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Award winning coach, recruiting expert, and author, Matt Rogers, dives head-first into weekly provocative and innovative conversations with some of the top coaches in the country to discuss how to help athletes, families, coaches and schools get the most of their opportunities and experiences in the sports they love.
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Custom College Recruiting always shares the latest information regarding what’s happening in the college sports recruiting world. The CCR Podcast delivers our take on what student-athletes need to do to get exposure to college coaches. We offer inside tips, expert analysis and recruiting advice. We talk about what’s happening in the various organizations at the college/university level, and we break down important issues pertaining to NCAA, NAIA and NJCAA rules. Our goal is to make sure athl ...
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The ABCA Podcast runs the gamut of baseball coaching topics, from pitching, to hitting, to the mental game, practice planning, recruiting and more. It's hosted by Ryan Brownlee, longtime coach and current Assistant Executive Director of the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA). The ABCA is the primary professional organization for baseball coaches, with more than 15,000 members representing all 50 U.S. states and 41 countries. Since 1945, Association membership has broadened to inclu ...
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Joining us this week on the ABCA Podcast is Academy Coordinator at Futures Training Center and Founder of Above the Shoulders, Troy Marrow. A four-year letterwinner at NC Central, Marrow spent three seasons as the captain of the baseball team. Upon graduation Marrow went on to coach at his alma mater and received his master’s degree in athletic adm…
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Chris "Skip" Hanks has been the Head Baseball Coach at Colorado Mesa University for past 31 years. This future Hall of Famer's coaching career includes 21 National Tournament appearances, four Division II World Series appearances, 12 RMAC Coach of the Year honors, and five Regional Coach of the Year awards. In 2019 and 2021, he was named the Nation…
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This week on the ABCA Podcast, we welcome Jim Schwanke, agent at the Ballengee Group and former college baseball coach. Schwanke brings a wealth of experience to the table, having coached at powerhouse programs Oklahoma State and LSU. His offensive strategies were instrumental in LSU’s back-to-back National Championships in 1996 and 1997, where he …
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Matt Lisle is the Assistant Coach and Recruiting Director for the Softball program at Oregon State University, but you may know him best from the guy sitting on the dock with his brothers every morning telling Dad Jokes trying to get each other to laugh. That’s right, Matt Lisle is the oldest of the 7 Lisle children, and the 5 brothers are the ones…
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A 16-year continuous ABCA member, Gillum has been a key figure in the ABCA Convention, frequently moderating the Infield Hot Stove. Since taking over as head coach of the Bananas in 2018, Gillum has guided the team to back-to-back CPL Championships in 2021 and 2022, while also seeing over 20 players drafted into MLB. Now fully embracing the excitem…
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Jenny Glenn, Head Volleyball Coach at Metropolitan State University of Denver, has taken one of the most successful volleyball programs in Division II history to unprecedented heights during her eight years as the Roadrunners' head coach. Heading into the 2024 season, she has compiled an overall record of 191-47 (.803 winning percentage), including…
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Tyrone Brooks - MLB Senior Director of the Front Office and Field Staff Diversity Pipeline Program
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With 29 years of experience in professional baseball, Tyrone Brooks began his career with support from Hank Aaron and the Atlanta Braves after graduating from the University of Maryland. Known for his commitment to "paying it forward," Brooks has been instrumental in helping countless individuals begin their careers in professional baseball. His in…
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Dominic Parker begins his first season as the Head Men's Basketball Coach at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in Eastern New York state after 10 years as an assistant coach at the NCAA Division I, II, III and NJCAA levels, including a run to the NCAA Division III Tournament Quarterfinals last winter at Christopher Newport (Va.) and a Nationa…
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Vitello led the Tennessee Volunteers to a remarkable 60-13 record, capturing NCAA Division I National Championship in 2024. Under his leadership, the Volunteers have made three College World Series appearances in the last four seasons, solidifying Tennessee as one of the premier programs in Division I baseball. Vitello, who took over the program in…
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Scott Winterburn is the Head Baseball Coach at the University of La Verne in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC). After leading his alma Mater, Asuza Pacific, for one year, Scott took over the Leopard program in 2001 and quickly turned it into a national power. He’s led the Leo’s to 6 SCIAC titles and 8 NCAA National…
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Joe Urso, a six-time ABCA National Coach of the Year and ten-time ABCA Regional Coach of the Year, has built a legacy as one of the most successful coaches in college baseball. Over 22 seasons as head coach, he has led the University of Tampa to six National Championships, including in 2024, and recently surpassed 1,000 career wins. The Spartans, t…
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Josh Collins is in his 13th season as the Head Coach of the Southwestern Oklahoma State University volleyball team, while also serving as an Assistant Athletic Director for Gameday Operations. Collins – who became SWOSU Volleyball’s winningest coach during the 2016 season – enters the 2024 fall campaign with a career record of 183-163 after leading…
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This week on the ABCA Podcast, we're joined by ABCA/ATEC NJCAA Division I Coach of the Year, Dusty Hart, head coach of Blinn College. Hart led the Buccaneers to a stellar 41-17 record and the National Championship in Grand Junction, Colorado in 2024, marking back-to-back World Series appearances in his first two seasons at Blinn. With two national …
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Spencer Henke was named the Interim head men's basketball coach at Saint Leo University in St. Leo, FL in May of 2024 for the 2024-25 season following four seasons as an assistant coach on Lance Randall's staff from 2020-24. Randall took the Assistant Men's Basketball Coach position at the University of Wisconsin this summer. Henke first arrived at…
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Next up on the ABCA Podcast is ABCA/ATEC High School Division II Coach of the Year, Jim Ozella. After an illustrious 40-year coaching career, including 25 years at Hart High School (CA), Ozella retired on a high note, leading Hart to the 2024 CIF SS Div. 2 Championship with a 26-5 record. Hart High School's storied program has captured 36 League Ch…
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Haylee Pruse is a 2024 graduate of Kamehameha Schools and Lanakila Volleyball Academy in Maui, Hawaii where she finished her high school career as a First Team Maui Interscholastic League Division 1 All Star. She was a Varsity Team Captain her Junior and Senior seasons, as well as a Team Captain at Lanakila from 2018-2024. She's a natural leader an…
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Joining us this week on the ABCA Podcast is ABCA/ATEC Pacific Association Coach of the Year, Sommer McCartney, head coach of Saddleback College. McCartney led the Bobcats to a stellar 34-17 record and the 3C2A Championship this season, continuing his legacy of excellence since taking over from his mentor, Jack Hodges, in 2011. With back-to-back Ora…
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Mark Yoshino has led the Bellevue College Bulldogs baseball squad for 31 years, 26 of those years as the Head Coach. He is the winningest coach in Bellevue Baseball's storied history. He has helped over 200 young men move on to the 4-year college ranks, and he's seen a very impressive 38 of his players get drafted into the professional ranks. We ha…
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This week on the ABCA Podcast, we're joined by ABCA/ATEC High School Division III Coach of the Year, Brian Fowler. Fowler, who led Taylor High School (AR) to their third consecutive State Championship and eighth overall, reflects on a remarkable season where the Tigers finished 23-4. Known for his old-school approach to coaching, Coach Fowler empha…
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Peighton Marrero is a 4.0 student-athlete, State Champion Track Athlete, All- State Volleyball Setter, and All-State Basketball player out of Strasburg High School in Colorado where she will be a Senior in the 2024-25 school year. She's also a world class daughter, sister, mentor, leader and human being. Peighton was my first client to join the Sig…
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Next up on the ABCA Podcast is ABCA/ATEC NCAA Div. III National Coach of the Year, Pete Egbert. Heading into his 18th season as head coach at Misericordia University, Egbert led the Cougars to their first National Championship this season, with his 600th career win clinching the title game. This year marked back-to-back appearances for the Cougars …
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Jeff Culver is entering his 13th Season as the Head Men's Basketball Coach at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS). He led the UCCS to its first RMAC Championship in program history. He's coached the only NBA Draft Pick and the only All-Americans in program history. Culver was the only four-year head coach to offer Derrick White (NBA …
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This week on the ABCA Podcast, we are honored to feature ABCA Hall of Famer, Marc Johnson. Johnson, who retired following the 2024 season, had been the head coach at Cherry Creek High School for an astonishing 52 seasons. He capped off his illustrious career with a Colorado State Championship this Spring, bringing his record to a remarkable 871 win…
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Mike Siener has had an illustrious career as the Head Men's Soccer, Head Men's Tennis, Head Women's Tennis, and Assistant Men's Basketball Coach at Webster University. Most coaches would dream about having his career coaching just one sport. Mike has been a championship coach in 4 different sports. His Head Coaching career includes: 10 SLIAC Champi…
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In this week's episode of the ABCA Podcast, we welcome ABCA Board Member and head coach at Chapman University, Scott Laverty. Laverty, entering his 12th season at Chapman, has firmly established the program as one of the best in NCAA Division III, highlighted by a National Championship in 2019. Laverty began his coaching career at his alma mater, U…
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Melissa Bruner has been the Director of Basketball Operations for the Florida State Women's Basketball team (NCAA D1) for 19 years after serving as the Assistant Director of Athletics and Head Women's Basketball Coach at Coe College for 4 years. In addition to her basketball duties with the program, Bruner wrapped up her 17th season working as the …
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Join us on the ABCA Podcast as we sit down with Johnny Hernandez, head coach of Bethune-Cookman University. Growing up in South Florida and coaching at Hialeah High School, Hernandez's journey in baseball has been remarkable. He founded the ASA College program in Miami in 2014 and worked with USA Baseball as a scouting task force member. Since taki…
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Jordan Fee begins his first season as the Assistant Men's Basketball Coach at NCAA D1 Florida Atlantic University after an amazing first and only season at NCAA D2 Gannon University where he turned the a bottom of the conference team into a 32-2 Elite Eight performance in the 2024 NCAA D2 National Tournament in just one year. Amazing turn-around! M…
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This week on the ABCA Podcast, we are thrilled to have two exceptional guests from the world of sports performance and biomechanics: VELO Sports' Michael Napoleon and Dr. Tyler Standifird. Napoleon, renowned for his pioneering work in overspeed training, owned and operated Catalyst Golf Performance in the Chicago area before developing the SuperSpe…
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Greg Sheley is the Director of Athletics and Head Women's Basketball Coach at Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon. He has had an illustrious 32-year career as a Head College Coach that includes 7 years at Butte College in Oroville, California and the last 25 years at Lane CC. He is well on his way to the Hall of Fame with a career record of 78…
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This week’s ABCA Podcast episode is the final episode that was recorded on-location at a championship site –– the NCAA Div. III World Series in Eastlake, Ohio. We had a chance to sit down with coaches of the program's that competed in the tournament, including Travis Beazley (Lynchburg), Eric Cirella (Salve Regina), Pete Egbert (Misericordia), Ray …
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Mike DeGeorge is the Head Men's Basketball Coach at Cal Poly. He has had an amazing career as he has built programs at the NCAA D3 and D2 levels at Eureka College, Cornell College, Rhodes College and Colorado Mesa University where he most recently led the Mavericks to four NCAA D2 National Tournaments that culminated in two Sweet 16 appearances. In…
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A recurring guest on the ABCA Podcast, Nathan Hemphill, PSP3 Owner & Director of Sports Performance, joins us in this week's episode. Hemphill was previously a guest on the ABCA Podcast in 2022 and has also spoken at multiple events, like the 2021 Kansas City Barnstormers Regional Clinic and the 2024 ABCA Convention. You can listen in to his previo…
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Kanyon Anderson is the Head Women's Soccer Coach at Peninsula College in Port Angeles, Washington. He has emerged as the most successful women’s soccer coach in the Northwest Athletic Conference. Since 2011, his teams have won twelve straight division titles and five NWAC championships. Anderson has been named division coach of the year eight times…
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This week joining us on the ABCA Podcast is a pioneer in the peak performance field, Dr. Tom Hanson. Hanson is the former Director of Performance Enhancement for the New York Yankees and also worked with the Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Angels and Minnesota Twins. He wrote one of the seminal baseball peak performance books with Ken Ravizza, Heads Up …
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This week’s ABCA Podcast episode was recorded on-location at the JUCO World Series in Grand Junction, Colorado. In this episode, we're joined by some of the coaches of the competing programs, including Travis Lallemand (Crowder), Preston McDonald (Florence-Darlington Tech), Eric Horner (Johnson County), Dash O’Neil (Georgia Highland) and national c…
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Brad Hoyt was named the Head Men's Basketball at Quincy University in April of 2024 after spending 14 years at John Wood Community College as the Head Men's Basketball Coach, Director of Athletics, and yes, the Dean of Students. During his illustrious career at John Wood, he accumulated a record of 269-156 that included multiple numerous trips to t…
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This week’s ABCA Podcast episode was recorded on-location at the NAIA World Series in Lewiston, Idaho. Lewiston has hosted the NAIA World Series for 22 years and the town always rallies around the event. The night prior to the opening game, the ABCA and City of Lewiston host a youth clinic, which had over 400 kids in attendance this year and we tha…
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Marco Azurdia was named the Executive Director of the NWAC (Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges) in 2012 after a decorated career as a Head Women's Basketball for 20+ years at Napa Valley Community College (CA) and Wenatchee Valley Community College (WA). He walked away from his coaching career with 220 victories and seven 20-win s…
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Wolf has been a practicing Exercise Physiologist and Biomechanist for 44 years, specializing in injury evaluation and gait & motion analysis. For nearly the last decade, Wolf has been conducting a study on UCL injuries and has found a significant correlation with hip immobility opposite the throwing arm, stride length, and elbow injuries. This epis…
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Joining us this week on the ABCA Podcast is Baseball Prodigy and Pro Source Athletics founder, Brandon Agamennone. Agamennone was Maryland’s Gatorade Player of the Year in 1994 before pitching for the University of Maryland in the mid 90’s. Agamennone pitched professionally for 8 seasons with the Expos, Orioles and Pirates. Agamennone scouted for t…
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Next up on the ABCA Podcast are Minority Prospects’ Alex Wyche and Reggie Hollins. Wyche founded Minority Prospects after a successful stint coaching high school baseball in the State of Georgia. Wyche served as an educator and coach for 13 years. Wyche was the first black head coach at Griffin High School. Wyche’s next opportunity was at Redan Hig…
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This week on the ABCA Podcast is the owner of Elevate Sports Academy, Adam Sarancik. Sarancik mentors student-athletes in physical conditioning, nutrition, career & college counseling and sport skills. Sarancik has spent most of his adult life mentoring youth ages 8-22 in baseball, softball, soccer and basketball. In baseball, Sarancik’s teams have…
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Next up on the ABCA Podcast is Corona High School head coach, Andy Wise. Wise has led Corona to a historic season winning the USA Baseball NHSI and going undefeated in league play for the first time in school history. Corona is ranked #1 in most high school polls. Wise started his playing career for ABCA Hall of Famer Don Sneddon at Santa Ana CC be…
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Pat Juckem is the Head Men's Basketball Coach at Washington University of St. Louis. He is one of only a handful of NCAA D3 Head Coaches who have ever won 20 games at 3 different institutions with his exceptional tenures at Coe College (7 years/104 wins), University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (6 years/95 wins/3 NCAA National Tourney Appearances/National …
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Next up on the ABCA Podcast we welcome members of our Travel Committee for an open forum on travel baseball. This is a look behind the curtain of the conversations we have at the ABCA convention and the Youth Summit in November. Rob Hahne, Blake Hibler, Taylor McCollough, Jeff Petty and Jordan Baltimore give us some great insights on what is going …
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This week on the ABCA Podcast is Missoula Mavericks head coach, Brent Hathaway. Hathaway is one of the winningest coaches at any level with over 1500 wins in 40 years of coaching. Hathaway played collegiately at Gonzaga and UTEP for college coaching legend, Jim Lawler. After college Hathaway went to work as a civil engineer before figuring out coac…
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Next up on the ABCA Podcast is Program 15 Sports President, Jeremy Booth. Booth started his collegiate playing career at Cypress and New Mexico State. Booth went on to play professionally until the age of 30. Booth was a long time scout for the Mariners, Brewers and Twins. Booth now is the President of Baseball Operations for The New Balance Future…
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This week on the ABCA Podcast we welcome members of our Youth Committee for an open forum on youth baseball. This is a look behind the curtain of the conversations we have at the ABCA convention and the Youth Summit in November. Deven Morgan, Dan Keller, Paul Gallo, Jimmy Fillingeri, Jeff Sopha, Shon Plack, Jimmy Onate and David Klein give us some …
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Next up on the ABCA Podcast is Wagner head coach Craig Noto. Noto has an interview with Adam Revelette in the March/April issue of Inside Pitch Magazine. Revelette, Keith Madison, Jon Litchfield and Zach Haile have put together another great issue. Make sure to dive into the magazine if you haven’t. Shoutout to all of our contributors and Delaware …
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