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Dani Busboom Kelly comes from the volleyball hotbed of Nebraska, where she grew up loving all sports, but especially volleyball at the University of Nebraska. She eventually followed her dream to Lincoln where she starred [...]
We’re headed back to Ohio to talk to Rick Weaver, assistant baseball coach and head golf coach at Defiance High School. In this episode Coach Weaver talks about football in Ohio (it’s a big deal), [...]
High school coaches have a tough assignment. But you never get the idea that they dread it one bit. These are the folks in the trenches — typically doing most everything from coaching to field [...]
In this episode of Top Coach we’re headed back to the Northeast, which has proven to be a very productive area for college baseball coaches through the years. This time we’ll be talking to another [...]
It’s been a little while since we brought you someone from outside the baseball world. Well, we’ll just say – it was worth the wait. Buckle up and listen close, because Craig Skinner is bringing [...]
In this episode of Top Coach we’re headed back into the world of baseball operations. Our guest is Denton Sagerman, Director of Baseball Operations and Pitching Development at Indiana University. Well, that most certainly is [...]
We often point to what northern colleges are up against — especially with the start dates for the various collegiate divisions so early on the calendar. Well, you can add another layer of difficulty for [...]
David Kelton readily admits he never thought of coaching as a career option. He was so focused on his career as a player — through the professional ranks with the Cubs and the Braves — [...]
When you talk about connect the dots or the coaching tree, this guy ranks high on both those scorecards when it comes to Top Coach guests. Chris Razo is the head baseball coach at Heartland [...]
Today’s guest has no small task – leading the smallest school in NCAA Division 1 baseball, in a small town, pretty much in the middle of nowhere in the western part of South Carolina. That [...]
There’s not too many guests that can claim a feature film about their high school team. The Final Season is a film about the last year ever of baseball at Norway High School in Iowa. [...]
This week we’re headed to Neosho, Missouri where we’re talking to the had baseball coach of Crowder College, Travis Lallemand. Coach Lallemand heads up one of the more formidable teams in all of NJCAA D1, [...]
Buckle your seatbelts! You’re going to be taken on a very passionate ride for the next hour. Michael Avalon has got a great thing going at Pearl River Community College in Mississippi. And after listening [...]
Back to Pennsylvania and the PSAC this week to talk to the head coach at West Chester University, Mike LaRosa. Coach LaRosa grew up in the area and never imagined he’d end up both playing [...]
Back to the baseball hotbed of Pennsylvania to talk to the head baseball coach at Slippery Rock University, Jeff Messer. When you’ve been at one place for 38 years, you’ve probably got some things to [...]
You may not have heard of Tennessee Wesleyan University, but you can bet that come playoff time, everyone in the NAIA knows what is headed their way when Billy Berry and his Bulldog baseball squad [...]
If you need to consult with someone on the work-life balance issue, look no further than Drew Briese of Centre College Baseball and USA Baseball. Despite a very full plate, he notes that his schedule [...]
Florida JUCO baseball is the real deal. Many names you recognize have come through this pipeline as players and coaches. One of the guys racking up the wins and developing big time players is Marty [...]
Five minutes into this interview and it’s clear why Scott Stricklin loves having Tatum Hodge on his Georgia Bulldog Baseball staff. Seven years in total and now starting year two as the Director of Operations, [...]
Well, we could call it an encore — or perhaps a second (or third) act. How about “the next chapter”? Any way you frame it, Russ Wright has a good thing going at Owyhee High [...]
This week’s episode of Top Coach takes us to Kansas where we’ll be talking to Ryan Thompson, head baseball coach at MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe. MNU is coming of a confernce champioship and a [...]
The next generation of young coaches give you reason to be hopeful. Rob Vaughn could be the poster child for that optimism. Listen to 15 minutes of this interview with the head coach of the [...]
All the way back in episode 37, we featured a young volunteer coach at Penn State University that caught our eye because of his passion for the game and his genuine desire to influence the [...]
As Ed Servais is quick to point out, everybody wants to play in Omaha. He gets to play, practice, and live there. For the last 20+ years, Coach Servais has called Creighton University and Omaha [...]
It was a banner year in 2022 for the Georgia Southern baseball team, culminating in a #16 national seed in the NCAA Division 1 tournament. Just rewards indeed for one of college baseball’s really good [...]
Except for four years of college, Larry Lee has called San Luis Obispo home — and what a home! At his “homes”, first at Cuesta College and now at Cal Poly, Coach Lee has amassed [...]
Nick Pou (pronounced Pew) is another example why the Atlanta metro area has some of the finest coaches in the country and another great example as well of why I’m confident in this next generation [...]
I guess you could say he’s a Texas guy through and through. Except for a couple of summers in Kansas, Kevin Brooks has never called any place but Texas home. After spending his first 24 [...]
Many of you who follow college baseball will no doubt remember Landon Powell and his exploits at South Carolina for the legendary Ray Tanner. You’ll probably also likely remember that he was on the receiving [...]
When Chris Ramirez made the trek north to take over the baseball program at the University of Illinois-Springfield, you began to notice that there was some great baseball be played in Illinois’ capitol city. Coach [...]
Greg Dennis called Chattanooga his home during his formative years, gaining attention for his skill at the game of baseball. Those skills took him to Texas for his college years, followed by a long stint [...]
Another coach from the Northeast makes a huge impact on college baseball. As we’ve seen and heard on Top Coach, that is not news. Mik Aoki is another in that long line who got their [...]
There’s typically a compelling story behind folks who stick with anything for a long time — and do it well. Keith Veale demonstrates in this episode of Top Coach that it is indeed the case. [...]
Raise your hand if you’ve driven down I-75 between Lexington and Knoxville and wondered about that great looking campus along the east side of the highway in Williamsburg, Kentucky. That very beautiful and inviting campus [...]
Tony Klarberg is doing his best to grow the game of baseball in Sweden. He first joined us in episode 167 back in 2016 with an international panel assembled at the ABCA convention in Nashville. [...]
Jordon Banfield believes in himself. That becomes apparent two minutes into a conversation with the Oakland University coach. And not in an arrogant way. Not at all. It’s in the “Let me take your non-paying [...]
Another fine example of what the Northeast produces when it comes to baseball. The list is seemingly endless when it comes to guys who’ve had to coach in an unfavorable climate, yet have managed to [...]
Seemingly, Eddie Smith has been around the world and back. For such a young guy, he’s taken on new challenges at every turn, no matter where that opportunity is located or in what form it [...]
The thing that strikes you immediately about Tony Wolfe is that he has a great grasp on why he’s doing what he’s doing. And as you’ll hear in this episode, he makes sure that the [...]
Jim Chester has done it all in his college coaching career, with a coaching path that has travelled from JUCO to NCAA D3 to D2 to D1. He’ll be the first to tell you that [...]
This interview was originally released in 2017. It has proved to be so popular that it continues to get downloaded every single day. Many of you have either not heard it or haven’t heard it [...]
Tom Marker is one of the risings stars on the high school baseball scene. In his short time at Olentangy Orange High School in Lewis Center, Ohio, Coach Marker has his Pioneer baseball squad contending [...]
We do love our D3 baseball here at Top Coach and today we’ve got a guy who’s found a home doing what he loves at his D3 alma mater. Ed Mathey is racking up the [...]
We’ve had our share of coaches who’ve grown up in California and moved east to play or coach — Erik Bakich, Rob Cooper, and Butch Chaffin, to name just a few. Today we add to [...]
Since helping to relaunch the baseball program at the University of North Georgia, Tom Cantrell has steady and relentless, amassing nearly 800 wins in his 22 seasons at the helm. He’s another one of the [...]
In this episode of Top Coach Podcast, we’re headed back out to the California JUCO ranks to talk to the head coach of Butte College baseball, Anthony Ferro. Buckle your seatbelt and hold on tight, [...]
We’ve had great feedback from prior episodes featuring coaches from sports outside of baseball. Well, we’re making a concerted effort to get back on that track and bring you some of the brightest coaching stars [...]
Chuck Box has quite a tale to tell. This long time coach didn’t take a “traditional” path into College Station. But it is exactly his openness and eagerness to learn that has earned him a [...]
Just a couple short years ago, Robbie Britt was coaching baseball and teaching at a high school in Clarksville, Tennessee. Little did he know that he’d be trading the rolling hills of middle Tennessee for [...]
What keeps us going week after week? It’s coaches just like this. Brian Green has been with us twice before — back in episodes 193 and 283. Episode 283 just should be on your speed [...]
