76 - Jim Maciejewski: Mauldin HS (SC)

“Mach-ee-es-ski”

Bio

• 11 years as head baseball coach and 1 as Athletic Director at Mauldin HS (SC)
  • 36 Players to college, 4 drafted, 1 free-agent signee.
• Former assistant coach at USC Upstate under Matt Fincher and Dorman HS under Ben Waddle (Wah-dle).
• Managed the Brockport Riverbats of the New York Collegiate Summer League in 2007.  Has also coached American Legion and Travel baseball.
• Been a member of the USA Baseball Task Force since 2018 scouting for the 14u & 17u Team Championships, along with the several NTIS events.
• From assistant AD, to full time AD at Mauldin since 2020

 

Notes

• Rely on a tight circle of coaches with any question I may have
• It is so rewarding to see the impact you can have on other programs 
• Lean on others who have done it well 
• Create the best experience for everyone in every program
• Leadership program within the whole athletic program****
• Build a strong culture within the whole athletic program
• Community service****
• We did a lot of things on a smaller scale and we want to do it on steroids
• Take ownership of what you do and who you are
• It needs to come for a deeper meaning of trust and common ground
• MAVS U - “Motivated Achievers Value Success”
  • Based on Tyler Gillum
  • Lesson based around the needs of the team
    • Be a good teammate, son, study skills, run down
  • Group activity, independent activity, 
  • Have a video and present in front of teammates
• Mavs U becomes the “Cabinet” for the Mauldin HS athletic department
  • “What does it mean to be a Mauldin athlete?”
• Cabinet will help with community service
• Community service - miracle league, hospital visits, angel trees, Elementary school after school programs, community clean up
• Kids need to have an appreciation for what they have
• The greatest leader in the world, washed someone else’s feet
• The best leadership is serving other
• The best leadership lesson is serving someone else
• Kids apply and they need to interview to be a part of the leadership task force
• Creating chemistry and not forcing leadership!!**
• Kids need a chance to get to know one another and grow relationships
• Leadership classroom sessions start year 1, as soon as possible!
• Leadership doesn’t matter if those kids don’t care about one another
• Be a good person! Do what you say you are going to do
• Bands based on behavior system. Players moved up with player recommendations and had to justify
• Boat crews - split up the talent and in competitive groups
  • Keep them through the fall
  • Leader of the crew
  • Points for anything we want to compete with
• We are not going to progress the skill until they can verbalize it, teach it, and own it.
• Pinch runner called “game winner”
• We can know everything about a team but if we can’t make plays it doesn’t matter what we know about the other team
• The positive board - write it on the board something positive that has happened in the game. The average fan would not even notice.
• You may never see the finished product, but you need to keep plugging away because something you said will make an impact**
• Curriculum cannot just be 50 straight. It will always change, but you will have your pillars
• Mavs U based on Tyler Gillums Growth U and Brian Cain’s pride program
• Core values and Mission and Vision are voted on each year to own what type of team you want to be
  • What does it look like a player, person, and player
• “That’s Mauldin”
• Use the mission and vision statement based on what you want to be about and how you plan on getting there
• Creating chemistry over leadership - what is more important??
• Creating a culture we just want to create something consistent something they can depend on
• We can’t try to do something and replicate something that others are doing 
• Coaches need to do things for who they know they have!
• Goes back to growth mindset. 
• Twitter - @Maciejewski24
  • DM are open!
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