Wes Carroll heads into his 14th season as head baseball coach at the University of Evansville as the Aces usher in a new era of Evansville Baseball and has taken the program to new heights. Carroll learned the “the Purple Aces’ way” growing up just a few minutes from campus in nearby Newburgh, Indiana. He watched his older brother and former Major League infielder, Jamey Carroll, excel at shortstop, and later got to experience the success the program is capable of first-hand as a four-year starter for the Purple Aces and a member of UE’s 2000 NCAA Tournament team.
Following his college career at Evansville, Carroll was drafted in the 37th round of the Major League Baseball first-year player draft by the Philadelphia Phillies. Carroll spent the next five years playing Minor League Baseball for the Phillies, and later, for the Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals organization. As a part of the now-Nationals organization, Carroll played parts of two seasons at the AAA level. He retired from the professional ranks in the spring of 2006, but not before he was able to play alongside his older brother, Jamey, in two spring training games for the Washington Nationals.
Carroll then returned to his alma mater in the summer of 2006 as an assistant coach with the Purple Aces’ program and was named the 12th head coach in UE baseball history on July 2, 2008.
On the show we discuss how to create a family culture, a year of player development, and change he made from when he started as a 28 year old head coach.
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Scott Pickens- Head Baseball Coach, Mid Michigan College
Matt Swope- Associate Head Coach, University of Maryland
Evan Burk- Author of ”Finding Intangibles”, leadership coach and podcast host
Brenton Del Chiaro- MiLB Hitting Coordinator, Milwaukee Brewers
Troy Gerlach- Head Baseball Coach, Chaparral HS (AZ)
Jose Puentes- MiLB Hitting Coach, Houston Astros
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Kellen Lee- Mental Skills Coach, San Francisco Giants
Kevin Graber- Head Baseball Coach, Phillips Academy- Andover (MA)
Barry Rose- Head Baseball Coach, Rockwall HS (TX)
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Brian Green on flipping the switch into the season, bucketing pitchers and 2K approach
Robert Woodard on ramping up pitchers for the season, what 9 ATC means and the ”On Season”
Jesse Michel- CEO, Mindset for Excellence
Kevin Kimball on in season game-planning and scouting
Tom Marker on Training Game-like Environments and In-Game Data to track
Jay Uhlman- Hitting and Infield Coach, Tulane University
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