35 Matt McCarty Shepherd University

Bio

• Head Coach Shepherd University (July 2013-Present)
  • 2018 MEC Coach of the Year
  • 2014 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Regional Coach of the Year
  • 2014 MEC coach of the year
  • As a player, assistant coach, and head coach McCarty has been apart of 278 Ram victories
    • 227 as a coach
    • 51 as a player (2 yrs)
  • 15 players move on to the professional ranks including 2011 first round pick Cory Spangenberg
    • Most recently 3 players that went in the 8th, 21st, and 4th round 
  • Grown the program into a national presence
  • Created a special place for players to play
  • A winner!

 

Show notes

• Culture has do with the athletic department as a whole
• Very competitive based
• Request to live together
• 4 weeks of individual work before full team practice
• Relationship with players, and how much they get to know a player through the recruiting process
• Accountability is on the players to hold each other accountable. It has a lot more validity to it, and creates a better bond.
• Multiple guys at each position to create competition and bond
• You are here to win championships, get a degree, and be a better people
• Competitiveness is for us to see where our athletes are mentally
• Tutoring sessions are done during practice times, so they will miss practice if they don’t get the grades.
• A lot of scoring competitions during BP
• Weightroom compete with body fat %
• “Road to Cary Challenge” - obstacle course style workout and different events to compete with teams and individual
  • Baseball activities, strength, endurance, and FUN!
• Expectation sheet (no rules, its expectations) our guys sign. 
  • “Don’t be that guy”
• Player self evaluation sheet - personal, academic, accountability
  • Grading scale 1-5 to see where you stand
  • Be open and honest
• No captains - 3 guys are held higher than the other 35. Everyone held to the highest standards
• On any great team players hold themselves accountable. Good teams are mostly coach driven
• When you have the same team goals, and then the players hold themselves accountable 
• See if individual goals match up with our team goals 
• We recruit to needs, not numbers!
• Email is best way to contact me! Mmccarty@shepherd.edu
• Are you going to want to deal with that in your program? Players and parents
  • It's so much more than talent