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Top coaches, willing to share, knowledge and experiences is all waiting for you at the Palm Springs Coaches Clinic.
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- 2008 Baseball Clinic: Getting to know the coaches.
The Palm Springs Coaches Clinic prides itself on getting some of the best coaches in the country to speak at our clinic. Letting them share their experiences and knowledge in a fun, relax learning environment. We want you to not only have a great and fun time, but we also hope you can come away with the knowledge and wisdom to take your teams to the next level of achievement and successes. See you in September!
Dave Serrano - Cal State Fullerton
Dave Serrano returns to Cal State Fullerton, where he was the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator for former Titan head coach George Horton and the Titans for the 1997 through 2004 seasons.
He left after the Titans' fourth national championship to become head coach at UC Irvine, where he compiled a 114-66-1 (.633) record over three seasons and took the Anteaters to their first College World Series appearance in 2007. Their 47-17-1 season earned Serrano national coach of the year honors from Baseball America, which had ranked him as the nation's top assistant coach in 2004 with the Titans.
During Serrano's 8-year tenure at Fullerton, the Titans went 356-154-1 (.698) and were in the NCAA Tournament every season. Fullerton has won six Big West Conference championships, four NCAA Regional, four NCAA Super Regional and multiple trips to the College World Series in Omaha.
Every one of Serrano's Fullerton recruiting classes was ranked in the nation's Top 20. He also has nurtured a long list of pitchers who went on to play professionally. He tutored six conference pitchers of the year and of the 25 All-American players at Fullerton during his tenure, 15 were pitchers. He developed three more All-American pitchers at UCI.
Serrano, who pitched for the Titans in 1986, began his coaching career as an assistant to Horton at Cerritos College in 1988. He succeeded Horton for the 1991 season after he left to become associate head coach to Augie Garrido at Cal State Fullerton. Serrano returned to assistant coaching duties for 1992-94 for the Falcons before going to Tennessee, where he served two seasons as pitching coach for Rod Delmonico. The Volunteers went 97-36 and made their first trip to Omaha in 44 years in 1995, when they were twice routed by Fullerton's third national championship team. ^Back To Top^
Rich Hill - University of San Diego
Rich Hill has built the USD Toreros into one of the most successful Division I baseball programs on the West Coast. The 2007 spring season will be Hill's 20th year as a head coach at the collegiate level, and ninth at USD, having enjoyed 16 winning seasons in 19 years. Since taking over at USD in 1999, Hill has been remarkable in leading the Toreros to eight consecutive winning campaigns, re-writing the school record book en route to claiming back-to-back West Coast Conference Championship titles in 2002 and 2003.
In 2007 Hill directed the Toreros to the program's first 40-win season and a program-best No. 4 National Ranking. The Toreros posted an impressive 18-3 record in the WCC including five consecutive series sweeps, a first at USD as well. Hill also eclipsed the 600 career win mark and moved over 300 wins as the USD skipper. For his efforts, he was awarded the WCC Coach of the Year distinction.
In the 2006 season, not only did Hill lead USD back to the postseason, but he also helped guide the Toreros to a national ranking of No. 8 in the Collegiate Baseball top-25 poll on Feb. 2, 2006. Other milestones that Hill achieved during this historic season was the team recorded its first win over a No. 1 ranked opponent as they swept the defending national champion Texas Longhorns in the opening weekend. Hill became the third coach in the history of the WCC to eclipse the 200 conference wins mark, and he is one win shy of the 600 career wins total with an overall coaching record of 599-420-3.
Under his leadership San Diego has averaged 33 wins per season, including winning a school record 39 games in 2002, a year in which Hill was honored by his peers as the WCC Coach of the Year. Hill became one of the youngest coaches in collegiate history to reach 500 career victories in 2003, taking USD into postseason play and a second consecutive NCAA Regional appearance.
Scheduling the nation's top competition, Hill owns a 266-201-3 (.569) overall record as San Diego's manager. In turn, Hill has brought the school national notoriety, earning a No. 8 national ranking by Collegiate Baseball (2/13/06), its highest in school history.
Following a 35-21 season in 2004, seven of Hill's eight graduating seniors signed professional contracts. That same season a record 10 USD players were recognized as All-WCC performers, with five players being selected in the `04 MLB First Year Player Draft. This past June six more Toreros were drafted and signed by Major League clubs.
The 44-year-old Hill is a proven winner. He has a record of success in each of his three head coaching stops - first at his alma mater Cal Lutheran. In his first head coaching job as the manager at Cal Lu, he won 83% of his games during his final three seasons (1991-93). Hill led Cal Lutheran to a record of 194-76 (.719) over six seasons, including two World Series appearances. His 1992 squad posted a 43-6 record before falling a couple of outs shy of the NCAA Division III title, while the 1993 team finished first in the Western Region with a 32-7 record. Under Hill's guidance, the Kingsmen knocked off Division I opponents such as USC, Pepperdine, San Diego State, UC Santa Barbara and Cal State Northridge. During his six seasons at Cal Lutheran, 92 percent of his players received their degrees.^Back To Top^
Bob Morgan - former Head Coach University of Indiana
Bob Morgan began his coaching career at the high school level. He then coached baseball at The College of Wooster, Kent State University, and most recently at Indiana University, where he is the coach with the most wins in Indiana history, regardless of the sport.
After thirty years at the collegiate level, Coach Morgan compiled a record of 1,070 wins and 586 losses. He is just one of 26 baseball coaches to reach 1,000 wins and is the 11th winningest baseball coach in NCAA history. Bob played and graduated from Ohio University prior to pitching professionally in the Detroit Tigers’ organization.
"(Former Indiana Baseball) Coach (Bob) Morgan did some great things in 22 years here,""We're looking to build on that and get Indiana back to where it was when I graduated in 1996. We look forward to producing good baseball players, but more importantly, good people."
- Micah Nori Indiana Hoosiers Baseball 2005
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Larry Lee - Head Coach Cal Poly San Luis Obispo CA
The success Larry Lee enjoyed in 16 seasons as head baseball coach at Cuesta College has carried over to Cal Poly. The Mustangs have posted four straight
winning seasons -- 38-23-1 in 2004, breaking the
school record for wins in a season as a member of
Division I, followed by 36 more wins and a secondplace
tie in the Big West Conference, a 29-27 mark
in 2006 and 32-24 in 2007.
Lee begins his sixth season at Cal Poly with an
even higher goal -- an appearance in the NCAA
playoffs.
After serving as head baseball coach at Cuesta
College for 16 seasons, Lee was hired on July 22,
2002 to guide the Mustang
program.
Lee's first season finished a
notch below the .500 mark at
27-28-1, but the 2004 squad
jumped to a 28-12-1 start and
finished 15 games above the
.500 level, posting its second
straight fourth-place finish in
the highly competitive Big
West Conference.
In 2005, the Mustangs posted a 36-20 record and
just missed the NCAA playoffs despite their second-
place conference finish, wins over Cal State
Fullerton and Long Beach State and a final RPI of
No. 58.
The 2006 squad jumped to a 9-2 start and settled
for a 29-27 mark, winning 11 of 17 three-game
series.
Last year Cal Poly won 19 of its final 27 games
en route to a 32-24 record and finished in the upper
half of the Big West for the sixth straight year.
In five seasons with the Mustangs, Lee has produced
10 first-team All-Big West players and three
All-Americans. A total of 25 Cal Poly players
coached by Lee have signed professional baseball
contracts, including 18 in the last three years.
Lee led Cuesta to the California Community
College State Final Four on four occasions, all in
the last 11 years of his 16-year tenure. The Cougars
reached the state’s Final Four in 1992, 1997, 2001
and 2002 and qualified for the Southern California
Regionals each of the last six years, including a No.
1 seed in 1999 and No. 2 in 2002.
Lee's overall record at Cuesta was 460-241-3,
including a state-leading 44 wins in 1997. His teams
qualified for the regionals 11 times in his last 13
years and Lee is No. 15 on the state's community
college baseball coaches’ list for career wins.
Under Lee's leadership, Cuesta claimed nine
Western State Conference titles, including six in a
row (1997-2002), and averaged 38 wins during that
six-year stretch. His teams produced a 267-119
record in conference games.
During Lee's tenure at Cuesta from 1987-2002,
he produced 26 all-state players, three Southern
California Players of the Year and numerous professionals.
Thirteen of his 16 teams finished above the
.500 mark overall, including the last seven.
Lee, who led his 2002 team to a school-record 24
consecutive wins en route to a 43-9 mark and a
third-place state finish, was named conference
coach of the year eight times.
In 11 postseason appearances, Lee's teams compiled a 34-28 win-loss record.
Lee, a 1979 San Luis Obispo High School
graduate, was a standout baseball and football
player for the Tigers before going on to
play baseball at Santa Barbara City College
(1980), Orange Coast College (1981) and
Pepperdine University (1982-83).
Lee was a first-team All-South Coast
Conference selection at Orange Coast as well
as a second-team All-Southern California
pick.
At Pepperdine, Lee was a career .304 hitter
and, as a junior, earned first-team All-
Southern California Baseball Association
and second-team All-District 8 honors as the
Waves posted a 46-21-1 record and earned a
berth in the NCAA West Regional at Fresno
State.
Lee hit 13 sacrifice flies for Pepperdine in 1982, tied for No. 2 in the NCAA record
book for sacrifice flies in a season.
He enjoyed a brief professional baseball
career, playing one year for the Utica
Bluesox (1983) and ending his career in the
Seattle Mariners' organization.
Before becoming head coach at Cuesta
College in 1987, Lee served as an assistant
coach for the Cougars for two seasons (1984-
85) and at Cal Poly for one year (1986).
Lee earned his bachelor's degree in physical
education/kinesiology from Pepperdine
in 1983 and a master's degree in physical
education from Cal Poly in 1985 as well as
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Tim Esmay - Arizona State Sun Devils
Former Sun Devil player and assistant coach Tim Esmay enters his eighth year on the coaching staff at ASU and second as Assistant Head Coach. Esmay, a Scottsdale native, was a high-energy infielder (1986-87) and assistant coach (1988-90, 94) for the Sun Devils under legendary head coach Jim Brock. Prior to his return to Tempe in 2005, Esmay served as the head coach at the University of Utah for eight seasons. Esmay's main duties will include instruction of the outfielders and team offense.
Esmay was a two-year starter for the Sun Devils following an All-American career at Scottsdale Community College. The infielder hit .305 (121-for-397) during his two years in Tempe with 23 doubles and five home runs. He was a member of ASU's 1987 College World Series team and was named to the All-West Region team that season. A graduate of Horizon High School, where his number 5 was retired in 1998, Esmay returns to ASU after posting a 213-235-1 record at Utah. He also coached at Brophy College Prep in Phoenix for two years (1992-93) and was an assistant at Grand Canyon University (1995) and Utah (1996) before taking over the head job in Salt Lake City in 1997. In eight seasons at Utah he compiled a 213-235-1 record, including winning the 1997 WAC Conference Championship. Esmay had 18 of his players go on to play professional baseball, including three from his last team in 2004. He also had 27 players earn all-conference honors during his tenure.
Esmay's eight-year career at Utah also saw his teams completely rewrite the Ute record books. In his first season directing the Utah baseball program, Esmay did what no Ute coach had done in 32 years when he led Utah to a WAC division title and a 36-21-1 record in 1997. The Utes posted a 22-8 record in the Northern Division that year. They also set nine school records as Esmay was named the 1997 Louisville Slugger WAC Coach of the Year. In 2002, Esmay guided Utah to a 33-26 overall and 16-14 conference record. The 33 wins is the second most in school history since 1963, and the second-place league finish is the Utes best since joining the MWC in `99. Senior pitcher Mitch Maio garnered 2002 MWC Co-Player of the Year honors.
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Don Slaught - Founder of RightView Pro and MLB Hitting Coach
Don Slaught is considered to be a passionate student of the game. This has been true from his Little League days, throughout his years in the Majors. He attributes his longevity to his commitment to learning and improving. The evidence proves this out. In his first 8 years in the Big Leagues he hit .269 compared to his last eight years where he averaged over .300 and in is final 5 full seasons, he had a .310 average. Don said he didn’t get any stronger or faster but he did get smarter. He said it was the elimination of some poor information and the understanding of some good information on both mechanics and his approach that allowed him to improve late into his thirties. It was this renovation that led him into coaching and the eventual development of RightView Pro. What took him years to understand can now be seen and understood very easily at even the earliest levels of baseball. Since retiring in ’97 Don has spent most of his time coaching at just about every level from little leaguers to Major leaguers. He was most recently the Big League Hitting Coach for the Detroit Tigers in 06. Don is quick to point out that the success of a coach is not based on knowing how to hit but rather on knowing how to get others to hit. They are two different skills. The goal of RVP was to speed up the learning curve by developing a system to allow coaches and players to see, understand, and communicate more effectively. ^Back To Top^
Dave Bollwinkel - NBA Scout Chicago Bulls & Building Leadership Specialist
With over thirty years of coaching experience, Dave Bollwinkel is blessed with a wealth of motivational knowledge and teaching experience ranging from high school, through major college, and into the N.B.A. Dave is a scout for the Chicago Bulls, and was formerly the head basketball coach at Saint Mary’s College. Having been an educator and coach throughout his professional career he now combines these skills to speak, train, and coach across the country on a variety of issues that apply to teamwork and leadership.
As a professional speaker, Dave focuses on building better teamwork and enhancing leadership. Through his business, COACH On and Off the Court, he facilitates seminars, delivers keynotes, and provides coaching. All organizations benefit from better teamwork and this is reflected in his wide range of clients that include among others; Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, UCLA, RINA Accountancy Corporation, Oakland School District, First Preston Management Inc., Yale University, Network Appliance Inc., and the Los Angeles Unified School District. Dave’s approach to team building has twice be featured in the San Francisco Chronicle and his interactive teaching style can be observed his two DVDs that are designed to assist in building better teamwork; Turn Your Team Into A Championship Team, and TEAM In Training.
Dave’s basketball coaching background includes serving as associate head coach at the University of Wisconsin in the Big Ten, three stints as an assistant in the PAC-10, as well as serving as an assistant in the Mountain West, WAC, Big West, and Conference U.S.A. From 1987 to 1992 he was head basketball coach at Division II Cal Poly University at Pomona. In 1991 his peers chose him California Collegiate Basketball Coach of the Year for the turnaround he accomplished in leading the Broncos to the top of their conference, an award he was again accorded following his first season as head coach at Saint Mary’s College.
Taking advantage of his coaching experience Dave Bollwinkel works on television as a color analyst for college basketball on Fox SportsNet, Comcast SportsNet, and the Mountain Network. His ability behind the microphone was formerly heard on radio, as the basketball analyst on “Bear Talk” following all University of California men’s basketball games.
A college athlete himself, Dave played football at both Princeton and the University of California at Berkeley, from which he graduated with honors in 1972. He also earned a Master’s Degree in athletic administration from Saint Mary’s College in 1983. Known as a superb teacher and motivator, Dave’s preparation and experience will provide you with a variety of ideas on how you can strengthen teamwork and enhance leadership.
Dave Bollwinkel
COACH
On and Off the Court
www.CoachOnandOfftheCourt.com
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Michael Butler B.A.; P.T.A.; CSCS; PES; NMT
Michael is a graduate of California State University at Long Beach. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Physical Education/ Athletic Training in 1991. He currently holds a license as a Physical Therapist Assistant, Certifications through the C.H.E.K Institute as a level 2 practitioner, Paul St Johns Neuromuscular Therapy and as a Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association and Performance Enhancement Specialist. He also holds certifications in Sports Nutrition, Metabolic Typing and is certified as a First Aid/CPR and AED instructor through American Red Cross.
Michael has been in the healthcare field industry for the past 20 years. He was the former Director at Rancho Physical Therapy in Palm Desert, where he has rehabilitated and trained athletes from all disciplines and has directed conditioning camps here in the valley for the past 4 years. Through his SwingFit program he has trained golfers both at the professional and amateur levels, and offered seminars in the prevention of golf injuries. Michael has also written weekly golf fitness articles for The Desert Sun . Michael sees the need to helping the youth reach their fitness/ wellness goals and to offer a high caliber of functional training skills to the athlete in the pursuit of reaching the next level, whether it be a division1 scholarship, or reaching the professional level in their sport.
Michael has been committed to his field for the past 20 years and is a strong supporter in the community offering his services to the American Cancer Society, Arthritis Foundation, ,Desert United Youth Soccer, Palms to Pines Rotary, Palm Desert Chamber of Commerce and the National Sports Wheel Chair Society.
Offering Services...
SwingFit Golf Performance Conditioning, Strength and Conditioning, Sports Specific Conditioning, Sports Conditioning Camps, Nutrition and Lifestyle coaching/ Metabolic Typing, Post Rehabilitation Services, Neuromuscular Therapy, Lactate Testing for Endurance Athletes, Comprehensive Postural and Fitness Assessments, Technical Training for Weightlifting, C.P.R. Classes through American Red Cross
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