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Duke may have the best pitching coach in the country. He is first year Sean Snedeker, great person, great coach. He can coach a person, not just a system. TR is right I forgot UNC. They would have to be on any short list.

One of the most honest, ethical and nicest coaches in the country is Sherman Corbett at UTSA. A D-1 program with success and Corbett pitched for the Angels.

San Jacinto College is great for power arms. According to Baseball America they had the best recruiting of pitchers last year including D-1 schools. Watch the draft this week -- many from San Jacinto will go high.

There are many schools I didn't name that are good for finesse pitchers. The one's I named can develop power arms and a few of them can develop both (UTSA for example).
Steve Smith, head coach at Baylor, coached 4 first rounders in a row while he was at Mississippi State.

Now...He's had a few go in the first round, including Jason Jennings and others.

Give Steve a call. He's a former pro guy himself and everyone loves him at Baylor.

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Mike Dee...University of Illinois at Chicago...If you want a terrific pitching coach and a program on the rise....and you don't mind cold weather.
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cr, Rice has also had quite a few pitchers end up with arm problems. Graham has a had a habit or running up high pitch counts on his pitchers. No arguing that Rice is a great baseball program and Graham has recruited great pitchers, but pitchers should do a great deal of investigation before deciding to go there.
Just an FYI...Stanford has hired a new pitching coach (see link below):

Jeff Austin hired as Stanford pitching coach

Jeff worked with the pitchers 2 seasons ago as a volunteer. He was extremely well-liked and will be seen as a positive (++) to the current pitchers who know him.

He is a former 1st round draft pick out of Stanford who briefly made it to the big leagues before injuries prematurely ended his career. I know from meeting him personally that he has a wealth of information to share/give to future pitchers about not only the college game, but the minor leagues and big leagues as well. He is a highly competitive person (thats a big plus to me), is a Stanford graduate and is extremely bright and articulate. And he knows pitching as well or better than anyone I've ever met.

IMO, they couldn't have made a better choice.
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Originally posted by blue cat:
how about villanova!

2 2nd rounders in 5 seasons and an additional 12 pitchers drafted over Coach Godri's 6 seasons?
Burrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!! Not only is the weather cold, it's one windy field. I guess a pitcher could like it usually blows in from left or left to right.
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There have been a lot of changes since this thread was started in 2007.  O'Sullivan left the pitching coach job at Clemson to take the head job at Florida.  Clemson is on their second pitching coach since then.  The current guy, Pepicelli, is very good.  Corral was at Oklahoma in 07, then Memphis, and now Georgia.  I look for Georgia in get better quickly.  Duke has a completely new staff.  Not sure what happened to the guy mentioned in 07.  House was in at USC for awhile, but no longer.

 

The guy at UVA, Kuhn, has always impressed me.  And Meyer continues to do a good job at USCe, as does Forbes at UNC.  (Meyer was the head coach at Old Dominion back when this thread started).  

 

Former UNC pitcher Robert Woodard (Prepster's son) is considered to be one of the rising stars.  He recently took the Va Tech job after a couple of years at UNC Wilmington.  I believe his replacement at Wilmington, Matt Williams, also has a bright future.  Matt was the pitching coach at Spartanburg Methodist for a number of years.   

 

 

Originally Posted by BishopLeftiesDad:

People are probably going to laugh me out of the forum for this one.

 

Dave Koblentz, Bench coach/Pitching coach at Ohio Wesleyan University:

 

http://www.battlingbishops.com...53&path=baseball

 

He has coached at many levels from D1 to Pro's. He handles pitchers and catchers very well.

 

He is one of the reasons my son chose this school.

BLD,

Not exactly laughing.  Possibly....I was thinking the same thing as you....that the best can take many forms across a broad range of college baseball.  Certainly the top programs have most of the best pitching coaches otherwise they wouldn't be at the top.  But I think we can agree there are some gems not at the D1 top.  You've identified one.   In addition, my son's pitching coach (former UCLA pitcher Scott March) has been with my son's school the program for 18+ years, and is frequently recognized as a top pitching coach and head coaching candidate.  He seems to adapt and work extremely well with different personalities, pitching styles and experience levels to bring out the best in each pitcher.  Selfishly, I'm glad he has remained with the program for my son's college career.

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