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TC183: Quincey Noble, McNair HS (CA)
May 09, 2016 08:58 - 34 minutes - 16.2 MBQuincey Noble has seen and worked in much of the country and has worked at many levels during his coaching journey. All of those experiences have brought him to McNair High School in Stockton, California [...]
TC182: Jon Shehan, Millersville University
May 02, 2016 09:19 - 50 minutes - 23.6 MBOther than a brief foray into minor league baseball, Millersville University baseball coach Jon Shehan has not ventured far from home. He grew up near the campus, had relatives involved with the school, and he [...]
TC181: Jason Dietrich, Cal State-Fullerton
April 25, 2016 09:18 - 39 minutes - 18.6 MBHe admittedly kind of stumbled into coaching, but it has been nothing but head down and learning his craft since he’s stepped into the arena. Jason Dietrich is in his fourth season as pitching coach [...]
TC180: Bill Kurich, Webster University
April 18, 2016 09:17 - 49 minutes - 23.2 MBBill Kurich is in his tenth season at Webster University in St. Louis. What he’s done there is nothing short of amazing. I first became aware of Webster when they were taking on some really [...]
TC179: Chris Domingue, Louisiana-Lafayette
April 11, 2016 08:36 - 44 minutes - 20.9 MBHis title is Director of Baseball Operations, but Chris Domingue (pronounced Doh’ mang) is almost singularly focused on one thing at Louisiana-Lafayette — and that’s academics. This is in addition to his full time gig as [...]
TC178: Butch Thompson, Auburn
April 04, 2016 08:32 - 43 minutes - 20.3 MBLong mentioned among the top assistant coaches in NCAA Division 1 baseball, Butch Thompson finally gets his shot to direct things as he guides Auburn Baseball in his first season as head coach. Coach Thompson has a resume [...]
TC177: Chris Lemonis, Indiana
March 28, 2016 08:17 - 48 minutes - 23 MBChris Lemonis is a Texas boy who, with each move appears to be getting father and farther from the Lone Star State. After spending time at his alma mater, The Citadel, Coach Lemonis joined his former [...]
Top Coach Resource: Mental Game Summit
March 24, 2016 08:32 - 18 minutes - 9.21 MBGina Parris is a great friend of Top Coach and many, many coaches in the Top Coach community. She’s been helping coaches, players, and their families with the mental side of the game for 30 [...]
TC176: Lane Burroughs, Northwestern State (part 2)
March 21, 2016 09:09 - 43 minutes - 20.4 MBLong considered a cradle for big time coaches, Northwestern State has another good one in Lane Burroughs. Back in episode 162, Coach Burroughs shared a truck load on knowledge. So much so, that we just had [...]
TC175: Monte Brooks, The Master’s College
March 14, 2016 09:00 - 46 minutes - 22.1 MBI refer to these types of schools generically as “specialty schools.” That is, schools that have some kind of unique barrier to entry, other than the varying degrees of academic requirements. We’ve had many of these [...]
Top Coach Resource: Catching 101
March 10, 2016 09:08 - 18 minutes - 9.1 MBTop Coach welcomes back previous guest, Xan Barksdale, who is sharing a resource that anyone who coaches catchers (that would be you!) will appreciate. Xan first appeared on Top Coach while an assistant coach at [...]
TC174: Butch Chaffin, Cookeville (TN) HS (part 2)
March 07, 2016 09:04 - 50 minutes - 23.5 MBThe way he was reeling off the one-liners, bleeding passion, and sharing wisdom, we just had to have Butch Chaffin back for a part 2. Coach Chaffin has had a successful run for two decades [...]
TC173: Butch Chaffin, Cookeville (TN) HS (part 1)
February 29, 2016 08:31 - 41 minutes - 19.8 MBHere’s another local guy with a national impact. Whether it’s because of his work with USA Baseball, his keen and witty insights on Twitter, or his successful run at Cookeville (TN) High School, Butch Chaffin [...]
TC172: Rick Heller, Iowa (part 2)
February 22, 2016 09:14 - 50 minutes - 23.6 MBLast May, right before the NCAA tournament got under way, we talked to Iowa coach Rick Heller, whose Hawkeyes had caught a lot of analysts and opponents by surprise and were riding a wave of [...]
TC171: Jeremy Sheetinger, ABCA
February 15, 2016 08:57 - 57 minutes - 26.7 MBJeremy Sheetinger. Remember the name, because if you coach baseball, he’ll probably be talking to you at some point very soon. He was the James Brown of the ABCA convention — the hardest working man [...]
TC170: Jim “The Rookie” Morris
February 08, 2016 09:12 - 47 minutes - 22.5 MBJim Morris‘ story was well documented in the 2002 film, The Rookie, but Jim’s story is not yet finished. He started his career as a coach in a small Texas town, teaching his kids to [...]
TC169: Harry Hillson, Mansfield University
February 01, 2016 09:10 - 44 minutes - 20.8 MBPennsylvania, as we’ve documented on this podcast, is filled with baseball playing colleges. As best as we can tell, only California has more. That means we have a lot more interviews to go before we [...]
TC168: Steve Springer, QualityAtBats.com
January 25, 2016 09:08 - 37 minutes - 17.7 MBWe’re happy today to welcome to Top Coach Steve Springer of QualityAtBats.com. Steve is much in demand across the country, talking about the mental approach to hitting. Steve’s got a great personal story and the [...]
TC167: International Panel, ABCA 2016
January 18, 2016 09:40 - 49 minutes - 23.2 MBMuch like the effort to grow soccer in the U.S., there are organizations making a concerted effort to go against the grain all over the world in trying to develop the game of baseball in [...]
TC166: Jack Leggett
January 09, 2016 09:08 - 1 hour - 28 MBHis name is nearly synonymous with winning in NCAA D1 baseball. The legacy he left behind at Clemson is nearly unparalleled. The numbers speak for themselves. But it’s the lives that have been touched by [...]
TC165: Rick Eckstein, Kentucky
January 04, 2016 09:06 - 43 minutes - 20.5 MBRick Eckstein had everything going for him as a golfer — a pretty good one by all accounts, he laid his clubs aside after his sophomore season in high school to focus on baseball. Doesn’t [...]
TC164: Marlin Ikenberry, James Madison University
December 28, 2015 09:10 - 44 minutes - 20.8 MBIn this episode, we’re talking to a coach who came to a crossroad — the same one that many of you face. That is, do I continue in my pursuit of coaching or follow another [...]
Top Coach Resource: I-70 Coaches Clinic
December 24, 2015 09:42 - 12 minutes - 5.81 MBAs we often point out here at Top Coach, it is incredibly important to continually invest in yourself. Whether it be book, videos, clinics, or seminars. And to help you out in that pursuit, today [...]
TC163: Mark Smith, Providence Catholic HS (IL)
December 21, 2015 09:39 - 40 minutes - 19.2 MBThis former Providence Catholic High School player thought he had a good gig going. Mark Smith was delivering milk in the morning and coaching with the legendary Wayne King at Joliet Junior College. That is, [...]
TC162: Lane Burroughs, Northwestern State (part 1)
December 14, 2015 09:26 - 50 minutes - 23.8 MBLouisiana is quickly turning into one of our favorite stops on Top Coach. Seems that every coach we speak to there has a quality that’s highly prized here at Top Coach HQ — that is, [...]
TC161: Wayne King Joliet JC
December 07, 2015 09:24 - 46 minutes - 21.6 MBWe’re making the short drive up old Route 66 today to talk to the long time head coach at Joliet Junior College, Wayne King. The home to the Blues Brothers and Rudy, Joliet also lays [...]
TC160: Eddie Smith, Lower Columbia College
November 30, 2015 08:39 - 43 minutes - 20.4 MBHere’s a young coach to keep on your radar. For such a young guy, he’s very poised and extremely professional. Add to that, he’s made a career decision that is taking him down a path [...]
TC159: Ben Spotts, Eastern Mennonite
November 23, 2015 08:55 - 43 minutes - 20.5 MBIt’s one thing to step into a program with a demonstrated commitment to baseball. It’s another thing entirely to commit your foreseeable future to a school that has never before really demonstrated that baseball is [...]
TC158: David Esquer, Cal-Berkeley
November 16, 2015 09:54 - 43 minutes - 20.4 MBFrom his time as a walk-on at Stanford to the near program shutdown at Cal, David Esquer had bucked the odds. He knows what it takes to work hard and to overcome. And in his [...]
TC157: Paul Blanchard, Southwest Minnesota State
November 09, 2015 09:37 - 42 minutes - 20.1 MBPaul Blanchard has coached at nearly every level of scholastic baseball, from high school to junior college to NCAA D1, D2, and D3. And he’s doing this all while not straying far from his roots [...]
TC156: Jan Weisberg, Birmingham Southern (part 2)
November 02, 2015 09:36 - 44 minutes - 20.7 MBWe really didn’t need to search hard for an excuse to bring Jan Weisberg back on Top Coach for another round. First of all, we didn’t cover even half of what we meant to get [...]
TC155: Larry Bragga, Tennessee Tech
October 26, 2015 09:41 - 48 minutes - 22.6 MBWe’ve got a long overdue interview with a Director of Baseball Operations. We’re seeing this position pop up more and more — and not just in D1 baseball. Seems the idea is really catching on. [...]
TC Fast Five: CJ Rhodes, Randolph-Macon
October 22, 2015 00:01 - 2 minutes - 1.46 MBWe’re back at it with another in our popular series, Top Coach Fast Five. In the TC FF we subject our coach-contestant to a lightning round of five (or so) questions about baseball and other [...]
TC154: Jonathan Hadra, VMI
October 19, 2015 09:45 - 49 minutes - 23.1 MBVirginia Military Institute is the third smallest school in D1 baseball, but their accomplishments and aspirations are large. Head coach Jonathan Hadra is a VMI grad who’s in his second season as head coach and [...]
TC153: Jim Gantt, Catawba College
October 12, 2015 08:44 - 45 minutes - 21.6 MBIt’s one of the reasons most often cited by our guests about why they’ve gone into coaching — that is, to help in the development of young men. The way Jim Gantt puts it, [...]
TC152: Rich Prado, PlayInSchool.com
October 05, 2015 08:43 - 46 minutes - 21.7 MBRich Prado and PlayInSchool.com are long time friends of Top Coach Baseball, but today Rich is visiting with us to recount our recent bus tour of 18 colleges in Virginia. This was indeed a real [...]
TC151: Joey Seal, Norfolk State
September 28, 2015 08:53 - 45 minutes - 21.2 MBJoey Seal is a hustler. He may be a least tied for the hardest working guy in college coaching. Norfolk State doesn’t have a lot of the bells and whistles of their fellow D1 programs, [...]
TC Fast Five: Josh Davis, U Richmond
September 25, 2015 01:01 - 2 minutes - 1.11 MBWe’re back at it with another in our popular series, Top Coach Fast Five. In the TC FF we subject our coach-contestant to a lightning round of five (or so) questions about baseball and other [...]
TC150: Dave Taylor, Cal State Chico
September 21, 2015 09:21 - 49 minutes - 23 MBThis week we’re headed back out to the Golden State to talk to the head coach of Cal State Chico (or Chico State as they’re known locally), Dave Taylor. Being a former catcher, we take a little time to [...]
TC Fast Five: Tyler Johnson
September 17, 2015 01:39 - 5 MBFast Five is back! On our recent trip to Virginia, we stopped the dynamic new head coach at Lee Davis High School in Mechanicsville, Virginia just long enough to get him to answer five (or so) [...]
TC149: Rick O’Dette, St. Joseph’s College (IN)
September 14, 2015 09:18 - 43 minutes - 20.7 MBWe heard from many coaches and fans that this was a guy we just had to talk to. Looks like there’s a lot of good buzz about Rick O’Dette from St. Joseph’s College in Rensselaer, [...]
TC148: Brian Harrison, Baldwin-Wallace
September 07, 2015 09:10 - 43 minutes - 20.4 MBAnother coach who grew up in the shadow of the campus where he would eventually coach. What makes it better is that he married his childhood sweetheart. Yes, life is good for the head coach [...]
TC147: Brian McGee, Lake Erie College
August 31, 2015 09:06 - 47 minutes - 22.2 MBHere’s a guy who knew early on that he wanted to coach, so at one point while playing college baseball, Brian McGee stopped playing summer ball and started coaching. Coach McGee got his degree in [...]
TC146: Tony Robichaux, Louisiana Lafayette (part 2)
August 24, 2015 08:53 - 38 minutes - 18 MBPart 2 of The Cajun Way with Louisiana-Lafayette‘s Tony Robichaux! This time we talk a great deal about staffing (and staff development), recruiting, and philosophy. Of course, Coach Robichaux’s passion comes through in every topic we [...]
TC145: Paul Rozzelle, Catawba Valley CC
August 17, 2015 09:25 - 43 minutes - 20.3 MBThe stories are what makes Top Coach an important part of the coaching arsenal, as you can learn so much from what others have done. If you’re a frequent listener to Top Coach, you understand [...]
TC144: Justin Hill, McNeese State
August 10, 2015 09:30 - 54 minutes - 25.6 MBJustin Hill envisioned a restaurant career after college, but soon determined that baseball is where he really belonged. So he kept bugging former guest Mitch Gaspard until he finally gave him a job. It wasn’t all [...]
TC143: Mitch Gaspard, Alabama
August 03, 2015 08:52 - 51 minutes - 24.1 MBWe’ve got another coach that came from what appears to be the cradle of big time college baseball coaches, Northwestern State. That was just one stop along the way for Mitch Gaspard, who now helms [...]
TC142: Greg DiCenzo, Holy Cross
July 27, 2015 09:17 - 40 minutes - 18.9 MBIf there ever was a reason for excuses, it would surely come at the College of the Holy Cross and head coach Greg DiCenzo. Not only does he have the normal concerns — weather, funding, [...]
TC141: Tom Meusborn, Chatsworth (CA) HS
July 20, 2015 08:57 - 45 minutes - 21.4 MBTom Meusborn is a legend in Southern California high school coaching, having racked up many championships and guiding his team to such lofty heights that they were named by at least one source as the [...]
TC140: Jim Penders, UConn
July 06, 2015 08:55 - 53 minutes - 24.9 MBHis father was a high school coach and his grandfather was a high school coach — both with four state championship trophies to show for their efforts. Even though Jim Penders took a brief foray [...]