The Dugout: Recent Episodes
Josh Spence
Come grab some pine and talk all things Baseball with Josh Spence. Josh is a Former All-American who played JUCO Baseball at Central Arizona College and at the NCAA level with Arizona State University. He is currently the highest MLB Draft pick to come out of Australia. Josh made his Major League debut with the San Diego Padres in 2011, becoming the 29th Australian to do so.
Coach Cliff Godwin is currently the head coach at his alma mater East Carolina University (2015-Present).
Leading up to this Coach Godwin gained valuable experience with such programs as UNC Wilmington (2003-04), Vanderbilt (2004-05), Notre Dame (2005-06), LSU (2006-08), UCF (2009-11) and Ole Miss (2011-14).
Coach Greg Dennis stops by Built baseball to discuss his program at Chattanooga State and give insight to international players looking to take the college route.
We discussed; what Coach Dennis likes to have with players throughout the fall, winning both on the field and in the classroom, His relationship with the Chattanooga Lookouts (AA Affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) and what life is like living in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
The current Assistant Coach/ Recruiting Coordinator for WVU Baseball stops by and talks all things college Baseball from how they get their players prepared to compete in one of the toughest conferences in college baseball to life in Morgantown.
Coach Sabins began his coaching career at his alma mater Oklahoma State and afternoon earning his masters degree began to move up the ranks. In 2016 he was hired at WVU.
Coach Drew Keehn Played at Central Arizona College from 1992-93 and was Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the ’93.
After his time in pro-ball and going back to school to obtain a master degree at the University of Arizona, Coach Keehn started his collegiate coaching career in 2004 as an assistant at Odessa Junior College before returning to his alma mater Central Arizona College to work as the team’s recruiting coordinator and pitching coach from 2005 through 2007.
Also during that time would spend the summers coaching summer-ball before moving to Layola Marymount University from 2007-2010.
In 2011 Coach Keehn joined Arizona Western College and in 2012 took over the head coach position. The program has been trending upwards since he has taken the helm and over the past 3 ‘full seasons’ (17-19) acclimated 130 wins.
Coach Keehn has seen 31 of his players hear their names get called on draft day.
Coach Gregg Wallis Grew up in the Los Angeles area and played collegiately at UC Irvine.
After graduating he stayed at his alma mater and started his coaching career beginning as their undergraduate assistant then moved to the director of Baseball operations the following year.
Coach Wallis then moved on to be the assistant coach/ recruiting coordinator at Cal State Fullerton 2008-2010. during his time there the team had a winning percentage over .700 and played in super regionals and college world series respectively.
His next stop was in the SEC with the university of Tennessee where he held many titles outside of being an assistant coach. You were responsible for managing baseball camps, oversight of student managers, the program’s academic liaison and also being in charge with the overall operations of the baseball program.
Currently Coach Wallis is at Grand Canyon University as their assistant coach/ recruiting coordinator and just finished his seventh season with the program. Over that time he has tutored many Outfielders who have gone on to play professional baseball including 2018 WAC Player of the Year, Quin Cotton and 2017 WAC Player of the Year, Garrison Schwartz.
Coach Josh Holliday Had an incredible High-School career, was drafted in the 14th round of the 1995 Major League Baseball Draft by Minnesota. He was the USA Today Gatorade Player of the Year in Oklahoma and a High School All-American, as well as co-valedictorian of his graduating class.
From 1996-99 Played at Oklahoma State and received many accolades starting with being a freshman all-American to getting drafted by the Bluejays as OSU’s male student-athlete of the year.
He Played in Toronto Blue Jays organization for 2 years before returning to Oklahoma State as an assistant coach. In 2004 Coach Holliday left Stillwater, Oklahoma and over an 11-year span, served as an assistant coach at some of the nation’s top baseball programs, serving stints on the staffs at North Carolina State, Georgia Tech, Arizona State and Vanderbilt. In that span he coached on seven NCAA Tournament teams and three of those advanced to the College World Series (Georgia Tech in 2006, Arizona State in 2009 and Vanderbilt in 2011).
In 2013 Coach Holliday received his first head coaching position which was at his Alma Mater Oklahoma State.
45 players Holliday has coached have heard their name called on draft day with 26 of them playing in the MLB.
Former Professional Pitcher and current VP of Baseball with Pando Pooling Derek Eitel stops by to discuss what is Pando and how are they evolving the financial ecosystem of professional baseball.
For more information check out: PandoPooling.com/Baseball
2019 NJCAA coach of the year Anthony Gilich stops by to discuss a life as a Central Arizona Vaquero, conference play in one of the toughest regions in JUCO baseball and recruiting players both local and internationally.
Talking San Jose State Baseball and the Mountain West Conference with Head Coach Brad Sanfilippo.