90 - Ray Evans: NHSBCA Hall of Fame

Evans Notes

 

Bio

• 559-251-2 career record 
  • Dr. Phillips
    • Back to back District title first two years (between COVID)
  • Flanagan - 15 years
    • 3 time state champion, 2005, 2006, 2010
    • 12 district title
    • 12 region finals
    • 2010 National championship 
  • Dr. Krop - 5 years
    • Started the program
    • 3 out of 4 District titles
  • Miami Beach - 10 years
    • Restarted and revamped title to 1st district title in since 70’s (20 years later)

 

• HOF Class of 2021 National HS Baseball Coaches Association
• Currently works with Power Baseball and Assistant coach at Windermere HS (HC Eric Lasiter)

 

Notes

• Made a checklist of what he needed to be successful to take over a program
• Continuity of staff and admin to get to where we need to be very quickly
• Support from admin, parent, and player buy in to be successful
• Changed the look of the facility and culture came with it. Kids saw how committed I was and brought them in
• Great coaching staff that I surrounded myself with and that continuity was key
• Everyone had a position coach
• Staff was part of the checklist and admin helped make it happen
• Bring in a coach and let them do their job
• Its never just you! Players, admin, staff, parents, family
• Learned what NOT to do
• It doesn’t matter your age, it matters your talent
• At the end of the year evaluation yourself and evaluate your staff
• Observe at a parent meeting and see their family situation
• When they know you really care, the kids will open up
• You got to be able to speak to kids
• You are worried about the Wins than the kid and their life
• Needs to be ONE of the best thing, not the best thing
• Getting a game winning hit cannot be the best thing of your life, but it is something you will remember.
• The impact will be greater than any game you will win
• The game is important than any individual
• Program, team, individual
• You have to be involved with the kids and not just because of the game
• Look for great situations in moving jobs
• You want to win every year
• You can’t keep running the same offense if you don’t have the personnel
• You need to adapt
• Yes we want exit velo but it depends on your body (big guys can hit in air, but smaller guys need lower launch)
• You need adapt to the times
• Our 9 beats their 5!! Sprint on and off the field
• People want to see you smile, have fun, and hustle 
• Its not about any one person, its about the kid
• Work ethic, we wanted to out work everyone.  
• Competing everyday, scouted every team, 
• What did we do wrong, not what did they do wrong
• Its constant comradery and then get back to the whole team and build chemistry
• Take seniors on trip
• Something with competition everyday
• Create some type of competitiveness to be successful
• Baserunning everyone does the same thing
• Automatic on certain counts, shut down on slide step, or unless coach shuts down
• You have to adapt and you have to love what you do
• If you are second guessing yourself then it is time to do something else
• Surround yourself with really great people
• Work hard at your craft
• evansr21@comcast.net
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