Matt Hobbs is in his third season as the Arkansas pitching coach in 2020, joining the Razorbacks in November 2018.
Matt helped craft the Razorback pitching staff into one of the top groups in the country in his first year on the Hill in 2019. and In a shortened season, the Hogs put together a 3.68 ERA and an 11-5 record with three saves and one shutout. Arkansas racked up 143 strikeouts in 142.0 innings
Hobbs has coached eight players that have been drafted in the top-10 rounds, including 2018 first-round pick Griffin Roberts, and has helped develop a total of seven big leaguers.
Before Arkansas, Hobbs was the Pitching coach at Wake Forest and in each of his first three years in Winston-Salem, the Demon Deacons improved in ERA, strikeouts , walks per nine and opponent batting average
Hobbs pitched at Missouri from 1999-2002, where he won 13 games and struck out 125 batters. Hobbs was drafted twice, first by the San Diego Padres in 2001 and then by the Kansas City Royals in 2002.
On the show we talk all things pitching development, including who they like to recruit, what pitching assessments they use, and how they use tech for offseason development and measuring in season progress.
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Justin Keever- Head Baseball Coach, Noblesville HS (IN)
Matt Denny- Head Baseball Coach, Casteel HS (AZ)
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
Cody Ellis- Head Baseball Coach, Patrick Henry Community College (VA)
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)
Tim Held- Head Baseball Coach, Moeller HS (Ohio)
Dave Turgeon on ”respect the rep”, skill acquisition, individualizing parts of practice
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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