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Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar

Jonathan Gelnar, bleav

Host Jonathan Gelnar and an array of guests from differing backgrounds discuss how to develop the complete baseball player. This will be your source for the most up to date coaching strategies for baseball player and coach development.

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35:13

Robert Woodard- Head Baseball Coach, Charlotte

Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar ·

2021/12/09

Bio https://charlotte49ers.com/sports/baseball/roster/coaches/robert-woodard/846 On July 1, 2019, Robert Woodard returned home to the Queen City as the fifth Head Coach of the Charlotte 49ers Baseball program. He does so coming off of being an assistant coach at his alma mater, North Carolina, for three seasons. Woodard, a Charlotte native, has also served as pitching coach at UNCW and Virginia Tech. In his first full season of 2021, Woodard guided the 49ers to a 40-win season, Conference USA

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01:02:43

Bobby Magallanes- Assistant MLB Hitting Coach,...

Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar ·

2021/12/02

Bio Bobby's pro career began when the Seattle Mariners selected him in the 50th round of the 1989 MLB draft. He played in professional baseball for 12 years, with six of them in the Mexican League. Bobby's coaching career started in the Los Angeles Angels' organization in 2002. And since, he been a manager or hitting coach in the MiLB until he was brought up to the major leagues with the Atlanta Braves. In 2020, the Braves promoted him to the major league coaching staff as assistant hitting coach

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45:39

Kevin Kimball- Head Baseball Coach, Phoenix College (AZ)

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2021/11/25

Bio Kevin Kimball enters his 11th year at the helm of the Bears Baseball program. In July of 2010 Kimball was hired after two years as an assistant at Gateway Community College. At the time, the Phoenix College baseball program had only one winning season since 1993. Since Kimball took the reins his teams have produced 3 of the top 5 win totals in school history. Kimball’s 2015 Bears squad was a few outs away from a World Series birth after eliminating the defending national champions in the Region

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30:28

Dave Turgeon- National Head Coach, IMG Academy (FL)

Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar ·

2021/11/18

Bio This week I got the pleasure of interviewing Dave National Team Head Coach at IMG Academy. Dave has enjoyed a career in baseball that includes thirteen years of professional playing experience that has spanned the globe combined with decades of managing and coaching experience at the professional and collegiate levels. Dave was drafted out of Davidson College in North Carolina in the 1987 by the New York Yankees and on to play thirteen seasons of professional baseball. As a Coach, Turgeon has

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36:38

Tom Marker- Head Baseball Coach, Olentangy Orange HS...

Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar ·

2021/11/11

Bio The 2021 season was the 3rd as head coach at Olentangy Orange for Tom Marker. During his tenure Marker has turned the Pioneers into a state and district power, leading Orange to a number one State Ranking and top 50 National Ranking last season. Marker’s record of 48-11 (.814) is first all-time in winning percentage at Orange. In his career as a head coach Marker is 247-143 (.633). Marker’s efforts have paid off in the win column and across the board as Prep Baseball Report has tabbed Orange as

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46:17

Justin James- Head Baseball Coach, Point Loma...

Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar ·

2021/11/04

Bio https://plnusealions.com/sports/baseball/roster/coaches/justin-james/1020 Justin James is in his third season as the head coach of the Point Loma baseball team in 2021. James returned to his alma mater to take over as the head coach of the Sea Lions in the summer of 2018. He has over 13 years of collegiate coaching experience, including two as the pitching coaching at UC San Diego, where he helped lead the Tritons to back-to-back NCAA West Regional Championships. In his first season as the

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52:46

Michael Earley- Hitting Coach, Texas A&M

Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar ·

2021/10/28

Bio Michael Earley is in his first season as the hitting coach at A&M and arrives in the Brazos Valley after five seasons at Arizona State. Earley has built a reputation for developing hitters with his most notable work being the rise of Spencer Torkelson to the No. 1 overall draft pick in the 2020 MLB Draft. who went Undrafted out of high school. In the 2020 MLB Draft, four of Earley’s hitters were selected as Arizona State was the only school in the country to boast five players chosen in the

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44:13

Jason Thompson- Head Baseball Coach, Brennan HS (TX)

Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar ·

2021/10/21

Bio Today we have on Jason Thompson, head baseball coach at Brennan HS. a few highlights , Jason has Over 250 Career Wins, Was the Texas 5A State Runner Up (2016), they Set Alamo Heights School Record for Wins in a Season (28 in 2015) and Reached the Texas Regional Semi-Finals This offseason he took his current job at Brennan, so On the show we discuss his first 100 days on his new job, how he goes about relationships with parents, and how they plan out the fall by backwards planning from round 3 of

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35:48

Micah Franklin- Professional Hitting Coach

Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar ·

2021/10/14

Bio Today we have on hitting coach, Micah Franklin. Micah has spent a total of 28 years in professional baseball, 15 years as a player. In 1997 he made his MLB debut with with the St Louis Cardinals. He then spent 2 seasons in Japan with the Nippon Ham Fighters and Hanshin Tigers and 2 seasons in Korea with the Hyundai Unicorns He actually started his career as a scout for 8 years, 5 years for the Diamondbacks and then 3 years MLB pro scout Seattle. then has spent the last 5 years MILB Hitting

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39:47

Shawn Stiffler- Head Baseball Coach, Virginia...

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2021/10/07

Bio https://vcuathletics.com/sports/baseball/roster/coaches/shawn-stiffler/551 Head Coach Shawn Stiffler enters his 10th season at the helm of VCU baseball for the 2021-2022 season. Over his tenure, the Rams have climbed back into national prominence. VCU stands as one of just eight programs in the country with 34-plus wins over the last seven full seasons. Stiffler was named the the sixth head coach of the VCU Baseball program in December 2012 following the passing of his mentor Paul Keyes

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01:07:25

Kerrick Jackson- Inaugural President of the MLB Draft...

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2021/09/02

Bio Jackson's first college coaching job came as an assistant for the Fairfield Stags baseball program in 2001. The next season, Jackson became an assistant coach at Emporia State University. Jackson spent the 2003 season as an assistant at Coffeyville Community College before moving on to Jefferson College for the 2004 and 2005 seasons. Jackson coached at Nicholls State University from 2006–2007 and St. Louis Community College in 2008. Jackson left college baseball to become a professional scout

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01:06:43

Trevor Flow on building a championship high school...

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2021/08/26

Bio Trevor Flow- Head Baseball coach, North Hall HS in Gainesville GA Since he arrive at North Hall, he has been a part of a 193-64 overall record. In his first year as head coach of the Trojans, they finished 24-7 and made it to the Sweet Sixteen, in year 2 the Trojans finished 21-16 and made it to the Final Four, in year 3 the Trojans were 12-4 and ranked #1 in AAA before the Covid shortened season. and this past season, the Trojans won the 3 AAA State Championship for second time in school

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39:24

Tom House and Jason Goldsmith founders of the Mustard...

Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar ·

2021/08/19

Bios Jason is a globally recognized Performance Coach, who emphasizes the mental aspects of optimal performance in high pressure environments. In addition to golf, where he has coached 6 Major champions, multiple top 10 players, and taken two golfers to World #1, Jason has worked in many major sports including MLB, NFL, NBA, USTA, NCAA (DI/DII), and with athletes and coaches from the U.S. and Great Britain Olympic teams, including the 2016 Olympic Gold Medalist in Golf and 2018 FedEx Cup Champion,

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01:07:44

Dr. Bryan Moses on program building, team management...

Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar ·

2021/08/09

Bio In the fall of 2021 Dr. Bryan Moses will enter his sixth season as the McPherson head baseball coach and ninth overall as a collegiate head coach. His school record entering the season is 144-92, while his career record is 226-148. Moses also serves as the Assistant Athletic Director for Internal Operations and is the lead play-by-play broadcaster for football and basketball. In 2021 the Bulldogs accomplished their highest winning percentage in Bulldog baseball history, compiling a record of

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01:08:47

Perry Husband on training effective velocity for...

Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar ·

2021/08/05

Bio Perry Husband is a pioneer in the world of Baseball Science. He introduced many modern hitting metrics to baseball, including Exit Velocity and Launch Angle. Through the groundbreaking discovery of Effective Velocity, there were countless pitching breakthroughs, including Ev Pitch Tunnels, Location Adjusted Speed (True Reactionary Speed) and many, many other Deception Metrics. Perry Husband is also the Author of the Downright Filthy Pitching Series, including 4 books. The Foreword is by Dr. Tom

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01:36:21

Justin Haire on program building, competitive...

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2021/07/29

Bio Justin Haire is in his sixth season as head coach of the Campbell University Fighting Camels and his 13th as a member of the Campbell baseball coaching staff. After spending seven seasons as recruiting coordinator, assistant coach, and eventually associate head coach under former skipper Greg Goff, Haire was named the 10th head coach of Campbell baseball (senior college era) on June 6, 2014. Haire has coached dozens of all-conference players, over 20 all-region players, seven conference players

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01:03:28

Dylan Nasiatka on player evaluation, developing the...

Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar ·

2021/07/22

Bio Dylan was born and raised in Bakersfield, CA. His playing career started at Stockdale High School in Bakersfield before moving to Bakersfield College for three years, Hofstra University for a year and the University of South Carolina Beaufort for a year. Dylan started coaching in the summer of 2012 at Bakersfield College and remained there until the spring of ‘20 when he was hired by the Dodgers. At BC he worked as the hitting coach every year and also had duties working with catchers,

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01:18:46

JT Gasso on building a championship offense

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2021/07/15

Bio 2021 national champion JT Gasso has spent the past 6 seasons as Oklahoma's assistant coach. His primary responsibilities are focused on working with OU's outfielders and the Sooner offense. During Gasso's tenure, the Sooners have had one of most potent offenses in the country, and in 2021 broke almost every offensive category you can think of The Sooners broke the NCAA single season home run record, the single season runs record. and OU also broke the record for runs and home runs at the

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01:16:08

Ryan Dupic on building championship culture

Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar ·

2021/07/08

Bio Formerly Buena Vista University's associate head coach/pitching coach, Ryan Dupic was named Concordia University Head Baseball Coach prior to the 2015 season. He just completed his seventh season as head coach in 2021. Dupic has made an immediate positive impact, leading the program to its winningest seven-year stretch in program history. The 2021 season continued the upward trajectory of the program as the Bulldogs advanced to the NAIA World Series for the first time ever. Not only that,

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01:05:26

Jonas Fester on creating a culture of feedback and...

Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar ·

2021/07/01

Bio Jonas Fester is in his third season as LVC's head baseball coach in 2021. He is LVC's 33rd head coach in the program's 125-year history. Before Lebanon Valley, Fester most recently served as the associate head coach at Division III powerhouse Johns Hopkins. From 2008 to 2010, he served as an assistant coach before returning to the program in a more prominent role in 2012. Prior to returning to his alma mater, Fester served as the top assistant at Catholic University for two years. Under his

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