126 Rich Maloney - Ball State University

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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