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.
Time stamps
Minisode Monday: Leadership Lessons from Ernest Shackleton
Alan Jaeger- Mastering the Mental Game
Minisode Monday: Make Data Relevant
Ryan Harrison on how to improve sports vision
Minisode Monday: Developing players while developing the team
Patrick Murphy- Building a Championship Program
Minisode Monday: Start with Clarity
Justin Toole on peak performance, simplifying analytics and facilitating learning environments
Minisode Monday: Creating a system for retaining information
Robin Lund on player assessments, developing motor learning plans, and blending the art and science of coaching.
Lance Zawadzki on the lower half function in the swing, training adjustability and using technology efficiently
Keith Law on scouting, developing talent, and preventing cognitive bias
Geoff Rottmayer and Darrell Coulter on individualized player development plans and in-game strategy
Trevor Burmeister on technology, challenging training environments and constraints training
Kyle Stark on coaching and feedback, culture and why conversations need to start with clarity, connectedness and consistency
Bhrett McCabe on practical mental game strategies, classroom sessions and how we can coach in game strategy to players.
Jim Maciejewski on building culture, how we can leverage social media as a celebration tool and keep alumni connected and what he has done differently...
Dr. Andy Bass on how to integrate mindfulness into our practice sessions, how to allow some autonomy players, and how to implement game-like practices...
Jeremy Sheetinger on competitions, classroom sessions, and how to teach the mental game
Rich Benjamin on simplifying things in a world of constant noise and ”training zone focus vs performance zone focus”
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