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Sherman Reed, the 2022 MEAC Championship Most Outstanding Coach and 2018 MEAC Coach of the Year and winningest skipper in school-history, enters his 14th season as the head coach of the Coppin State baseball program in 2024. Reed took Coppin State to the School's very first ever NCAA Regional Championship in 2022. Over the last five seasons, the Eagle enjoyed unprecedented success by recording four 20-plus win seasons. During the final three full seasons as members in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, arguably the three bests in school-history, the Eagles have gone a league-best 50-26 in MEAC games.
During his first three seasons at the helm, Reed worked tirelessly on the recruiting trail to help turn the Coppin State baseball program around. The 2012 edition of the Eagles featured 20 freshmen and sophomores laying the foundation for success in the coming years. The fruits of his labor really paid off in the 2018 season when the Eagles won their first MEAC Northern Division Title since 1996 with an 18-4 record in conference play, shattering the old single-season wins record by five games. Finishing with a school-record 21 victories, Coppin earned the top overall seed in the MEAC Tournament and earned a win over Florida A&M before falling in an extra-inning affair in the Semifinals.
The 2018 season also showed dividends for several individuals with the Navy & Gold. Derek Lohr and Nazier McIlwain both earned First Team All-Conference honors with Lohr being named a Freshman All-American. Four others (Erik Crossman, Caleb Duhay, Allen Saar and Jahmon Taylor) earned Second Team recognition as the six All-Conference selections was also a program-record. Elsewhere, Marcos Castillo and Corey Treyes took home All-Black College Nines accolades.
In the final regular season game of the 2018 campaign at UMBC on May 9, one that seemed to reflect the fight and effort put forth by the Eagles all year, Coppin came from behind to defeat the Retrievers, 13-11. In doing so, Reed won his 84th career game at Coppin, breaking Jason Booker's old mark which stood for 21 years.
In 2019, Reed led the Navy & Gold to a school-record 24 victories with 15 coming in conference play. Starting out 2-0 for the first time since 1985, CSU won five of its first six games and also took a game from Charlotte prior to the start of MEAC competition. Some other big wins came in the second game of a doubleheader on April 6 at Maryland Eastern Shore where Reed picked up his 100th career win, and on April 17 at Towson which was the 20th win of the year and the first time in program-history that the Eagles defeated their crosstown rival.
Following the record-breaking year, Coppin put six players on All-MEAC teams, matching the school-record they set the year prior. Justin Banks earned First Team accolades and put up several numbers that ranked in the Top 20 nationally.
CoVID-19 cut the 2020 campaign short after just 13 games on March 12. Despite the early cancellation of the season, Coppin pulled off victories over Richmond, Georgetown and Lehigh. The 6-5 win over Georgetown was Reed's first against the Hoyas and snapped a 13-game losing streak to their rival from the Nation's Capital which dated back to 2008. The following day, Coppin held on for a 5-4 victory at Lehigh, its first over the Mountain Hawks since 2010.
Coppin has qualified for the MEAC Championship seven out of the past ten years (no Tournament in 2020) with a total of six tournament game wins. Coppin State was a semi-finalist in the 2013 Tournament after beating Bethune-Cookman and NC A&T, as well as 2018 with a win over Florida A&M. They came close to duplicating that feat in 2016 before losing a 12th inning hardly fought contest to Norfolk State 7-6. Under Reed, the 2013 Eagles had the nations highest win turnaround percentage while winning 18 games.
Reed became Coppins second-winningest coach in school history after the 9-5 victory over NC A&T on February 18, 2018, and just completed his fifth year serving as President of the MEAC Baseball Coaches Association. Reed is also finished his fifth year serving on the NCAA Division I Baseball Regional Advisory Committee for the Atlantic Region.
Reed was an assistant coach at Coppin State in 2008 under former head coach Harvey Lee and in 2009 working with Mike Scolinos.
This is like coming home for me, said Reed. I was raised in west Baltimore, I went to public schools here and I have family members that graduated from Coppin State.
I recognize that there are only 301 Division I coaching jobs and am very honored that the University believes than I am the right person to turn the program around.
Reed was inducted into the Oldtimers Baseball Association of Maryland Hall of Fame in October 2013.
Reed played collegiately at Towson State under former Baltimore Orioles and Texas Rangers manager Billy Hunter. He then spent 10 seasons playing independent baseball prior to beginning his coaching career.
The Baltimore native has coached at various levels, including Western Tech and Catonsville High Schools, pony league and Cal Ripken collegiate baseball.
Additionally, he was the director of the Yankee Rebels Baseball Club from 2005-10 which is one of the oldest amateur baseball club in Maryland and was the coordinator of the Urban Baseball Camp for the Kansas City Royals in 2008-09.
He graduated from Towson in 1983 with a degree in instructional technology and later earned his M.B.A. from Johns Hopkins in 1999.
Reed and his wife, Dorothy have three children, Tynetta, Candice and Sherman, Jr. and reside in Catonsville.
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Sherman Reed, the 2018 MEAC Coach of the Year and winningest skipper in school-history, enters his 11th season as the head coach of the Coppin State baseball program in 2021 after previously spending two seasons as an assistant. During the last two full seasons, arguably the two best in school-history, the Eagles have gone a league-best 33-13 in MEAC games.
During his first three seasons at the helm, Reed worked tirelessly on the recruiting trail to help turn the Coppin State baseball program around. The 2012 edition of the Eagles featured 20 freshmen and sophomores laying the foundation for success in the coming years. The fruits of his labor really paid off in the 2018 season when the Eagles won their first MEAC Northern Division Title since 1996 with an 18-4 record in conference play, shattering the old single-season wins record by five games. Finishing with a school-record 21 victories, Coppin earned the top overall seed in the MEAC Tournament and earned a win over Florida A&M before falling in an extra-inning affair in the Semifinals.
The 2018 season also showed dividends for several individuals with the Navy & Gold. Derek Lohr and Nazier McIlwain both earned First Team All-Conference honors with Lohr being named a Freshman All-American. Four others (Erik Crossman, Caleb Duhay, Allen Saar and Jahmon Taylor) earned Second Team recognition as the six All-Conference selections was also a program-record. Elsewhere, Marcos Castillo and Corey Treyes took home All-Black College Nines accolades.
In the final regular season game of the 2018 campaign at UMBC on May 9, one that seemed to reflect the fight and effort put forth by the Eagles all year, Coppin came from behind to defeat the Retrievers, 13-11. In doing so, Reed won his 84th career game at Coppin, breaking Jason Booker's old mark which stood for 21 years.
In 2019, Reed led the Navy & Gold to a school-record 24 victories with 15 coming in conference play. Starting out 2-0 for the first time since 1985, CSU won five of its first six games and also took a game from Charlotte prior to the start of MEAC competition. Some other big wins came in the second game of a doubleheader on April 6 at Maryland Eastern Shore where Reed picked up his 100th career win, and on April 17 at Towson which was the 20th win of the year and the first time in program-history that the Eagles defeated their crosstown rival.
Following the record-breaking year, Coppin put six players on All-MEAC teams, matching the school-record they set the year prior. Justin Banks earned First Team accolades and put up several numbers that ranked in the Top 20 nationally.
CoVID-19 cut the 2020 campaign short after just 13 games on March 12. Despite the early cancellation of the season, Coppin pulled off victories over Richmond, Georgetown and Lehigh. The 6-5 win over Georgetown was Reed's first against the Hoyas and snapped a 13-game losing streak to their rival from the Nation's Capital which dated back to 2008. The following day, Coppin held on for a 5-4 victory at Lehigh, its first over the Mountain Hawks since 2010.
Coppin has qualified for the MEAC Championship seven out of the past ten years (no Tournament in 2020) with a total of six tournament game wins. Coppin State was a semi-finalist in the 2013 Tournament after beating Bethune-Cookman and NC A&T, as well as 2018 with a win over Florida A&M. They came close to duplicating that feat in 2016 before losing a 12th inning hardly fought contest to Norfolk State 7-6. Under Reed, the 2013 Eagles had the nations highest win turnaround percentage while winning 18 games.
Reed became Coppins second-winningest coach in school history after the 9-5 victory over NC A&T on February 18, 2018, and just completed his fifth year serving as President of the MEAC Baseball Coaches Association. Reed is also finished his fifth year serving on the NCAA Division I Baseball Regional Advisory Committee for the Atlantic Region.
Reed was an assistant coach at Coppin State in 2008 under former head coach Harvey Lee and in 2009 working with Mike Scolinos.
This is like coming home for me, said Reed. I was raised in west Baltimore, I went to public schools here and I have family members that graduated from Coppin State.
I recognize that there are only 301 Division I coaching jobs and am very honored that the University believes than I am the right person to turn the program around.
Reed was inducted into the Oldtimers Baseball Association of Maryland Hall of Fame in October 2013.
Reed played collegiately at Towson State under former Baltimore Orioles and Texas Rangers manager Billy Hunter. He then spent 10 seasons playing independent baseball prior to beginning his coaching career.
The Baltimore native has coached at various levels, including Western Tech and Catonsville High Schools, pony league and Cal Ripken collegiate baseball.
Additionally, he was the director of the Yankee Rebels Baseball Club from 2005-10 which is one of the oldest amateur baseball club in Maryland and was the coordinator of the Urban Baseball Camp for the Kansas City Royals in 2008-09.
He graduated from Towson in 1983 with a degree in instructional technology and later earned his M.B.A. from Johns Hopkins in 1999.
Reed and his wife, Dorothy have three children, Tynetta, Candice and Sherman, Jr. and reside in Catonsville, Maryland
John Merkh enters his second season with the Scarlet Raptors baseball program. However, Coach Merkh is entering his 11th season of coaching at the collegiate level.
Merkh primarily works with infielders and hitters, serves as the Scarlet Raptors third base coach, and is in charge of defensive alignments.
Prior to joining the Scarlet Raptors, Merkh spent his past three years (2019-2022) at Immaculata University as the head assistant and recruiting coordinator. During his tenure there, Merkh helped the Mighty Macs program become a prominent program in the Mid-Atlantic region.
In 2022 the Mighty Macs broke their single-season record for wins with 29. The Mighty Macs also won the Atlantic East Conference for the first time in school history and hosted their first NCAA Regional. Immaculata also received votes in the D3 baseball poll for the first time in program history as the team broke various offensive school records.
Under Merkhs tutelage in 2021, the Mighty Macs offense had fewer strikeouts than any team in the Atlantic East Conference during conference play. The Mighty Macs also had more walks than strikeouts during the 2021 campaign and were in the top three in almost every offensive statistical category in the Atlantic East. The Mighty Macs also averaged more extra-base hits per game and runs per game than any previous team in school history.
Prior to Immaculata, Merkh served as the pitching coach at fellow New Jersey Athletic Conference rival, Stockton University in 2019. Merkh helped the Ospreys get off to their best start in school history (10-0) and coached two-time NJAC Pitcher of the Week Ray Hughes.
Merkh started his coaching career in June of 2012 as the pitching coach at Camden County College in Blackwood, New Jersey. In his first season at Camden County, the Cougars went on to win the Garden State Athletic Conference and finished as the Region XIX runner-up with a 38-7 record. Merkh coached one of the top pitchers in the NJCAA that year, a now former Scarlet Raptor, Billy Jackson, who was a First Team NJCAA All-American.
After the 2013 season, Merkh was promoted to the head assistant position and recruiting coordinator position where he held that title until he was promoted to the head baseball coach of the Cougars in the fall of 2016. Merkh led the Cougars to back-to-back Region XIX Playoff appearances and the Cougars won 30 games in a single season for only the fourth time in school history.
Merkh graduated summa cum laude from Liberty University in 2022 with a bachelors degree in Interdisciplinary Studies. He resides in Deptford, New Jersey, with his wife Brittany and his sons Jackson and Hunter.
- Head Coach, South Plainfield American Legion, 2009-2010
- Assistant Varsity Baseball Coach, Spotswood (NJ) HS, 2011
- Assistant Baseball Coach, New Jersey City University, 2011-2019
- Associate Head Baseball Coach, New Jersey City University, 2019-present
Assistant Coach, Recruiting Coordinator
St. Thomas Aquinas
Division 2
John-Michael Guarino
Pitching Coach
St. Thomas Aquinas
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My name is Zak Taylor. I am the Director of Beaver Baseball Development at Oregon State University. I specialize in Mental Skills with our team. I also am our camp coordinator and do alumni reach out. I work with catchers and corner infielders.
Strovink is in his first season as a volunteer assistant with Princeton in 2022.
Prior to Princeton, Strovink started his coaching career with the East Coast Lumberjacks in 2020. The following year he was an assistant coach for Mt. Sinai High who went onto win a Long Island Championship.
As a player, Strovink played five years of college baseball between USC Lancaster and Limestone University. While in high school, as a wrestler he was a league finalist. As a two-year team captain on the baseball team, he was two-time All-State, while also becoming Rocky Points first All-American baseball player. Strovink also was named the Gold-Glove catcher for Suffolk County in 2016.
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With nearly three decades of baseball experience as a coach and professional athlete he was drafted by the New York Yankees shortly before earning a degree at UCLA UC Davis head coach Matt Vaughn selected Mike Hankins as Aggie baseball's new Director of Player Development.
In his role, Hankins will incorporate various methods, tools, analytics and cutting-edge resources to develop players' skills and enhance the team's performance.
"I want to thank Matt Vaughn for giving me a chance to help the players develop and reach their full potential. UC Davis is one of the best academic colleges in the nation, and has a very competitive athletics program," said Hankins.
"I look forward to helping the players, coaches, and baseball program in whatever way I can."
Hankins joins the Aggies after spending the last three years as an assistant baseball coach at American River College. In this role, he strengthened players' fielding skills and improved their swing by using various technology and skill acquisition methods. He also handled all elements of ARC's recruiting program.
He joined the staff at ARC after spending a decade at William Jessup; not only was he the head coach for three seasons, he created and built the program from scratch with help from ex-MLB manager Jerry Manuel and others a tedious process that started in 2008 and culminated in the Warriors' first-ever game in January of 2015. Until his final season at ARC, the team did not have a field of its own.
Hankins was responsible for everything involved with running a college baseball program: recruiting players, designing strength and conditioning programs, practice and game day plans, the team's baseball camps, fundraising and community outreach program.
Prior to creating William Jessup's baseball program, he served as the head baseball coach at Lincoln High School and fueled the program's turnaround from a last-place team into a championship-caliber squad. Not only did he handle all day-to-day operations, he also designed a unique strength, conditioning and injury prevention program that increased player performance, dramatically decreased games lost due to injury and fueled the team's rapid ascension to the top of the league standings.
Hankins' successful coaching career was built on a foundation of experiences, and success, that took place when he competed at the Division I and professional levels.
At UCLA, he was a four-year letter winner who competed in one of the toughest conferences in the nation for legendary baseball coach Gary Adams. It was Adams' tutelage, along with his dad's mentorship and training (he played with the Atlanta Braves), as well as his experience gained throughout his tenure in Westwood that led to the New York Yankees drafting him in 1990.
Throughout his five-year professional career, Hankins won a pair of championships and expanded his baseball knowledge by playing for a list of elite coaches in Tony LaRussa, Ron Washington, Trey Hillman, Brian Butterfield and Rob Thomson.
Hankins' passion for coaching is not limited to the diamond; since 2006, Glen Edwards Middle School has thrived with him as one of its teachers as he also serves as the chair of the Physical Education Department. Incorporating innovative pedagogical methods and fostering learning, while meeting the needs of a diverse student body, is very satisfying for Hankins.
In addition to his bachelor's degree from UCLA and a master's degree from Emporia State University, Hankins is a member of the American Baseball Coaches Association and the National Strength and Conditioning Association. He is certified by Rapsodo in hitting and pitching, by OnBaseU as a hitting specialist, and is K-Vest certified.
Hankins was also certified by the International Youth Conditioning Association as a high school strength and conditioning coach, nutrition specialist, speed and agility specialist and fitness specialist.
Miles joined the Campbell baseball staff in August 2022 as the Director of Pitching Development.
Miles most recently served as the pitching coach for the Morehead City Marlins of the Coastal Plains League in 2022. He guided the Marlins pitching staff to league-bests in strikeouts, batting average against, and WHIP.
He spent time on staff at Florence Darlington Tech, where he helped the program to lead the region in team ERA and strikeouts. While at FDT, he helped move 14 players on to four-year schools.
Garrett DeGallier was named a volunteer assistant coach for the Pacific baseball program in the fall of 2019. He comes to Pacific after serving three seasons at the University of Concordia-Portland. With the Cavaliers, he was the primary contact for recruiting while also maintaining his role as outfield and offensive assistant coach.
During his time with the Cavaliers' program, DeGallier coached and recruited five players receiving all GNAC and West Region Recognition.
The native of Bellevue, Washington, DeGallier played his college baseball at the University of South Alabama and helped the Jaguars to the 2015 Sun Belt championship. DeGallier made 38 starts and 45 appearances in the outfield for the Jaguars that season. He finished with a .275 batting average in two seasons with the Jaguars after transferring from Tacoma Community College.
DeGallier graduated in 2015 with a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies and received his Master's in Business Administration from Concordia in 2017.
Michael Ramazzotti was named an assistant coach for the University of California San Diego baseball program in August of 2018. The 2019 season was his first in the UC San Diego dugout. He is the Tritons' first base coach and helped lead the 2019 Tritons to their 3rd consecutive DII College World Series.
Ramazzotti spent two seasons (2017/2018) across town at the University of San Diego of the NCAA Division I and West Coast Conference. He was the director of baseball operations in 2017 and the volunteer assistant coach in 2018. The Toreros went 35-18-1 overall in 2017, and produced 11 selections in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft those two years.
Ramazzotti had prior stints at Santa Barbara City College in 2016, Mira Mesa High School and San Pasqual High School.
A 2005 graduate of New Mexico Highlands University in marketing, he played his final two collegiate years at the NCAA Division II school located in Las Vegas, N.M., earning All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) honorable mention as a senior. Ramazzotti's college career began at Santa Rosa Junior College. He concluded his playing days professionally in the Italian Baseball League with the Marina Waves in Marina di Ravenna.
Ramazzotti grew up in Cloverdale, CA.
Played junior college ball at Parkland College (15,16) and then at Purdue University (17,18). A 2x All-American pitcher out of the pen at Purdue and 3rd team all-Big Ten reliever in 2018. Also broke the single season ERA and saves record at Purdue.
Moved into the operations role at Illinois State in 2018 when Steve Holm took over as head coach.
ONeil comes to PC from the University of Tennessee at Martin where he spent one season as an assistant coach. He worked with all infield positions, base runners, assisted with team offense and coached third base while also overseeing team travel, field maintenance, scouting reports and other duties.
John Sheehan enters his first season on the La Salle baseball coaching staff, serving as pitching coach.
From 2018 to 2020, Sheehan was the pitching coach and strength and conditioning coach at Prairie View A&M University, a member of the Division I SWAC Conference. During his time at Prairie View, the pitching staff saw its ERA decrease by 1.27 runs per game as well as a 15 percent reduction in walks and a 25 percent reduction in home runs allowed. The Prairie View pitching staff also saw its strikeout total increase by 20 percent.
Sheehan played baseball at the College of William and Mary from 2009-2014. He was a two-way player his freshman year, both pitching and hitting before undergoing Tommy John Surgery as a sophomore. Sheehan bounced back in his junior season, leading the pitching staff in appearances and opponent batting average. During his senior year, Sheehan was second on the team in wins, innings pitched and ERA.
At the conclusion of his senior year at William and Mary, Sheehan signed a professional contract with the Colorado Rockies. He reached High A while playing for the Modesto Nuts in 2015. At the end of his professional career, Sheehan finished with a 3.49 ERA, 1.18 WHIP and 9.6 K/9.
Following his playing career, Sheehan joined the staff at Salem State University in Salem, Mass. as the team's pitching coach. That season, Salem led the MASCAC Conference in ERA and was second in hits allowed.
In 2018, Sheehan joined the staff at Momentum Physical Therapy, where he attained his Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and Precision Nutrition Level 1 coaching certifications. As a strength and conditioning coach at Momentum Physical Therapy, he helped oversee the rehabilitation protocols of different sports injuries, specifically elbow and shoulder injuries in baseball players.
The Westwood, Mass. native earned his bachelor's degree from The College of William and Mary in 2014, interned at Cressey Sports Performance in 2016, and is Driveline Baseball Certified
[McWilliams] serves as the Director of Player Development, assisting primarily with the pitchers and infielders.
Last year, McWilliams finished his playing career at University of Arkansas - Little Rock while earning his Masters in sports management. There, he started in all 50 games in 2022, hit .382 (third in the Sun Belt Conference) with 10 homeruns and 50 RBIs (eight in the SBC). McWilliams finished in the top 10 in the Sun Belt in several offensive categories, including hits (73, seventh), slugging (.634, eighth), and OPS (1.079, seventh), as well as finishing the season on a 16-game hit streak, the longest streak in the Sun Belt all season.
McWilliams finished the 2021 season with a .300 batting average and one home run in seven games before sustaining a season-ending injury. Notably, he recorded the first ever hit at Oklahoma State's brand-new ballpark, O'Brate Stadium. Later the same game, he hit the first home run by an Oklahoma State opponent in the new stadium
Prior to Little Rock, McWilliams spent the 2018-20 seasons with Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio. He was an All-Conference selection for the NCAC as a two-way player in both 2018 and 2019, hitting .414 and .392 in those years, respectively. After his senior season was cut short due to Covid-19, McWilliams graduated with a bachelors in mathematics.
McWilliams began his career at Florida Southern College in 2017, spending one season with the Moccasins as a pitcher.
McWilliams is from Shaker Heights, Ohio. He was a four-year letter winner at Shaker Heights High School in baseball as well a two-year letter winner in golf.
My name is Trent Verlin, I am an Assistant baseball coach at Bowling Green State University. Bowling Green State is located in Bowling Green Ohio and are a member of the MAC, an NCAA D1 Conference. At Bowling Green, I coach catchers and work with the hitters as well! Prior to BG I was an Assistant Coach at Penn State Harrisburg an NCAA D3 school in Harrisburg Pa.
Bennett Schiltz has been with the Wheaton College Thunder for two years. In his first year, 2019, the Thunder finished with 24 wins, which ties the school record. Wheaton pitchers improved in many statistical categories from the season before. The Thunder were 6-1 before the 2020 season was cut short. Schiltz has also coached at Frostburg State University and Washington College, both in Maryland.
2018 Assistant Coach Pasadena Poly HS (CIF Champions 2018)
2019 Head Coach Pasadena Poly HS (CIF Runner-Up)
2019 Catching Coach Providence Christian College
2020-Present Pitching/Catching Coach Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Nolan Parks joined the Whitman baseball program in the summer of 2018 having spent the previous three years at Northern State University (Aberdeen, S.D.) as an assistant coach. During his first season with the program he served as the infield coach, and in his final two seasons he served as the teams hitting coach. The Wolves reached the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NCAA II) tournament in two of the three seasons he was on staff under head coach Dean Berry.
In addition to his coaching duties at Northern State, Parks became the head coach of the Aberdeen Smittys legion team in 2017. In his first, and only season as the head coach, he helped guide Aberdeen to its first state tournament appearance in five years, where they finished third.
Nolan played at Monterey Peninsula College and the University of Jamestown during his college career. While at MPC, he was a second team all-conference selection in 2013 and was a member of the first Coast Conference Championship team in 42 years. The Jimmies were North Star Athletic Association regular season conference champions in his two seasons on the team, and were ranked in the top 25 nationally, including a 2014 NAIA Tournament playoff berth.
Academically, Parks received his Bachelor of Arts degree in History with a minor in English from the University of Jamestown. In addition, he also received his master's degree in Sport Performance and Leadership from Northern State University.
Parks will coach the outfielders and assistant Tommy Richards in running the offense.
Shawn Counts enters his third season as the head coach of the Austin College baseball team in 2022-23, serving in that role in an interim capacity during the 2022 campaign.
Counts, a native of Tom Bean, began working with the 'Roos as an assistant in 2019 and previously served as an assistant coach at Grayson College from 2008-2018. During his time at Grayson, he helped develop 25 players who have gone on to play within Major League Baseball organizations and assisted in guiding the Vikings to the Junior College World Series in 2011. Grayson won four conference titles while Counts worked as assistant, and made nine consecutive NJCAA Region V tournament appearances.
Counts helped lead [Austin College](http://acroos.com/) to upticks in both overall wins and [Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference](http://scacsports.com/) victories this season, as well as coaching three players to All-SCAC accolades. Along with his experience at both Grayson and [Austin College](http://acroos.com/), Counts also previously was the Head Coach the Melville Millionaires of the Western Canadian Baseball League to the WMBL championship in 2013, a year in which he was also named the WMBL Coach of the Year.
Scott Carden was promoted to the position of head baseball coach at Albion College on May 7, 2003, and he turned the Britons into Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association champions in his first season. Carden currently has an overall record of 324-444-1. On March 20, 2022, he reached the 300 win mark with a 5-2 win over Ohio Northern.
The 2004 baseball team posted a 14-4 record against MIAA foes to clinch Albion's first league title since 1996 and its first NCAA Regional Tournament appearance since 1982. Two Britons were selected to the all-MIAA first team, while another three earned a position on the all-MIAA second team. The 2004 team set seven team single season records and won the most games in school history with 25.
The 2006 squad narrowly missed winning the MIAA title, finishing a game behind the league co-champions. Derek Tracy shared the MIAA's Position Player of the Year award, and Matt Cook and Bryan Smith joined Tracy as first team all-league selections. The 2006 team set the second highest win total for a season with 24 wins.
Carden has coached four MIAA most valuable players, nine All-Mideast Region selections, and the 2006 and 2014 MIAA batting champions. He has coached 20 All-MIAA first team selections and 17 season record holders. At the end of the 2013 season, Mike Schypinski was picked as the MIAA's Most Valuable Pitcher, Brendan Diamond set the single season record for stolen bases and joined five other former Britons to record a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage.
Michael Fischbach achieved Mideast Region and all-MIAA first team distinction in 2014 after finishing the season as the league's batting champion. He was an American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings second team All-American as well as the league MVP in 2015 after setting Albion single-season records for doubles (20), triples (six) and RBI 44. Fischbach was placed on the ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove team in 2016.
The D3baseball.com website included two Britons on the All-Region second team at the end of the 2016 season.
Cardens teams have performed in the classroom as well and each of his teams have maintained a 3.2 GPA each season since he took over. In 2011, outfielder Tyler Millward was placed on the Capital One Academic All-America third team by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and Schypinski was an Academic All-District pick in 2013.
Carden is a graduate of Macomb Lutheran North High School and Bowling Green State University. At Bowling Green, Carden was a catcher on the Falcons' 1995 and '98 Mid-American Conference championship teams. He earned a bachelor of arts and sciences degree in comprehensive science/secondary education with a minor in chemistry in 1998.
Carden has coached every position during his tenure with the Britons. He currently works with the hitters and catchers. Carden lives in Albion with his wife Doreen, Albion's womens basketball coach, and two daughters Brooke and Addison.
Pitching Coach at UNA.
1st Season.
Volunteer Coach at Walsh University
2x All League Great Midwest Athletic Conference (GMAC)
Division II All American
Attended Archbishop Hoban High School (Akron, Ohio)
Baseball Assistant Coach / Strength & Conditioning Coach
Westmont
NAIA
Brandon Crum was named the 24th head baseball coach in Allegheny program history on August 28, 2017.
A native of neighboring Saegertown, Pennsylvania, Crum returned to Allegheny after serving as the team's assistant coach from 2012-16.
Crum spent the 2017 season as head coach at Mercyhurst University-North East, and quickly made his mark. After a slow start, he rallied his squad to nine wins in its final 12 games of the regular season to advance to the NJCAA Region III playoffs. The Saints then swept rival Monroe Community College to earn their first regional championship since 2014, and advance to the NJCAA District Tournament.
After orchestrating the mid-season turnaround, Crum was named the NJCAA Region III Coach of the Year, while seven Saints earned All-Region accolades, highlighted by Dalton Donachie, who was named both NJCAA Regional Pitcher of the Year and Mercyhurst North East Male Athlete of the Year.
From 2012-16, Crum served as Allegheny's recruiting coordinator, while also handling the team's pitchers and catchers, calling pitches and in-game defenses, assisting with designing and implementing off-season strength and conditioning programs, and assisting with the organization of a number of youth camps and clinics. The Gators went a combined 97-60 overall, and 48-23 in the North Coast Athletic Conference over the span, qualifying for the NCAC Championship Tournament in three of the four years, including a trip to the conference title game in 2013.
Over Crum's first stint with the Gators, 12 players earned a total of 20 All-NCAC accolades, highlighted by [Joe Killian](http://alleghenygators.com/roster.aspxrp_id=5214) '16, who was named the 2013 NCAC Newcomer of the Year, 2016 NCAC Player of the Year, and 2016 D3Baseball.com All-America, while earning four straight All-NCAC selections. [Chase Boyer](http://alleghenygators.com/roster.aspxrp_id=5848) '17 was a three-time All-NCAC pick and was tabbed the conference's Pitcher of the Year in 2016, as the Gators swept the league's major awards for the first time since 1993. Killian and Boyer were also named All-Region by both D3Baseball.com and the American Baseball Coaches Association in 2016, marking the second straight season for Killian to earn the honor, after he joined teammate Zach Gray on the list in 2015.
Crum began his affiliation with Allegheny baseball in 2010, when he worked as a volunteer assistant coach leading to his appointment to full-time assistant in August 2012. During his time as a volunteer assistant, he also served as Director of Athletics and Facilities at nearby Conneaut Area School District, where he was responsible for coordinating the scheduling for all athletic events, including officials and transportation, developing the district's athletic budget, and overseeing the hiring of district coaches.
He started his coaching career at the American Legion level, as he manned the helm of Saegertown's French Creek Valley squad for nine seasons, accumulating a record of 150-30. His teams won 20 or more games in six different years and earned five district championships, while advancing to the Region 8 title game in four straight seasons between 2011-14.
A catcher, Crum played collegiately at Gannon University, serving as a three-year team captain. A 2010 All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference selection at catcher, he was named to the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) All-Academic team in 2008, before earning the same accolade in the PSAC in both 2009 and '10. He ranks in the top-10 in Gannon career history in fielding percentage (.970), putouts (444), and hit-by-pitches (24), while he owns two of the program's top five single-season totals in sacrifice bunts.
Crum graduated from Gannon in 2010 with a B.S. in Finance, before going on to earn a Masters in Sports Administration from Lock Haven University.
He and wife Ashley are the parents of son Griffin and daughter Zoe, and reside in Woodcock Township.
Allegheny Career Coaching Highlights
2022
Received votes in national rankings
D3baseball.com All-Region: Ben Kosbie (3rd)
Four All-NCAC selections: Ben Kosbie (1st), Tyson Bryant-Dawson (2nd), Brett Heckert (HM), Bobby Kusinsky (HM)
2021
Four All-NCAC East Honors: Luke Chutko, Tyler Hettich, Ryan Dougherty, Conor Deasey
2019
Three All-NCAC Honors: Sean Kealey (1st), Austin Bristol (1st), Vincent Carone (HM)
NCAC Pitcher of the Year: Sean Kealey
NCAC Championship Appearance
Two NCAC All-Tournament Team selections: Tommy Cannon, Austin Bristol
2018
Two All-NCAC Honors: Tommy Cannon (HM), Sean Kealey (HM).
Steve Gruenberg was named the Assistant Baseball Coach at Case Western Reserve University in October of 2020.
In his two seasons with the team, the Spartans have gone 43-27 and claimed the University Athletic Association Championship in 2022. His work with the pitching staff helped lead sophomore Tyler Horvath to D3baseball.com All-America Second Team honors in 2022, while Horvath shared UAA Pitcher of the Year honors with graduate student Evan Faxon.
Gruenberg brought with him extensive experience as an NCAA Division III coach, in particular, the development of collegiate pitchers. He is coming off an eight-year stint as the Associate Head Baseball Coach at Kenyon College, where he worked primarily with the pitchers and catchers, while also assisting with recruiting and other facets of team management. While at Kenyon, he guided 20 players to All-North Coast Athletic Conference honors and helped the 2018 squad earn a spot in the NCAC Baseball Tournament.
Gruenberg has also been the Assistant Coach and Pitching Coach for the Harwich Mariners of the prestigious Cape Cod Summer Baseball League since 2013, where he worked to develop some of the top collegiate pitching talents in the country that appeared in the prestigious league. Thirty-four of his pitchers in the league were drafted over the last four years, and his 2016 squad set a league record with a 2.00 team ERA. In addition, he served as the Mariners Youth Clinic Coordinator
Reina. In his time at Rochester, he has created a firm foundation for success on the diamond.
He guided the Yellowjackets in 2014 to the championship game of the Liberty League Tournament, ultimately falling to Union College and ending up one game short of reaching the NCAA Division III Tournament for the first time as a coach. The 2014 Rochester baseball squad ended with a 25-16 record and were 16-8 in the conference, earning the 2nd seed in the Liberty League Tournament.
In 2015, Reina's Yellowjackets were preseason favorites in the Liberty League and ended up with a 26-16 record overall and 17-7 mark in conference play, good enough to reach the conference tournament for the second straight season. The 2015 season includes a new school record winning streak of 17-game which lasted from March 29 through April 19.
Last year, UR finished 22-19 and qualified for the Liberty League playoffs for the third straight season. Rochester had seven All-Liberty League players and four of them were All-Region honorees by the ABCA, including 1st Team selections Nolan Schultz and Steve Eychner.
In 2010, Reina's Yellowjackets repeated as University Athletic Association champions in February, and won their second straight Liberty League regular season title. The previous season was equally as successful, as Reina led Rochester to a school record 30 wins, while being ranked as high as 8th in the country.
Under Reina, Rochester qualified for the Liberty League baseball playoffs 10 times, coming in 2003 (when it was known at the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association), '04, '06-'10, '12, '14 and '15. In 2005, the Yellowjackets were 21-16-1 overall and finished second at the UAA Championships. Reina and his staff have been recognized for their accomplishments in the Liberty League by earning the league's coveted Coaching Staff of the Year award in 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2009.
Reina picked up his 300th career victory in the 2015 season, coming following a 2-1 win over Clarkson University. He has a career record of 302-242-2 (.573) overall and is 168-104 (.618) in conference play.
A Rochester native, Reina is a graduate of Gates-Chili High School where he starred at shortstop for the Spartans. He then took his talents to Monroe Community College where he played under Hall of Fame coach H. David Chamberlain. In 1995, Reina was selected as the Region III Player of the Year and a second team All- American shortstop. He was awarded a full athletic scholarship to Division I, Long Island University - Brooklyn Campus. A two-year starter for the Blackbirds, Reina had two solid seasons including his junior year where he hit .371 and four grand slams in a season. He graduated with a bachelors degree in physical education.
Reina then came back to Rochester and his alma mater to coach at Monroe CC. In two years at Monroe, the Tribunes tallied close to 100 wins and finished runner-up in the district championships. He then accepted a two year position as a graduate assistant at The College of New Jersey (Division III).
While at TCNJ, Reina worked as the infield instructor and recruiting coordinator. The Lions won their first Conference championship in 18 years in 2000. In May of 2001, Reina graduated with a Masters of Education Degree.
During the summer months, Coach Reina has had a wide variety of experience in coaching all different levels. For two years he coached in the New York Collegiate Baseball League. In the summer of 2001, he worked as an assistant for the Bourne Braves, a member of the prestigious Cape Cod Baseball League. Ten of the 24 players were selected in the 2002 Major league Baseball Amateur Draft while the Braves had one of its most successful season in the program's history.
In the summer of 2002 and 2003, Coach Reina was asked by Major League Baseball to work in their International Envoy program. He worked in Southern Germany and in Japan. The purpose of these trips were to further baseball in both countries. He worked with players from ages 7-45 and also worked with softball players in different clubs.
Spano is in his ninth year at Mercyhurst. Spano, a native of Queens, New York, graduated from Adelphi University in May of 2001.
The brother of head coach Joe Spano, Charlie serves as the Lakers' third base coach and recruiting coordinator. He also works closely with the infielders and team's base running. During his tenure, nine infielders have earned all-conference honors, and he was instrumental in the recruiting of pitcher Brian Espersen, who was drafted in the 18th round of the 2007 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft.
Spano also served as an assistant coach with the Metro N.Y. Cadets of the ACBL in 2002-03. He helped the team to a Kaiser Division title in 2002.
As a player at Adelphi, Spano played in 141 varsity games and was a three-year starter at third base. As a sophomore, he finished with one of the top fielding percentages in Division II and was a member of the 1999 Division II Northeast Regional champions. He batted .400 during the regional playoffs, helping Adelphi to a fifth-place finish at the Division II World Series.
As a senior, he batted .322 with 37 hits, 20 runs scored, and 17 runs batted in. During the summer of 2000, Spano played in the AAABA World Series.
Spano earned a Master's of Science in organizational leadership in 2011. He and his wife, Catrina, had their first daughter, Caylen, born in 2005. Their second daughter, Keira, was born in 2009.
Rouse comes to Chicago after serving as head coach for four years at Salem University (W.Va.), where he led the Tigers to a program record in wins during the 2019 campaign. Five players under Rouse's guidance were named All-East Coast Athletic Conference selections, and the team earned the American Baseball Coaches Association's Team Academic Excellence Award in three of the past four seasons. In 2018, Rouse guided Salem to their best winning percentage since the program's move to NCAA Division II.
"We are thrilled to welcome Addison Rouse to our Saint Xavier Athletics team," said Allison Kern, Director of Athletics at Saint Xavier. "Our program has a storied history and Coach Rouse distinguished himself from an impressive pool of candidates throughout the search process."
"Coach Rouse has a reputation in the baseball community as an individual of integrity who develops his student-athletes on the field, in the classroom, and in the community. Countless individuals spoke to his superior knowledge of the game, and his talent as a recruiter. I am confident that Coach Rouse's experience and positive energy will translate to elite baseball."
"On behalf of me and my family, I am truly honored and humbled to be Saint Xavier University's next head baseball coach," added Rouse. "We know that this is a baseball program with a rich history, invested alumni, supportive community, and championship-caliber expectations."
"We ask for your support, care, and acceptance into the Cougar family; this is a bold and brave move for our family, with God leading the way as we strive to follow His mission and purpose for our life. We are prepared, eager, and all-in on SXU. Family is our creed; culture is what we do. Championships are what we will win."
Prior to Salem, Rouse was head coach at Eastern Nazarene College (Mass.), where he led his players to multiple All-Commonwealth Coast Conference selections and the CCAC Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Rouse graduated from Brescia University (Ky.), where as a student-athlete he won a KIAC championship and had two appearances in the NAIA tournament as a KIAC All-Academic Team selection.
Manny Cervantes (Head Baseball Coach: 10th Year)
Coaching Mission
Athletics, specifically baseball, is the tool that our coaching staff uses to relate to our program's student-athletes and speak into their lives. Our ultimate goal is to use baseball to develop strong Christian men who honor God, love their family, and make a positive impact for Jesus Christ. With Gods grace, our common love for baseball provides us the opportunity with its life analogies to help our guys reach their potential in their integrity, academics, and athletics. Education / Coaching CredentialsOklahoma State University 1992 B.S. (HRAD)University of Kentucky 1991 NutritionCoaching Experience Asbury University Head Coach (2014-Present)Coached in the Seattle Mariners Minor-League System (1993-1995)Stillwater High School Assistant Coach (2011-2012)Oklahoma Christian University Assistant Coach (2012-2014)Established private baseball coaching business in Stillwater, Okla.Baseball CareerDrafted by the New York Mets in 1987 out of high schoolPlayed at Oklahoma State 1988-1990, making it to the NCAA tournament three times and reaching the national title game in 1990.Named the Big Eight Conference Player of the week in April, 1988Two-Time Academic All-Big Eight Conference selection (1989 and 1990)Played at the University of Kentucky 1991Earned Second-Team All-Southeastern Conference honors in 1991 for the WildcatsSigned with the Seattle Mariners and played two seasons in the minor leagues (1992-1994)Personal Coach Cervantes resides in Wilmore, Kentucky with his wife Jami and their lab Jackie. They have three grown children Mikayla, Jacob, and Mia.Hometown | Whittier, Calif.
Manny Cervantes enters his 10th season as the Asbury head coach in 2023-24 after becoming the first full-time coach in Asbury baseball history in 2014.
The Asbury baseball program continued to strive forward under the leadership of Coach Cervantes in 2023, taking 23 wins with the NCCAA Mideast Region Player of the Year, Ethan Cartwright. Ten total Eagles were honored by NCCAA Regional awards including the Mideast Pitcher of the Year (Brody Bearden) and Mideast Freshman of the Year (Andrew Billington).
In 2022 Coach Cervantes led Asbury to 29 wins and an NCCAA Mideast Region Championship to earn a trip to the NCCAA World Series in Kansas City, Mo. The 29-16 season took AU to an 81-35 record since 2020. Asbury baseball also produced the NCCAA National Player of the Year in Walker Paris, alongside three Eagles named 2022 NCCAA All-Americans.
In his time at the helm Asbury baseball has become a program synonymous with development. The program takes pride in its ability to not only develop skilled players on the field, but also develop men of character off it.
Asbury baseball teams historic 2021 season sent the program to new heights and national recognition. The Eagles set a plethora of new team and individual records on their way to a program-best 38 wins. Asbury recorded a 52-16 (.765) record over the past two seasons, including a 14-4 start in 2020 which was the best start in the programs history before the year ended due to COVID-19. Their 14-4 record included multiple wins against top 25 ranked opponents.
Academically, AU Baseball was recognized by the American Baseball Coaches Association with the Team Academic Excellence Award after another successful year in the classroom. This marks the third consecutive year that AU has received the Team Academic Excellence Award. Additionally, Asbury was the only small college school in the state of Kentucky (NAIA, NCAA DIII, NCAA DII) to receive the award.
In 2019, Asbury created a historic season. A 24-22 record (the most wins since 2011) earned them their first spot in the River States Conference Tournament. Equally important is the number of young men who graduated from Asbury University. In that same period, more than 10 student athletes have received their degrees. Its about more than just baseball for Coach Cervantes, and it shows.
As a result of the 2019 season, Asbury baseball had five players named to the River States All Conference-Team, the most in the Cervantes era, including being named the River States Coach of the Year. He is the first coach in Asbury Baseball history to be given this award. Probably more impressive than the athletic performance is the academic performance. Nine Asbury players were named to the All-River States Conference Academic Team, and three of those were honored with NAIA Scholar-Athlete status.
The lines of the development of the program run directly through Coach Cervantes. He takes such pride in the development of men of faith, men of character, and winners on the field. In his words For me, coaching is about more than the game of baseball. Its an opportunity and a responsibility to make a positive impact on young men. Ive learned that a coach who demonstrates strong Christian leadership has the ability to make a lifelong impact on his players and develop them into Christs ambassadors to the world.
During his tenure at Asbury, the program has had numerous players earn All-Conference recognition, with most of his players graduating with their degrees. The interesting and beautiful thing about Coach Cervantes is the obvious unseen. The job he does daily making sure he pours into his players is unique. There is a focus on God, our Savior, as much as there is a focus on academics, and as much as there is a focus on winning. Its this daily consistency that laid the foundation for the programs current success.
2016 was the first year it was becoming clear Coach Cervantes was making the developmental progress he envisioned. The Eagles doubled their win total from the 2015 season, finishing with a 22-29 record. That season included multiple wins against a Top 25 ranked Rio Grande (OH) team, and an impressive 13-4 streak in the middle of the season.
Cervantes, originally from Whittier, Calif., was drafted by the New York Mets in 1987 out of high school, but instead opted to play in college. He played first base at Oklahoma State from 1988 to 1990, during which time the Cowboys made the NCAA tournament three times and reached the national title game in 1990. In April 1988 he was named as the Big Eight Conference player of the week and was a two-time Academic All-Big Eight Conference selection (1989 and 1990). He transferred to the University of Kentucky for his senior season and earned second-team All-Southeastern Conference honors in 1991 for the Wildcats.
He went on to sign with the Seattle Mariners and played two seasons in the minor leagues before becoming a coach in the Mariners minor-league system. He later established a private baseball coaching business in Stillwater, Okla. and worked as an assistant coach at Stillwater High School in 2011 and 2012. Prior to coming to Asbury, Cervantes served as an assistant at Oklahoma Christian University from 2012 until 2014, helping the Eagles finish '14 with a 38-17-1 record.
Coach Cervantes resides in Wilmore, Kentucky with his wife Jami and their lab Jackie. They have three grown children Mikayla (25), Jacob (22) and Mia (20).
As part of our COVID-19 safety plan, the indoor sessions traditionally held on the first day of camp will be shared online.
Sessions will be accessible for the week prior to camp. They are available on-demand and can be completed at the athlete's
convenience.
This approach allows us to continue offering these valuable sessions so athletes arrive to camp ready to maximize the experience,
while still maintaining a safe experience.
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