I70 Clinic

January 2009

Tony La Russa, Manager, St. Louis Cardinals. La Russa has spent 30 years as a Major League Baseball manager. He stands at third place on the all-time managerial wins list with 2,552. LaRussa is 2nd all-time in games managed (4,770 games). He’s won two World Series titles (1989 Oakland A’s, 2006 St. Louis Cardinals) in addition to two NL Pennants, 3 AL Pennants, and 13 division titles. He is one of only two managers to accumulate 500 wins with three different teams (A’s, Cardinals, and White Sox). He’s been voted MLB Manager of the Year four times and is the founder and chairperson of theAnimal Rescue Foundation.

Mike Matheny, former St. Louis Cardinals catcher. Matheny caught 1,285 games over 13 Major League seasons with a career .994 fielding percentage as a catcher. He played five seasons with the Cardinals playing in 27 postseason games with them. He hit .303 in three League Division postseason series and won four Gold Gloves for catching, three of them with the Cardinals. He was the Winner of the 2005 Willie Mac award for spirit and leadership.

John Mabry, Former St. Louis Cardinals Infielder and Outfielder Mabry hit .263 over 14 Major League seasons, starting with his first hit the day he was called up. He finished 4th in NL Rookie of the Year voting in 1995 and was named to Topps All-Rookie Team. He hit for the cycle on May 18, 1996. Manry appeared in the postseason 10 times and played parts of eight seasons with the Cardinals.

December, 2008

Andy Haines, Manager, Greensboro Grasshoppers (Class A, South Atlantic League). Haines is in his second season with the Florida Marlins organization. He was also the hitting coach for the Gulf Coast Marlins and the Defensive Coordinator for their Extended Spring Training in 2008. In 2007, Haines was the Independent Frontier League Manager of the Year leading the Windy City Thunderbolts to a 68-28 record. That is the highest win total in FL history and happened for an organization that was 13 games under .500 the previous season. Haines has served as a hitting coach for much of his career. He had a two-year stint with Gary-Southshore of the Northern League and one season with DuBois County of the FL. He was an assistant for three years at Middle Tennessee State University and at Olney Central College. He was the Northwoods Summer Collegiate League Coach of the Year for the Waterloo Bucks in 2001. Haines got his start in coaching with the Twin City Stars of the Central Illinois Collegiate League. He is the owner of Pro Edge Baseball Academy in Spring Hill, Tennessee.

Bob Morgan, Retired Head Coach, Indiana University. Morgan compiled a 1,070-586 mark in 30 seasons at the NCAA Division I level. His teams collected 782 of those at IU. He also made stops as a head coach at Kent State University and the College of Wooster. Since retirement, Morgan has continued as a professor at Indiana. At the beginning of the 2007-2008 school year he was approached by the members of the IU Club Baseball team to be their head coach and they have gone 39-8 since his arrival.

Mark Kingston. Head coach, Illinois State University. Kingston is in his first season as the head coach at ISU. He has served 13 years as an assistant at the collegiate level, including seven with Tulane University working with hitters and catchers. The Green Wave earned a berth in the 2005 College World Series. For two seasons before that he worked at the University of Miami, Florida. In 2001 he helped the Hurricanes win the National Championship. He was also an assistant at Illinois State and Purdue. Kingston also played five years in the minors for the Cubs and Brewers organizations. He played collegiately at the University of North Carolina helping the Tar Heels to ACC regular season and tournament crowns and participated in the 1989 CWS. Goredbirds.CSTV.com

Dennis Conley. Head coach Olney Central College. In 2009, OCC went 39-20. He won his 1,000th game as a head coach during the spring of 2008. His OCC teams have winning records in each of the last 24 seasons. OCC has won 30+ games on 22 occasions. In three of the last six years the Blue Knights have won the GRAC conference crown. Conley has helped send 35 players on to professional baseball and his players successfully leave OCC with a degree 91% of the time.

Lynn Carlson-Head coach Greenville College. Carlson began as head baseball coach at Greenville College in 1997. While a student at Greenville College, he competed in men’s basketball and baseball before signing a professional baseball contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1990 and pitching in the Pirates’ and San Diego Padres’ organizations. He returned to Greenville College and graduated in 1993. Greenville College Baseball

December, 2007

Dan McDonnell Head Coach, University of Louisville. Coach McDonnell took U of L to the College World Series in Omaha in 2007 and was named National coach of the Year by Rivals.com. Coach McDonnell was an assistant at Ole Miss (2001-2006) and The Citadel (1995-2000) helping those teams to a combined nine regionals. His teams hold a record of 135-63 in three years at Louisville. The Cardinals have won two Big East Tournament championships and one regular season title. They have advanced to the NCAA Super Regional two of the past three years. University of Louisville Athletics

Scott Terry Six years of MLB service, with St. Louis and Cincinnati. He accumulated a career ERA of 3.23, serving both as a starter and reliever. Once had a seven game winning streak with STL. In 1991, he registered a 2.80 ERA in 65 games. Terry also hit .216 for his career including two 400-plus foot home runs in 1989. He is currently an instructor for the St. Louis Cardinals Kids Clinics throughout each summer.

Perry Roth Assistant Coach, University of Alabama-Birmingham. Coach Roth just completed his tenth season as a hitting coach and 11th overall in the collegiate ranks. He’s also had stops at Bradley, Illinois State, Birmingham Southern along the way. UAB Athletics

Butch Thompson Pitching Coach, Mississippi State University. Thompson begins his 2nd season at MSU. Previously, he was the pitching coach and recruiting director at Auburn for three years. He spent four years as pitching coach for the University of Georgia, helping the Bulldogs to the College World Series in 2004. He also coached at Birmingham Southern and Huntingdon College. As head coach he led Jefferson State (AL) Community College to 3rd place at the 1997 NJCAA Division II World Series.

Tim Funkhouser Head coach, Edwardsville (IL) High School.In eleven seasons as Edwardsville’s head coach, Funkhouser has led the Tigers to a 344-80 record, six Southwestern Conference Titles, and five IHSA AA Elite 8 finals (2nd in 2002). Edwardsville High School Athletics

November, 2006

Keith Madison Head Coach, University of Kentucky (retired). Coach Madison is SCORE International’s national baseball director. While in that capacity, he has taken several groups to the Dominican Republic to teach baseball. He has added the duty of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes’ National Director of College Baseball. Madison is the all-time winningest UK coach with 737 wins. He was also the 1999 Team USA pitching coach and was inducted to the ABCA Hall of Fame in 2007.

Mike Anderson Head coach, University of Nebraska. Anderson has a career record of 238-127-1 after the 2009 season, including two Big 12 titles (2003 and 2005) and the school’s third College World Series appearance in 2005. www.huskers.com

Bruce Brown Bruce is the NAIA spokesman for the Champions of Character initiative. He received the 2003 Citizenship Through Sports Alliance National Award for Lifetime Achievement. He also was recognised as the 2002 National Athletic Director of the year for the NAIA. He runs a website called Proactivecoaching.info.

Lindsay Meggs Lindsay is the Head Coach at Indiana State. Has compiled a 70-84 record at ISU. He coached the 1997 and 1999 NCAA Division II national champion Cal State-Chico teams, and was named 1997 and 1999 NCAA Division II national coach of the year. He had a 538-228-4 record in 13 NCAA Division II seasons. Visit www.indstate.edu/athletic/baseball.

Chris Hawkins Hawkins is Head Coach at Normal IL (West) High School. He was named the 2001 Big 12 conference high school coach of the year. He also coached Normal West to regional titles in 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2006 and led Normal West to the sectional title in 2005. West went 27-9 in 2009 and added another Big 12 Conference championship to their ledger.www.unit5.org/ncwhs/sports/baseball/baseballfrontpage.htm

January, 2006

Tony La Russa
Manager – St. Louis Cardinals

Gordie Gillespie
Head Baseball Coach – U. of St. Francis (IL)

November, 2005

Ed Servais
Head Baseball Coach, Creighton University
Through the 2009 season, Servais has a 227-124 career Division I record. In 2009, his team led the nation with a .984 fielding percentage. That mark is the best in NCAA history in the aluminum bat era. The year before, Bluejays had a .976 fielding Pct. good for 3rd in Division I. Servais has twice been named Missouri Valley Conference coach of the year and claimed the MVC conference tourney crown in 2007. At St. Mary’s in Minnesota from 1989-1995 he had a record of 159-76-1 and garnered two MIAC coach of the year awards. In 1988 was head coach at Viterbo College in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, where they went 23-6 in the first year of baseball at the school.

Daron Schoenrock
Head Coach, University of Memphis
He is beginning his 6th season with the Tigers. Led Memphis to their first regional in 13 years with a 36-27 record in his third season as head coach. From 2002 to 2004 was pitching coach at Mississippi State University, under ABCA Hall of Fame coach Ron Polk. Was also Polk’s pitching coach 2000-2001 at the University of Georgia. Served eight years as assistant coach at Brimingham Southern College under renowned coach Brian Shoop. Coached two seasons at the University of Kentucky under ABCA Hall of Fame coach Keith Madison.

Arnie Beyeler
Manager, Portland Sea Dogs (Class AA, Eastern League)
Has completed his 9th season as a minor league manager. He has a 572-559 career record. He served as assistant coach for the West Oahu Cane Fires in the Hawaiian Winter League in 2006. Formerly managed the Bakersfield Blaze, High A Texas Rangers affiliate as well as the Augusta Green Jackets Class A South Atlantic league teams. Also managed the Lowell Spinners in the Class A New York-Penn League. He has served as a minor league hitting coach in the New York Yankees and San Diego Padres organizations. He played six seasons in the Detroit Tigers organization. Beyeler played collegiately at Lamar Community College and for legendary coach Gene Stephenson at Wichita State University.

Jay Thompson
Head Coach, Harrisburg (IL) High School
Coach Thompson returns to the helm of the Bulldogs after a three-year stint as an assistant coach at HHS. In his initial tenure, Harrisburg won the 1989 Class AA State Championship. The Dogs finished as runner-up three times in the IHSA Class A state finals. Thompson’s teams own 12 IHSA Class A regional titles and 13 conference championships over 21 years. Member of the IHSBCA Hall of Fame and serves on the IHSA Baseball Advisory Board. His overall record as a head coach is 547-164. In 2008, the IHSBCA awarded him the Les Miller Man of the Year Award.

December, 2004

John Cohen
Head Coach, Mississippi State University.
The 2008-2009 marks his first season at MSU. Coach Cohen is considered one of the rising stars in the intercollegiate coaching ranks. While at the University of Kentucky the past five years, he compiled a 175-113-1 mark and made the NCAA Regionals three of his five years. Cohen was named the 2006 NCAA Division I National Coach of the Year by collegiatebaseballinsider.com and the College Baseball Foundation. He was also named the 2006 SEC Coach of the Year after his Wildcats finished as champions of the SEC East Division. Prior to UK he served four seasons as head coach at Northwestern State (La.) earning a 146-84 overall record and was twice the Southland Conference Coach of the Year. He served two years as the hitting coach for the legendary Pat McMahon at the University of Florida and played collegiate baseball for ABCA Hall of Fame coach Ron Polk at Mississippi State.

Bob Warn
Head Baseball Coach (Retired), Indiana State University
Coach Warn served 33 seasons as the head coach at ISU. During that span the Sycamores racked up 1,174-738-1 record. In 1987, they made a trip to the College World Series. He was inducted into the ABCA Hall of Fame in 2003.

Keith Guttin
Head Coach, Missouri State University
The 2009 campaign will be coach Guttin’s 26th at the helm of the Bears. His teams have registered an 864-536 record. Guttin is the winningest coach in the history of MSU baseball. His 2003 team qualified for the College World Series.

Sam Riggelman
Head Coach, Spring Arbor (MI) University
Coach Riggelman is entering his 32nd season as a baseball coach at the intercollegiate level. His career mark of 749-503-2 has recently earned him a spot in the NAIA Hall of Fame. His Spring Arbor teams garnered a runner-up and semifinal finish in 2007 and 2008 at the NAIA National Championship Tournament. They earned a runner-up finish in 2006 at the NCCAA National Tournament. He was named NAIA National Coach of the Year in 2000 while at Dallas Baptist University (TX). Prior to his three seasons at DBU, he was the head coach at Bethel College for five seasons, an NCAA Division I head coach at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale for four years, and the head coach at Mt. Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) for nine years.

Fred Blumberg
Head Baseball Coach, Freeburg (IL) High School
Coach Blumberg is a member of the IHSBCA Coaches Hall of Fame. His 1989 ball club won the IHSA Class A State Championship. He has spent 23 years as varsity coach at Freeburg with a record of 487-281. He guided the team to eight Cahokia Conference titles, 11 Regional championships and four Sectional championships. In addition to the 1989 state championship, his team went to state in 2001 and placed second in state in 2002.

December, 2003

Gordie Gillespie
Head Baseball Coach – U. of St. Francis (IL)

Dave Altopp
Head Baseball Coach (Retired), Lee (TN) University
Coach Altopp is currently the Executive Director of Baseball for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He served 35 seasons as the head coach at four different schools. During that span, his teams compiled 803 victories. In each of his last five seasons as a head coach, Altopp led his teams to 40-plus victories. His 2005 Lee team went to the NAIA World Series. He is a past president of the ABCA and is a member of the ABCA and NAIA Halls of Fame. In 2009 he received the Robert E. “Ish” Smith Achievement Award from the ABCA. The year before he was selected for the Tennessee Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame.

Richard “Itch” Jones
Head Baseball Coach (Retired), University of Illinois
From 1970-2005, coach Jones’ teams compiled a mark of 1,212-718-6. He compiled 474 wins at Illinois from 1991-2005, but had even greater success at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale from 1970-1990. He amassed a 738-345-5 record at SIUC and took three teams to the College World Series.

Brian Shoop
Head Coach, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Coach Shoop enters his fourth season at UAB. In 2008 his Blazers finished the year by taking 2 of 3 games from nationally ranked Rice University and from eventual CWS participant Southern Mississippi. He spent his previous 17 seasons at Birmingham Southern College, where the Panthers averaged 41 wins a season and recorded 16 straight winning seasons. He oversaw the move to NCAA Divison I status at BSC and never recorded a losing season despite moving from the NAIA ranks. He took BSC to one Division I National Tournament and his teams won the Big South conference twice in the four years they were eligible. His 2001 team won the NAIA National Championship. Coach Shoop’s teams have a .693 winning percentage. Before becoming a head coach he served under ABCA Hall of Fame coach Ron Polk at Mississippi State.

Bryan Eversgerd
Pitching coach, Palm Beach Cardinals (Class A Florida State League)
Coach Eversgerd has successfully moved to the coaching ranks after a long career in professional baseball. 2010 will mark his first season with Palm Beach after two seasons with Class AA Springfield. He also has three seasons of experience at Class A Quad Cities in the Cardinals organization. In 2004 he was with the Cardinals when their MWL team was the Peoria Chiefs. Previously, in 2001, he served the Cardinals as the pitching coach at Class A Potomac in the Carolina League. He pitched professionally for the Cardinals, the Boston Red Sox, Montreal Expos, and the Texas Rangers.