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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Kyle Wagner on learning, game-like practice design and player development
David Jeans on being a development first program and competitive team practice plan design
Curt Nelson on the hitting evaluation process and how to teach hitting mechanics, game planning and timing
Kevin Wilson on what ”good batting” is, how hitting is a conversation, and what a hitting session should consist of.
Tom Sutaris on personal growth as a coach coach, how to make changes with players, and how to create a hitting culture.
Billy Berry on using tradition to ingrain the culture every year, how he helps players to own their career and holds them accountable, and how to “att...
Wes Brooks and Butch Chaffin on growing men in your program, culture building, and developing a system that works for your program.
Ryan Sienko on how to evaluate catchers, catching drills and how we can setup up catchers to maximize their potential, on and off the field.
Jason Kanzler on the art of coaching, the importance of data and subjective measurements, and conversations in the dugout.
Chris Gimenez and Michael McCarthy on the pitcher/catcher relationship, how to break down data for players, and game-planning and in dugout conversati...
Aaron Bates on the process and what that means to the Dodgers minor league system, game planning, simplification, and what he has learned during COVID...
Rick Franzblau on matching hardware and software in hitting and pitching, deceleration training, and proper breathing
Nate Fish on experiences in playing and coaching in over 20 countries, the world baseball classic, and starting the national baseball program in Israe...
Joe Espada on lessons learned throughout his career, working in the Yankees front office and how to build the culture in the clubhouse.
Andy Haines on game-planning, pre-game routines and gaining trust with players
Anthony Iapoce on daily routines, game planning and preparation and servant leadership
George Lombard on the Dodgers culture, how coaches can make a different everyday, and he shares about his mom, who was civil rights activist.
Andy Barkett on how to earn trust with our players, why learning their routines is important, we discuss game-planning and approaches.
Hunter Mense on the process of making changes with players , experimentation coupled with communication, and how to coach coaches
Chuck Box on a year of development which includes individual player development plans, schedules and culture building
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