt Marlow become the program's first All-American selection since 2018.
The year prior, LaComb was named the RMAC Coach of the Year in 2022 after leading the Rangers to the program's best regular season

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A veteran coach among the college ranks, Lawn has 37 years of coaching experience dating back to his first job as the pitching coach at Contra Costa College in 1986. He spent two seasons with the Comets before moving on to be the graduate assistant at Nevada in 1988. After two seasons with the Wolf Pak and before heading to Cal, Lawn coached the Cape Cod League’s Brewster Whitecaps to its first-ever championship in the summer of 2000. 
 
Lawn went on to spend 10 seasons at Cal (1991-00), seven at USC (2001-07) and two more at Nevada (1989-90, 2014-15). Additionally, Lawn spent part of the 2013 season as Director of Player Development at Cal State Fullerton. He made his way to Tucson and the Wildcats in 2015. From 2007-11, Lawn was the head coach at Servite High School in Anaheim, Calif.

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Johnny McGarvey begins his third season as an assistant coach for the Keystone College baseball team. In addition to being an assistant baseball coach, McGarvey works as an admissions counselor on the campus of Keystone. 

McGarvey joins the program after previously serving as an assistant baseball coach at Immaculata University. With the Mighty Macs, Immaculata qualified for the Atlantic East Conference Tournament in 2019 and 2021. In his final season with the team, Immaculata reached the Atlantic East Conference Championship. 

McGarvey began his collegiate playing career at Penn State Brandywine and later transferred to Penn State Berks. He earned NEAC First Team honors in 2016.

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Anthony Deleo joined the NJIT baseball coaching staff in September 2018 as an assistant under interim head coach Robbie McClellan.
A 2015 graduate of Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts, Deleo graduated Magna Cum Laude with a bachelor’s degree in Operations Management and minor in Economics.
Prior to Deleo’s arrival at NJIT, he served as the Assistant Baseball Coach at Merrimack College, an NCAA Division II program, in the Northeast 10 Conference and hitting coach at Plymouth Pilgrims of the New Collegiate Baseball League.
In 2017, Deleo served as a Video Assistant for the Toronto Blue Jays, in 2016 was the Baseball Operations Video Associate for the Los Angeles Dodgers and in 2015 as Assistant GM of the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League.

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Kline comes to the Crimson Hawks with 11 years of experience as a Major League pitcher and 15 years as a pitching coach and in player development at a variety of levels of professional baseball. 
Kline has spent his entire professional coaching career in the San Francisco Giants organization, coaching more than 100 players who would go on to appear in the Major Leagues. He’s won three World Series rings as an organizational coach and has been part of two minor league championship teams. 
Kline and the Hawks had a big turnaround during his first season at the helm of the program in 2022. IUP recorded an improvement of 25 victories, going 27-22 following a two-win season in 2021.

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Two-time National Coach of the Year Jim Schlossnagle enters his third season as the Texas A&M skipper as the Aggies embark on the 2024 campaign.
 
Schlossnagle has enjoyed tremendous success during his 22-year career as a head coach at Texas A&M, TCU and UNLV, amassing an 893-440 (.669) mark. 
In addition to leading the Aggies, Schlossnagle officially is currently serving as the president of the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) and began his presidency and leading the ABCA Executive Committee at the association's annual convention in January. 
He has been an ABCA member for 32 years and has consistently been involved in advancing the profession. Elected to the ABCA board in 2017, he is integral in shaping the association's legislative efforts and crafting the agenda for each year's convention. He served as the ABCA's Division I chairman in 2018, and in 2019 Schlossnagle began a string of four one-year stints as vice president, capped off by serving as the 1st Vice President in 2022.
 

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Division II veteran Rick O’Dette, who has amassed over 500 wins and led his teams to NCAA Regional play four times during his career, was named Saint Leo's new head baseball coach on June 15, 2017, ushering in a new era for Saint Leo baseball.

O’Dette made an immediate impact on the Saint Leo baseball program taking a team that had achieved just 23 wins in 2017 and amassing 38 victories in his first season at the helm. The Lions finished the year with an impressive 38-11 mark including taking two of three from Florida Southern on the road who was ranked No. 1 in the NCAA at the time.

Under O’Dette’s guidance, junior utility player Peyton Isaacson led the NCAA in saves with 14 in just 21 appearances on the mound. The junior tied the Saint Leo program record for saves in a season while also filling the role of starting catcher and first baseman throughout the season.

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In Part 2 Walter and Coach Tyner talk about the state of college baseball and advise for players and parents.

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We welcome Head Coach Matt Tyner to the podcast. In Part 1, we discuss the Towson University baseball program and recruiting.

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Are You In The Book?

Blake Beemer was hired in June of 2022 to lead the Butler Baseball program as head coach. In his first season at the helm, Beemer guided the Bulldogs to conference series wins at Seton Hall and Georgetown, two of the four teams that made up the BIG EAST Championship Tournament field in 2023. Butler also won at #9 UConn (11-8) marking the highest win against a ranked opponent in program history!

After the 2023 regular season, Butler’s Joey Urban was named BIG EAST Freshman of the Year. The Bulldog outfielder was later added to Collegiate Baseball’s All-American Team for his outstanding efforts on the field. In the classroom, BU posted a team GPA of 3.38.

Before arriving at Butler, Beemer was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Ball State for four seasons (2019-22), Beemer helped the Cardinals to a 123-65 record.

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