In his first season, the Hatters finished just one game behind Jacksonville in 2017 in the race for the ASUN title and won six of seven league series during the year. The season also included road series wins at The Citadel and at Tulane.
2nd season tied for the most wins in a season in program history.
2nd season first NCAA Regional title
2nd season ranked in every national poll
Established dugout club and raised over 100K
Prior to Stetson he was HC at University of Maine with over 300 victories, 140 in conference play, 9 tournament victories, and 2 regional appearances.
Former HC at Manhattan College - school record for wins (32) MAAC COY. 2nd all time in conference wins
AC at University of Vermont
Associate HC at wentworth college
Spent time in the cape cod with eastern tide
National clinician, just recently in Nashville
Author of “Walk-Off Winning”
Notes
Come up with 3-4 things we are going to be awesome at
Send me a real important values
Integrity, excellence, commitment, blue collar,
We can Hold those things accountable
Culture changes all the time
Built because of the 4-5 traits that you can build on
Leadership is when the going gets tough can you go back to those words/value?
Establish the values and that is the bedrock, how we navigate there will change each year
Your people are your best educators
My job is to give you the tool to hand the team over you to (the players)
Hold each other accountable
In order to be great you need to have an ego
Outside of my team they will know we have an ego
Inside our team we will have humility and check our ego
Take the people inside my organization and they never say you are an embelisher
The positive energy the attracts people
What is success? Word association, go!
Reward or success?
You need to find what you believe is good people
When you invite them to the team, and its up to you to build the relationship
People start to trust you
Loyalty of the people
Success is those 4 traits - good people, relationships, trust, loyalty
I brought you here because I thought you were going to be great
6-8 speakers every fall
Tell stories of failures
When you struck out 4 times, that ain’t failure
Force our guys to communicate
Ask people how they were successful?
First time going to class ask professor 3 questions about themselves
Have the ability to talk and ask questions of the people around you
I have to listen a little more in the south
I had to learn the environment and change my philosophy
I have to own the mistakes, and all the mistakes I have made have been along my successes
How your failure led to successes
We celebrate every win
Some losses, with the right mindset, can lead us to the path to success.
Moxy guy - what do you do to get the award? Foul ball guy after dealing for 4 innings