Top Coach 40: Brian McRae
Brian McRae had a real solid 10 year Major League career with the Royals, Mets, Cubs, Rockies, and Blue Jays — 16 years total in pro ball. His post-playing career found [...]
Top Coach 39: Ron Polk, UAB
Where do we begin with our next guest? Ron Polk has the most wins in SEC history — in any sport. He left his fingerprints all over the Mississippi State program. [...]
Top Coach 38: Erik Bakich, Michigan
The Jack Leggett coaching tree is big and strong, but almost as amazing is the legacy left by the late Keith LeClair (Western Carolina, East Carolina). Erick Bakich is a [...]
New One Page Guide Available for Free
by Jack Warren Our first Top Coach guide, Cut Through the Clutter and Get Noticed: 11 Tips for Assistant and Aspiring Baseball Coaches, proved to be very popular and has [...]
Top Coach 37: Blake Beemer, Penn State
Volunteer coaches abound in baseball, but the volunteer coaches at the NCAA D1 level are a bit different. There are a good percentage of these guys who are retired coaches [...]
Billy Burbank wins Florida Heritage Award
We are thrilled with the announcement that Billy Burbank of Burbank Sport Nets and friend of Top Coach and Cornbelt Sports has been named a winner of a 2014 Florida Heritage [...]
Top Coach 36: Jim Morris, Miami
Over 1,500 wins as a head coach about says it all. Jim Morris’ accomplishments are plenty and his name has become synonymous with the College World Series. In fact, I [...]
Top Coach 35: Darren Fenster, Greenville (Red Sox MiLB)
Darren Fenster took a route to where he is today not unlike most of our previous coaches. He grew up in the Northeast, playing multiple sports and went on to star at Rutgers, [...]
Top Coach 34: Scott Brosius, Linfield College
Some would say that Scott Brosius has lived a charmed life. He calls it a blessed life. From playing on the same field as Ruth, Gerig, Dimaggio, and Mantle to winning three [...]
Top Coach 33: Mike Rooney, ESPN College Baseball
Mike Rooney, like many previous guests, hails from the Northeast. But he’s now living the good life out in Arizona (at least until May hits and the only good place to [...]
Top Coach 32: Derek Johnson, Chicago Cubs
With hires like this one, it can’t be long until the Chicago Cubs are playing in October. Okay, some wishful HOPING on this Cub fan’s part, but there’s no [...]
Top Coach 31: Tim Corbin, Vanderbilt
More than two decades of coaching and currently leading one of the top programs in the country and he’s returning my text messages at 5:00 in the morning. That should [...]
Top Coach 30: Ed Blankmeyer, St. John’s
There are people you speak to where passion seems to ooze out of every pore. Ed Blankmeyer is one of those guys. His legacy appears to be set in cement, but that hasn’t [...]
Top Coach 29: Brian Cain, Peak Performance
Ole Miss baseball coach Cliff Godwin sings his praises and just the mention of his name on Twitter brings a flood of responses, so I just had to talk to him. I first chatted [...]
Top Coach 28, Cliff Godwin, Ole Miss
Cliff Godwin is another one of those assistants who’s getting a lot of attention. Coach Godwin is known for his enthusiasm — and that’s on top of all the [...]
Top Coach 27: Steve Owens, Bryant University
Another episode and another Northeast guy. Bryant University’s Steve Owens is Northeast through and though, having spent his entire life in the Northeast, with the [...]
Top Coach 26: Dan McDonnell, University of Louisville
Whether it’s delivering the latest clinic session on baserunning or giving a post-game press conference in Omaha, Dan McDonnell has become one of the most recognizable [...]
Giving back to the game
by Jack Warren, Top Coach host Getting 26 episodes into Top Coach has demonstrated one thing to me above all else – coaches want to help coaches. In all of my days in [...]
Top Coach 25: Jerry Rashid, Chillicothe (IL) IVC HS
Jerry Rashid‘s 729 wins ranks him #7 all time in the state of Illinois. His Chillicothe Illinois Valley Central team won the state championship in 2006, with current [...]