THSBCA Podcast

This is the audio from @956jake Jake Barry's Cabin Fever from 956preps.com.  podcast takes a look back at the high school careers of Tres Barrera and Eric Gutierrez.  Tres currently plays for the Washington Nationals and Eric is a coach at Texas Tech University. Both players played at Sharyland HS and went on to great D1 careers and competed against each other in the College World Series and were finalist in the NCAA Home-run Derby

John Carter – Varsity Head Coach  [email protected]  Twitter - @Rockhardball  Website https://dragonbaseball.net/

Coach John Carter is a graduate of Round Rock High School and attended Round Rock schools while growing up. Upon graduation from high school, Coach Carter attended Texas Tech, where he played both football and baseball. After his playing days ended, he remained at Tech as a graduate assistant from 1992 – 1994. He continued his coaching career at Killeen Ellison 1994-1995 coaching football and baseball. He finally returned home and has been at Round Rock since 1995, coaching multiple sports including softball, soccer, football, and baseball.

Some of his favorites include; Johnny Bench (pro-athlete), Smokey and the Bandit (movie), Hunting and fishing, playing golf, listening to country music, Mexican food (Rio Grande & La Margarita) and spending time with family.

Coach Carter teaches 10th grade World History and is active in campus leadership. Teaching more than just the game and making personal connections with the players are important aspects of coaching to him. Coach Carter serves as the U.I.L. Representative of the Board for the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association and is an active member of Central Baptist Church of Round Rock. Coach Carter earned a Masters in Sports Administration as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Texas Tech University. John and Seleta, a Math teacher at Walsh Middle School, have been married for 11 years have twin sons, John (4) and Mark (4).

Barton Bickerton - bbickerton@sharylandisd

Today for our THSBCA Podcast we have the legendary Eliseo Pompa from McHi. Coach Pompa is the winningest coach in RGV history with over 700 wins and counting. Coach Pompa has also coached in the THSBCA All Star Game and is the current president of the Baseball Coaches Association of the Rio Grande Valley.

Coach Smith talks about his background and practice organization. email - [email protected]. Twitter - @PioneerDbacks