106 - Bill Mosiello - Ohio State

Bio

 

• Current Head Coach at Ohio State University
• One of the most accomplished assistant coaches in the country with stops at seven different Power 5 programs.
• associate head coach at TCU for nine seasons (2014-22)
• nearly 30 years of collegiate coaching experience and seven more years of experience as a minor league manager.
• 2017 he was tabbed a coach on the USA Baseball 18U National Team 
• 2018 16U NTDP head coach
• coached over 90 major league players, 28 All-Stars, two batting title winners, two AL MVPs, one AL Rookie of the Year and 2012 Cy Young award winner R.A. Dickey.
• tutored MLB phenom Mike Trout for nearly two full seasons when he was part of the Arkansas Travelers AA club of the Angels
• Worked in the Yankees organization as well as with coaching icon Auggie Gorrido at Cal State Fullerton
• Offensive mastermind at each step of the way working with the top 5% of the game
• ABCA clinician speaker
• Incredible baseball mind
• Hell of a baseball GUY!!

Notes

• • Adapt or die and you have to make some adjustments.  
  •  I Have a certain set of core beliefs
  • Have to be able to relate to the players
  • How do players learn?
  • Wear  the pants the right way
  • No bat flips - play the game with enthusiasm
  • Going to keep joy in our own team
  • Want them to have a blast but you have to respect your teammates and your team

• Keeper of the game!!!

• Teach guys to play the game the right way. Respect your opponents and respecting the team
• Baserunning is something we can bring to the park everyday
• Runner at 1b never knows when the guy at 2b  will steal
• Baserunning worked on daily - some type of theme
• You can work on instincts
• You need to make a big deal about it everyday
• Don’t mistake activity for achievement. If you are not detail oriented you are just oding activity
• A great player learns from other players mistakes
• Good players learns from their own mistakes
• I have to do a better job articulating
• You cannot assume anything
• We can steal runs throughout the season from our daily baserunning work
• The FREEBIE WAR is huge for us! Just like the football coach is trying to win the turnover battle
• Different between reckless and fearless
• My guys are going to run because they can make it
• Enable your players that they can do things. 
• Never underestimate your players
• Trust your players the sky limit
• Culture is how you operate
  • Define it and then demand it
  • Its just like a swing, you teach it daily
  • O - ownership
  • H - hard working
  • I - integrity
  • 0 - one pitch at a time
  • Define them and what do they mean
  • If you are doing it right they can tell you and you need you need to teach it daily
• Thoughts become things!
• I need them to see it, and make it important to them
• There are great kids all over the country
• Lets keep it simple
• Meet everyday and discuss everyday and keep it simple - 5 minutes a day
• Compound effect - doing a little a lot
• Video of what the play looks like
• Take notes, watch video, demonstrate, and then rep it out
• Brian Cain talking about dugout participation
  • be a great teammate, be engaged, and be sure they are doing it
• Team organizational meetings
  • Special guest speaker
  • What do you know now that you wish you knew then
• All these things you have to teach and worked on daily
• You can only take out what you put in (bank account)
• Great players 
  • Super coachable
  • Invested in teammates
  • Quick learners
  • Comfortable being uncomfortable - when you make changes that is where you grow
• Success leaves clues!
• Growth is what we are all trying to get 
• Learners mindset
• Its what you know after you know it all that counts the most
• If i am going to ask my players to grow why wouldn’t I, the coach, be growing
• Great coaches
  • ask questions
  • We all need help
  • Learners
  • Humble in the way they acted
  • Be who you are
  • Continue to make adjustments
• I like to stay in the dugout so they don’t even know I am there
• Ohio State website - https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/coach/bill-mosiello/
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