Figure It Out Baseball

Ryan Fitzgerald is a player in the Red Sox Organization.  He played collegiately at Creighton University, a Division I program in the Big East Conference.  He graduated from Creighton University in 2016 and was undrafted.  He then played a season of Independent baseball and was a part of the Gary SouthShore RailCats based out of Gary, Indiana.  Ryan Fitzgerald was then official...

Edwin Thompson is the Head Coach at Eastern Kentucky University, a Division I program in the ASUN Conference.  He began his collegiate playing career at Howard University, but upon them dropping the program he transferred to the University of Maryland and then finished his career at Weber International.  After that he played one season of Independent baseball.  He started his colleg...

Eddie Smith is a hitting coach for the Louisiana State University Tigers a Division I program in the SEC.  He started his collegiate playing career at Centralia Community College, then transferred and graduated from Notre Dame a Division I school in the ACC.  Later, he began his coaching career at the University of Virginia as the Director of Baseball Operations.  Soon thereafter in...

Kurt Elbin is the recruiting coordinator for Virginia Tech’s baseball team, a NCAA Division I program in Blacksburg, Virginia.  Coach Elbin played collegiately at Lock Haven University a Division II program in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania.  He started his coaching career at Muhlenburg College in 2007, then from 2008-2010 he coached at Teal College.  From there he was an assistant coach at Shippensburg...

Pat Bailey is the recruiting coordinator and assistant coach at Oregon State University, a Division I school in the Pac-12 Conference.  He graduated from the University of Idaho in 1978, where he was the Captain of the school’s baseball team.  After that he spent a total of 17 years coaching High School Baseball.  Than from 1996-2007 he was the Head Coach at George Fox University, a...

Dr. Bryan Moses is the Head Coach at McPherson College, an NAIA school in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference. His collegiate playing career started at Santa Rosa Junior College, he then transferred and graduated from Sonoma State University a Division II school in Rohnert Park, California.  After graduation, he began his coaching career at Skyline High School in Idaho.  Than from...

Graham Sikes is a recruiting coordinator and assistant coach at Michigan State University, a Division I program who’s a part of the well-known Big 10 conference.  He played collegiately at Liberty University a Division I program located in Lynchburg, Virginia.  He graduated from there in 2002 and obtained his first coaching job at Independence Community College in 2004.  Than from 2...

Bob Mclaughlin is the Head Coach at Coker University, a Division II baseball program a part of the South Atlantic Conference.  He started his collegiate playing career at Hudson Valley Community College and finished it in 2013 at Alderson Broaddus University a Division II program in West Virginia.  Than in the Summer of 2013 he played Independent baseball before volunteering at his alma...

Justin Schulte is the Head Coach at Southeastern Community College, a Junior College in Iowa.  His collegiate playing career is pretty interesting, Justin started at Division III Simpson University, then went to Junior College Southeastern Community College, eventually making his way to Division I University of Iowa.  Overall, Coach Schulte’s has been a college coach for 25 seasons, a he...

Matt Pierpont is a Pitcher in the Colorado Rockies Organization.  He was drafted in 2013 in the 26th round to the Colorado Rockies out of Winthrop University.  In this episode, we start off talking about Matt’s journey through Minor League baseball within the Rockies organization and how he dealt with the positives as well as the negatives. We also dive into the mental side of the game a...

Paige Knussman is an Assistant Softball coach at William Peace University a Division III program in Raleigh, North Carolina.  She played her collegiate softball career from 2013-2016 at Salisbury University a Division III program on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. While playing there she was named first team all-conference all four years and had a career .448 batting average.  In 2017, sh...

Marty Sutherland is the Assistant coach at the University of Iowa, a Division I program in the Big 10 conference.  He played the first two years of his collegiate baseball career from 1999-2000 at Kirkwood Community College, a Junior college in Iowa.  He then finished his career at Northern Iowa from 2001-2002.  Later, in 2003 he began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Wo...

Gabe Grinder is the Head Coach at Ottawa University, an NAIA school in Ottawa Kansas.  He played collegiately at Indiana University of Pennsylvania from 2007-2008, and finished up his college career graduating from Southeastern University in 2011.  Coach Grinder started his coaching career in 2012 at first-year program Florida Christian College, now known as Johnson University.  Fro...

Kayla Baptista is a current sophomore softball player at UNC Chapel Hill.  In the summer of 2021 she interned with the Wareham Gateman of the Cape Cod Summer Baseball League, which for decades has been known as the top wood bat summer league for college baseball.   In this episode, we start off with Kayla explaining why she chose to intern with the Wareham Gateman of the Cape Cod League....

Marty Smith is the Head Coach at the College of Central Florida, a Junior college in Ocala, Florida.  He played his collegiate baseball career at the College of Central Florida and finished at Saint Thomas University a than Division II school in Miami, Florida.  Later, he began his coaching career, being a part of the Miami Dade College baseball program and then the Florida State College...

Deskaheh Bomberry is the pitching coach, recruiting coordinator, and mental skills coach at Sacramento City College a Junior College in the CCAA. Prior to becoming a coach Deskaheh played at Cosumnes River College, a Junior College in Sacramento, California. He then finished his playing career at Sonoma State University, a Division II college. Later, in 1997 he began his coaching career at Eastern...

Tanner Rockwell is the Head Baseball Coach at Southern Arkansas University Tech, a Junior College in Camden, Arkansas. His college playing career started at Arkansas Baptist College where he played two seasons and then finished his career at the Division I University of Arkansas Little Rock. In his playing career, he was a standout two-way player putting up incredible numbers in both hitting and p...

Ty Neal is a former NCAA Division I pitching and head Coach. He played collegiately at Miami Ohio University, a Division I program in Oxford, Ohio. In the spring of 2000 he began his coaching career at Miami Ohio as an assistant coach. A year later in 2001 he accepted a pitching coach position at Division I Southern Illinois. Later in 2004 he became an assistant coach at Division I Cincinnati Univ...

Steve Appel is the head baseball coach for the University of Southwest. Steve started his collegiate baseball career at Fort Scott Community College and ended up finishing his career at Division II University of Bridgeport. Upon graduating he started coaching at Bridgeport and was there from 2007-2009. In 2010, he accepted an assistant coaching position at Division II Oklahoma Panhandle State Univ...

Heath Stover is the Head Coach of the baseball team at Division II Lock Haven University. He graduated from Lock Haven University in 1997 where he was a baseball and football player. Soon after graduating he accepted an assistant coaching job and stayed with the Lock Haven baseball program. In the 2017 season Coach Stover helped the baseball team set a school record for wins, produce a tenth round...

Bobby Valentine, better known as “Bobby V” is a former Major League Baseball Player and Manager, who is now the current Athletic Director at Sacred Heart University. He was drafted 5th overall in the 1968 MLB draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers and only a year later had his MLB debut. He retired in 1979 with the Seattle Mariners and not too long after became the Manager for the Texas Rangers in 1985....

John Patrick is a strength and conditioning coach at George Walton Academy. John is a graduate of Mount Union College where he earned his bachelor degree Exercise Science in 1999. Within just a few years he earned his Masters degree in Kinesiology from Georgia Southern and has been within the strength and conditioning realm of sports ever since. He is a longtime NCAA Division I strength and condit...

Today we have Graham Johnson joining us on our podcast from the Houston Astros organisation. Coming out of North Henderson Illinois, Johnson began coaching in 2008 starting at Culver-Stockton College, where he is also an Alum. In 2012-2017, Johnson became the pitching coach at Morehead State, a division one program where he helped lead the program to great success on the hill with his staff leadin...

Tony Cappuccilli, a minor league coach coming out of the Los Angeles Dodgers organization, joins us today. Tony has an extensive background in baseball, having played college baseball at Nevada before playing a year of independent ball in the Frontier League. From there Tony transitioned into coaching, starting at Edison High School in California, and culminating in a role with the Dodgers Rookie...

Zach Jarrett was drafted in the 28th round after playing for four years at UNC-Charlotte. He is currently an outfielder in the Baltimore Orioles' organization. In this podcast he very descriptively explains his hitting approach and how he trains year round. This was a great conversation and we cover his experience in college, being drafted, and now his time in the pros. Getting on top of the baseb...