Evans Notes
Bio
- 559-251-2 career record
- Dr. Phillips
- Back to back District title first two years (between COVID)
- Flanagan - 15 years
- 3 time state champion, 2005, 2006, 2010
- 12 district title
- 12 region finals
- 2010 National championship
- Dr. Krop - 5 years
- Started the program
- 3 out of 4 District titles
- Miami Beach - 10 years
- Restarted and revamped title to 1st district title in since 70’s (20 years later)
- HOF Class of 2021 National HS Baseball Coaches Association
- Currently works with Power Baseball and Assistant coach at Windermere HS (HC Eric Lasiter)
Notes
- Made a checklist of what he needed to be successful to take over a program
- Continuity of staff and admin to get to where we need to be very quickly
- Support from admin, parent, and player buy in to be successful
- Changed the look of the facility and culture came with it. Kids saw how committed I was and brought them in
- Great coaching staff that I surrounded myself with and that continuity was key
- Everyone had a position coach
- Staff was part of the checklist and admin helped make it happen
- Bring in a coach and let them do their job
- Its never just you! Players, admin, staff, parents, family
- Learned what NOT to do
- It doesn’t matter your age, it matters your talent
- At the end of the year evaluation yourself and evaluate your staff
- Observe at a parent meeting and see their family situation
- When they know you really care, the kids will open up
- You got to be able to speak to kids
- You are worried about the Wins than the kid and their life
- Needs to be ONE of the best thing, not the best thing
- Getting a game winning hit cannot be the best thing of your life, but it is something you will remember.
- The impact will be greater than any game you will win
- The game is important than any individual
- Program, team, individual
- You have to be involved with the kids and not just because of the game
- Look for great situations in moving jobs
- You want to win every year
- You can’t keep running the same offense if you don’t have the personnel
- You need to adapt
- Yes we want exit velo but it depends on your body (big guys can hit in air, but smaller guys need lower launch)
- You need adapt to the times
- Our 9 beats their 5!! Sprint on and off the field
- People want to see you smile, have fun, and hustle
- Its not about any one person, its about the kid
- Work ethic, we wanted to out work everyone.
- Competing everyday, scouted every team,
- What did we do wrong, not what did they do wrong
- Its constant comradery and then get back to the whole team and build chemistry
- Take seniors on trip
- Something with competition everyday
- Create some type of competitiveness to be successful
- Baserunning everyone does the same thing
- Automatic on certain counts, shut down on slide step, or unless coach shuts down
- You have to adapt and you have to love what you do
- If you are second guessing yourself then it is time to do something else
- Surround yourself with really great people
- Work hard at your craft
- evansr21@comcast.net
- 954-854-7855
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