Rich Maloney Podcast Bio and Notes
Bio
- Head Coach Ball State University (2nd tour, 1996-2002 - 2013 - present)
- Former HC at Michigan (2003-2012)
- Over 900 wins in his career
- 16th active DI coach to reach 900 wins
- Winningest coach in Ball State history
- 5 MAC championships
- 4 time MAC coach of the year
- 3 Time big 10 conference championships
- 2 Big 10 tournament championships
- 4 Regional appearances
- Regional Championship in 2007
- Maloney has coached 65 players who were drafted 72 times
- six first round picks, all of them at Ball State
- Ball State has had 10 players drafted in the top 4 rounds under Rich Maloney
- FCA Baseball's Jerry Kindall Award in January 2017
- ABCA Ethics in Coaching Award Recipient 2023
- Former ABCA President (2018)
Notes
- Architecture classes worked a semester building a vision of the stadium
- I would of never had a chance to go to Michigan if it wasn’t for those boys
- I got into coaching because I love to be a mentor
- Those guys energize me and they fill me up!
- You gotta believe and have a driving force to be something special
- In yourself if you will be a good player
- In your teammates if you want to be a part of a good team
- In your faith - it all starts with that
- Casting a vision for your players
- Try your best to get the most out of the god given talents
- Everyone plays a role on the team
- Read 2 books -
- Hard Hat by jon gordon
- CHop Wood, Carry Water by
- First day on campus we go through the book - highlighted and epitomize our culture
- Got to be really good at a lot of little things that culminate to really big things
- Competition events - winning team filet mignon, losing team hotdogs and mac an cheese, we all eat dessert
- Got to have that extra degree
- GRIT - dirtbags - biggest compliment you can get in our program because he does whatever he can to help the team win
- Baseball you have to conquer the mind
- The storm will hit!
- How are you going to handle that mental strain
- Sport gives us a great opportunity to help people grow
- You are blessed a lot if you have those relationships
- Easy to talk when its going good
- Your friends come around when things are not going your way
- Comes down to the foundational truths you have
- It comes down to the details and have you to do the little things well
- Buy into your coaches
- Take the little things seriously
- Holding them accountable - when the game speeds up that’s not going to work
- Guys will gravitate to the standard
- When you believe in yourself you can make it through the tough times
- Winning breeds winning, and losing breeds losing
- Ambition and drive! If your not self motivated you won’t do great things
- You play on your energy when your young
- You guys built this because you guys believed and did the work
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