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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Kerrick Jackson- Inaugural President of the MLB Draft League and former head coach at Southern University.
Trevor Flow on building a championship high school program.
Tom House and Jason Goldsmith founders of the Mustard App
Dr. Bryan Moses on program building, team management and practice design
Perry Husband on training effective velocity for pitchers and hitters
Justin Haire on program building, competitive practices, and player led standards.
Dylan Nasiatka on player evaluation, developing the mental game and pre-game preparation
JT Gasso on building a championship offense
Ryan Dupic on building championship culture
Jonas Fester on creating a culture of feedback and building command
Caleb Longley on training game-like environments
Travis Kerber on assessments, movement and decision training
Eric Horner on how the JUCO grind develops better players, people and students.
Adam Enright on practice organization and creating competition
Eric Horner on how the JUCO grind develops better players, people and students.
Eric Borba on championship standards and individual player development.
Eric Borba on championship standards and individual player development.
Derek Sullivan on a year of individualized player development
Derek Sullivan on a year of individualized player development
Mitch Thompson on culture, practice design and making the big time where you are.
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