ABCA Podcast

We made our annual trip to Cary for the USA Baseball National High School Invitational (NHSI) to sit down with some of our ABCA member coaches competing on one of the biggest stages in high school baseball.

In this episode, we’re joined by:

• Andy Rojo – St. John Bosco (CA)
• Dennis Barth – Gloucester Catholic (NJ)
• Greg Elie – Baylor School (TN)
• Matt Denny – Casteel (AZ)

These con...

Next up on the ABCA Podcast is Driveline Director of Youth Baseball and the Driveline Academy, Deven Morgan. At Driveline Academy Morgan integrates individual skill development, nutrition guidance, and physical therapy. The intention of Driveline is to address what Morgan has seen in the past 15 years. Players who were all too often underdeveloped on the fundamental skills that would hel...

Next up on the ABCA Podcast is Deven Morgan, Director of Youth Baseball and the Driveline Academy at Driveline Baseball.

At Driveline Academy, Morgan leads a comprehensive approach to player development—integrating skill development, nutrition, and physical therapy—with the goal of building complete athletes from a young age. His work is driven by what he’s observed over the past 15 year...

Greg Goodwin has served as a leader in youth baseball for more than 30 years. During his 12 seasons as the head baseball coach at Redan High School in Stone Mountain, Georgia, he compiled a 228-96 (.704) record, earning Region Coach of the Year honors four times and the title of DeKalb County Coach of the Decade. In addition to his coaching accomplishments, Goodwin took on the role of pr...

This week on the ABCA Podcast we’re joined by Alex Trezza, Senior Manager of Business Development at GameChanger.

Trezza spent 12 years playing professionally across minor league and independent baseball after being drafted out of Stony Brook University. Following his playing career, he transitioned into the coaching world with stops at Anna Maria College, Adelphi University, University ...

Next up on the ABCA Podcast is Mike Sabatino, assistant coach at Edwardsville High School and the 2025 ABCA/Soldier Sports High School Division I Assistant Coach of the Year.

Sabatino joined the Edwardsville staff in 2018, beginning with the freshman team before taking over as Varsity Pitching Coach in 2019. Since then, the Tigers have built one of the most dominant runs in Illinois high...

This week on the ABCA Podcast is ABCA/Soldier Sports NJCAA Div. I Assistant Coach of the Year, Walters State Pitching Coach Sean Robinson.

Robinson joined Walters State in 2014. Since then, the Senators have an overall record of 600-130 and have made 6 trips to the NJCAA World Series in Grand Junction, CO, earning five Top 3 finishes nationally. Under Robinson’s guidance the Senators pit...

We have a very special ABCA Podcast this week as we are joined by five successful coaches’ wives. Joining us this week are Maggie Corbin, wife of Tim Corbin (Vanderbilt University, Clemson University, Presbyterian College), Jayma Hitt, wife of Rick Hitt (South Florida State College), Katrina McCormack, wife of John McCormack (Florida Atlantic University), Mary Napoleon, wife of Dusty Nap...

Always an exciting week with all levels of college baseball going. Happy opening week of Div. I Baseball. Next up on the ABCA Podcast is our Div. I preview. I give our sports writers a lot of credit for work they put in throughout the year to help grow the game of baseball.

We start things off with D1Baseball.com’s Aaron Fitt and Mike Rooney. And after that we talk to Vincent Cervino fro...

We continue our previews this week on the ABCA Podcast with NCAA Div. III. We are joined this week with Jim Dixon and Lance Marshall.

Dixon is the managing editor of D3baseball.com and has been the go-to source for NCAA Div. III baseball for over 30 years.

Marshall has been the head baseball coach at Franklin College since 1997, the Director of Athletics since 2023 and currently serves a...

Next up on the ABCA Podcast, we continue our college previews with a full look at NCAA Division II baseball, joined by two of the most respected voices at the level: Chris Hanks, head coach at Colorado Mesa University and ABCA Division II Committee Chair and Wayne Cavadi, the longtime “Dean of DII." 

Cavadi has been covering Division II athletics for more than a decade, providing unmatch...

We continue our season previews this week on the ABCA Podcast with a wide-ranging look at NJCAA, 3C2A, and NWAC baseball.

Joining us are two voices deeply connected to the JUCO landscape: Noah Sharp of the JUCO Ball Blog and Troy Sutherland from Perfect Game. Together, they break down key teams, trends, and what to watch as the junior college season gets rolling across multiple regions.

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Next up on the ABCA Podcast, we bring you a preview of the NAIA season with two voices deeply connected to the level: Brian Michalak, head coach at St. Francis and NAIA Committee Chair and Taylor Thomas of NAIA Ball. 

In this episode, we recap LSU Shreveport’s historic season from 2025, break down key storylines across NAIA baseball, and discuss what coaches and fans should be watching a...

Joining us this week on the ABCA Podcast is Danielle Martin, elite mental performance coach, speaker, and founder of True Mindsets. Martin works with some of the highest-performing athletes in the world, including competitors from MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, MLS, MLR, the Olympics, NCAA programs, and elite high school athletics, helping them sharpen their mental edge when the pressure is highest...

We’re closing the book on the 82nd Annual ABCA Convention with a special post-convention wrap-up episode featuring several key ABCA member leaders who helped make the week such a success.

In this episode, we check in with several ABCA Officers:

• Chris Pollard – NCAA Division I Committee Chair
• Jim Cahill – ABCA Second Vice President and 2026 Main Stage Clinics coordinator
• Jordan Balti...

For the first time ever the World’s Largest Baseball Convention will be heading to Columbus, OH for the 82nd annual ABCA Convention. Today’s episode covers everything you need to know about the convention hearing from Craig Keilitz, Jon Litchfield, Kurt Birkins, Juahn Clark, Zach Haile and Ryan Brownlee.

Our goal every year is to make this a wonderful experience for our attendees, guests...

Safe travels to all the coaches headed to Columbus this week! The ABCA is excited to welcome everyone for the 82nd annual ABCA Convention. Stay tuned as the Convention Preview Episode drops this Wednesday, January 7th to help make your trip and on-site experience as smooth as possible!

Kicking off convention week on the ABCA Podcast is Lyndon Coleman, head coach at Pasco-Hernando State C...

Brian Johnson is the founder of the social training platform Heroic, a Public Benefit Corporation focused on helping people flourish by embodying their "best, most Heroic self" through integrating ancient wisdom and modern science, with a goal for 51% of humanity to flourish by 2051.

Johnson is the author of the book Areté and has worked with the Navy Seals, Notre Dame Football and the E...

Next up on the ABCA Podcast, we’re joined by two of the most trusted voices in arm care and throwing development: Alan Jaeger and Randy Sullivan.

Jaeger is the CEO and Founder of Jaeger Sports and has been at the forefront of arm health and mental performance in the baseball community for more than 30 years. Sullivan is the CEO and Founder of the Florida Baseball ARMory, author of eight ...