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- 2007 Baseball Clinic Coaches
Chad Kreuter - USC Head Coach
On June 2, 2006, Chad Kreuter became just the fourth head baseball coach at USC in the past 77 years. Kreuter was named head coach after his father-in-law, Mike Gillespie, announced his retirement. Kreuter took the position after starting the 2006 season as the manager for the Modesto Nuts of the California League, the single A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies. He spent the 2005 season as director of operations for the USC baseball program after retiring from the major leagues. In a career that spanned 17 seasons, Kreuter played in a total of 944 games with a .237 career average, 54 home runs, 274 RBI and .990 fielding percentage. He started with the Texas Rangers in 1988 and later played with the Detroit Tigers, Seattle Mariners, Anaheim Angels, Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Royals and Los Angeles Dodgers. His best season came in 1993 with Detroit, batting .286 (107-for-374) with 15 home runs and 51 RBI. During his career, Kreuter worked with top-flight pitchers such as Nolan Ryan, Randy Johnson, Eric Gagne, Kevin Brown, Charlie Hough, Frank Tanana, Bill Gullickson, Walt Terrell, James Baldwin, Chuck Finley, Mark Langston, Robb Nen, Kenny Rogers and Chan Ho Park. He played collegiately at Pepperdine for three seasons (1983-85). While there, he was on a USA team that participated in an international tournament in Cuba in 1984.^Back To Top^
Rich Hill - Head Coach University Of San Diego
San Diego's Rich Hill has built the USD Toreros into one of the most successful Division I baseball programs on the West Coast. The 2007 spring season will be Hill's 20th year as a head coach at the collegiate level, and ninth at USD, having enjoyed 16 winning seasons in 19 years. Since taking over at USD in 1999, Hill has been remarkable in leading the Toreros to eight consecutive winning campaigns, re-writing the school record book en route to claiming back-to-back West Coast Conference Championship titles in 2002 and 2003, and guiding the Toreros to their first-ever at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament in 2006. In the 2006 season, not only did Hill lead USD back to the postseason, but he also helped guide the Toreros to their highest national ranking at No. 8 in the Collegiate Baseball top-25 poll on Feb. 2, 2006. Other milestones that Hill achieved during this historic season was the team recorded its first win over a No. 1 ranked opponent as they swept the defending national champion Texas Longhorns in the opening weekend. Hill became the third coach in the history of the WCC to eclipse the 200 conference wins mark, and he is one win shy of the 600 career wins total with an overall coaching record of 599-420-3. Under his leadership San Diego has averaged 33 wins per season, including winning a school record 39 games in 2002, a year in which Hill was honored by his peers as the WCC Coach of the Year. Hill became one of the youngest coaches in collegiate history to reach 500 career victories in 2003, taking USD into postseason play and a second consecutive NCAA Regional appearance. ^Back To Top^
Nick Fuscardo - Head Coach Fullerton Junior College
Fullerton College skipper Nick Fuscardo, in his 22nd season at the helm, has taken the Hornets for quite a ride since he took over the reins from longtime Coach Mike Sgobba in 1986. With 427 wins, Fuscardo is the school's second-winningest coach, only trailing Sgobba's 484. Fuscardo has led the Hornets to 25 wins or more in five seasons, including 1988, when he guided Fullerton to a school record 30 wins. He also has 11 seasons with 20 or more wins with the Hornets. Fullerton has posted a 90-50 record in nonconference play over the last seven seasons and has consistently been competitive in the Orange Empire Conference, regarded as the toughest community college baseball conference in the country. Fuscardo has coached more than 30 players who have been drafted or have signed professional contracts, including New York Mets standout pitcher Steve Trachsel and San Diego Padre catcher Tom Wilson. More than 100 of Fuscardo's players have gone on to play baseball at the four-year level. Before coming to Fullerton, Fuscardo was the head coach for 13 seasons at nearby Troy High, where he led the Warriors to a 205-68 record, five Freeway League championships and 11 playoff appearances. Fuscardo was offered an assistant position at Cal State Fullerton under Titans Coach Augie Garrido in 1981, but instead, accepted a position as an assistant under Sgobba in 1982. Four years later, he was named the ninth coach in Fullerton's history.
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Pat Shine - Head Coach Cal State Los Angeles
Shine is well-known in the Southern California baseball circles, having served the past two seasons (2005-06) as the top assistant coach across town at UCLA. As the recruiting coordinator for the Bruins, Shine’s first recruiting class in Westwood was ranked fifth-best in the country by Baseball America. Last season, UCLA earned the second seed of the Malibu Regional in the NCAA Tournament, finishing with a 33-25 record and third in the Pac-10 Conference. In addition, 12 UCLA players were selected in the major league baseball amateur draft during Shine’s two years. Previously, Shine spent three seasons (2002-04) as assistant coach at UC Irvine under head coach John Savage prior to the duo moving up the 405 freeway to UCLA. In 2001, Shine was part of the revival of the Anteater baseball program following a 10-year hiatus from baseball on the UCI campus. The program reached the NCAA Tournament in just three seasons thanks to their first recruiting class being ranked eighth in the country by Baseball America with 13 UCI players heading to professional baseball. Cal State L.A. ended the 2006 baseball season with a 36-16-1 overall record, tied for the third-highest single-season win total in program history. Cal State L.A. officially tied for ninth in the NCAA, the program’s best NCAA finish since the 1977 squad took fourth in the country. Shine replaces Dave Taylor, who took a similar position at Chico State following two seasons at the Cal State L.A. helm. ^Back To Top^
Tom Myers - University of California Santa Barbara,Pitching Coach & Recruiting Coordinator
Tom Myers returns to UCSB as the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator after spending four seasons on the Gaucho coaching staff from 1998 to 2001. Prior to returning the UCSB, Myers spent three seasons as the pitching coach at Santa Clara. A former Gaucho pitcher with six years of professional baseball experience as both a player and coach, Myers also serves as the team's strength and conditioning coach. His other responsibilities include academic affairs, purchasing, and fundraising. A graduate of Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, Myers earned his BA in History from UC Santa Barbara and his MA in Physical Education from Azusa Pacific. He is married to Janet Myers and they have a daughter named Lauren. ^Back To Top^
Ed Servais - Creighton University Head Coach
In 2005, the Bluejays had one of the best seasons in school history. He coached the Bluejays to a 48-17 record, the school’s first-ever Missouri Valley Conference regular season championship and the team's first NCAA postseason appearance since 2000. The squad's 48 wins were the second-most in program history, behind only the 51 games won by the 1991 College World Series team. Servais also brought home his second MVC Coach of the Year award in as many seasons. Creighton ended the 2005 campaign nationally ranked for the first time since 2000, including a No. 28 ranking from Collegiate Baseball. Known as a coach who emphasizes the importance of team defense, his first season didn’t disappoint. Creighton’s .982 fielding percentage in 2004 led the country and was the second-best mark in NCAA history. In 2005, the Bluejays led the nation in double plays turned with 85 and set a team record for assists with 803. Creighton led The Valley in fielding again in 2005 with a .972 fielding percentage. Servais has coached 16 players to All-Missouri Valley Conference honors his first three seasons. In addition, nine players have been named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete Team during that span. Creighton's four selections in 2005 were the most of any Valley team.
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Tim Burton - University of Southern California Assistant Coach
Tim Burton begins his first season as an assistant coach with the USC baseball program. Burton, 31, who currently teaches in the physical education department at USC, has an eight-year coaching career which includes stints at Riverside Community College and Cal Poly Pomona. He was an assistant under Dennis Rogers at Riverside during the program's three consecutive state titles (2000-02). He was an all-league player at Vista (Calif.) High and a member of the 1993 CIF championship squad before continuing his career at Palomar College and Cal State San Bernardino. ^Back To Top^
Randy Betten - UC Riverside Assistant Coach
Randy Betten joined the UC Riverside coaching staff in September 2004, coming to the Highlanders after one year at Cal Baptist University and eight seasons at Riverside Community College. Betten played professionally for six years after being taken in the 26th round by the California Angels in the 1995 draft. He reached as high as the AAA level in the minors with the Angels’ teams in Vancouver and Edmonton in 1998 and 1999. He began his coaching career in 2000 with the Angels Midwest League affiliate, Cedar Rapids. A graduate of Newlife Christian HS in Highland, CA, Betten began his college career at RCC, earning All-American, All-Southern California and All-Orange Empire Conference honors for Coach Dennis Rogers in 1992 and 1993. He then earned a scholarship to Arizona State. Playing for Coach Jim Brock, Betten was part of a team that finished third in the 1994 College World Series. In 1995, Betten earned All-Pacific 10 Conference first team honors. He also served as a team captain. Betten earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Thomas Edison State College in 1998. He also earned a master’s degree in physical education from Azusa Pacific in 2002. ^Back To Top^