Alex Guerra Notes
Bio
- Head Coach at Radford University
- Former player at Radford
- Former assistant coach at Radford University (2014-2015)
- For the past 7 years he has been the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at James Madison University (2016-2022)
- Started in college baseball at Central Florida as their director of baseball operations as well as their volunteer assistant coach (2012-13)
- Passionate!
- Aggressive player and coach!
- Serious about coaching!
Notes
- Got into coaching because you want to impact people
- Who did I want to surround myself with as a staff?
- Have the right people around you on a daily basis
- Have a guy that knew the area
- Developing great relationships with players, well versed in coaching, constantly learning, passionate about recruiting
- I want guys that want to be at Radford
- You need to define that you want in those positions when hiring a staff
- With my personality I need someone….
- Stick to your guns, and you have to be ok with making decisions that someone won’t like it
- How you explain the decisions is important
- Have something done before expected
- Challenging yourself to get better
- The people I work with are family to me
- This is how we are going to build it, and players will have to total ownership of it
- You either will be about it, or you just won’t be around it
- The head coach needs to set a direction for the entire program
- “We are going to be a Blue Collar Family”
- Everyday there will some type of lesson, example that you will bring back to define our culture
- Being vulnerable is going to be a part of our culture, and The coach needs to be one who starts that.
- Consistency is the best thing a coach can do. Whatever we do just stay consistent that helps cultivate our culture daily
- If you have the good players and can develop them with a strong culture you have a chance to win championships
- Consistently communicate to our guy what exactly their role is
- The process, the culture comes from one voice
- Be myself, treat people with respect, hold them accountable
- Twitter - @AGBaseball9
- ajguerra@radford.edu
