119 Edwin Thompson: Georgetown University

Edwin Thompson Notes

 

Bio

• Head Coach Georgetown University
  • First winning season since 1986
  • 2022 was GU First Big East championship appearance since 2018
  • GU first freshman of the year 
  • First Big East staff of the year
  • 2022 record breaking year for wins, home runs, total bases and end of season RPI
• Former HC at Eastern Kentucky
  • Losing program when he got there
  • 12-2 before COVID, just beat LSU and then shut down
  • Consecutive 30 win seasons
  • 2 straight conference tournaments
  • All 5 years his teams recorded a team gpa of 3.0 or better
• USA Baseball staff member
  • Since 2015 in all duties
  • 18U national team PC
  • 17U National development program
  • Manager of Stripes team in Tournament of Stars
• Former AC at Georgia State and Duke University
• Former HC start at Bates College (Maine) where he set school record for wins - last place team, and made a school record in wins
• Coaching career started at University of Maine at Farmington as associate HC and Recruiting coordinator
• Active in the Community working with local charities and non profit organizations as well as helping provide for people less fortunate
• First class guy!

 

Notes

• One of best memories of players experience was serving the kids with Samaritans feet
• We find the servants in the recruiting process
• Free clinics to serve the commnunity
• Serve Miracle league
• Service provides perspective
• Its not what we don’t have, its what we DO have
• Guys that don’t travel work in the community
• Based on your team - take them off campus to build chemistry, retreat, mini golf, and have a feel for the needs of your team
• We will compete in everything
• The difference is in the details (hangers on the ground)
• Until your address the details 
• Ask the questions
• You don’t know how to do something or you don’t feel like it
  • If you don’t feel like it you don’t want to win
• Like to connect baseball to life
• Got to be able to believe it, have a visual, and be sure to hold standards
• Got to have a great staff that can teach and coach the standards
• Listening to kids to evaluate the process
• Talk about winning games, winning series, and stacking those wins
• Shared partnerships
• No captains - “accountability leaders” = in charge of a small group
• Take more ownership to allow more leaders
• The players take the punishment amongst themselves is when you know you have a good group
• Talk about what we are capable of doing
• Not going to lose to ourselves
• Build consistency within the group
• Win the day
• I don't recruit, I present
• Coach development
  • Goals, expectations, 
  • 1 on 1 with HC
  • Help people move on
• Take care of your people the most you can and they want to stay
• Be where your dream job is wherever you are
• Encourage staff to talk to other in the industry to get more efficient and another voice
• 1 up and 1 down - 1 thing you like and 1 thing you need to get better
• Picked programs at the school who are really good and pick their brain and gather information of what works at that school
• What mistakes did you make in the early years?
• You have to make it your own?
• Be honest and direct
• Post a depth chart in the fall
• You want to get better - come talk to us, its about performance
• Constantly communicate with kids
• Teaching them the reality of the future
• “Professional out getter”
• Outs - love outs, who can pitch, who can compete
• The number 1 pitcher is the guy who has the ball!
• Any organization has communication - good or bad and aligned
• Listening to your players, but listening to your staff is important
• Earn your shirt - do your job
• Play 1 v 1 often! “Get period - get it done”
• Create environment to maximize the talent
• Train how to deal with the umpire
• You get 3 pitchers
• Have fun with our kids
• Who wants to lead, grow, and teach
• Enjoy this team
• 2 minute drill in baseball - closer comes in to get the job done with 2nd/3rd 
• Make it as uncomfortable as possible
• Some guys would not hit on the field because they were not ready
• It can define or develop you!
• Group hitting - who they are and what the are
• Hitting test - advance or not
• You don’t train a lineman the same as kicker
• Pitcher test - progression from top pitcher in the conference and what it looks like
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