Tanner Rockwell is the Head Baseball Coach at Southern Arkansas University Tech, a Junior College in Camden, Arkansas. His college playing career started at Arkansas Baptist College where he played two seasons and then finished his career at the Division I University of Arkansas Little Rock. In his playing career, he was a standout two-way player putting up incredible numbers in both hitting and pitching. He graduated from the University of Arkansas Little Rock in 2015 and began his coaching career just a few years later, accepting the Head Coaching job at Arkansas Baptist College in 2018. Then, from 2019-2021 he was the hitting coach and recruiting coordinator for Division II Ouachita Baptist University. In April of 2021, he accepted the Head Coaching position at Southern Arkansas University Tech.

In this episode, we start off talking about Coach Tanner’s decision to become the Head Coach of a JUCO baseball program that is brand new. As well as the JUCO recruiting process, specifically his experiences selling his JUCO program to recruits. Coach Tanner also goes into depth on the value of playing multiple positions as a high-school athlete, giving players the analytics they want, and evaluating infielders and which tools are the most important in this process.

We also talk about the process of how to find the right fit when choosing a college and its baseball program. Coach Tanner believes that you should find a school that you’re valued and wanted rather than somewhere where you’re fighting for a roster spot.