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As we continue our weekly radio broadcasts, we are very pleased to announce a slight change in this coming Sunday's show. HSBBWeb old-timer and very well-respected poster justbaseball will join us as a guest host for the night, as he was kind enough to provide the initial contact for our featured guest.

This weekend's guest will be Bill Hutton, the legendary coach of Archbishop Mitty High School in California. Mitty's high school sports are well-known as being some of the best in the country, and baseball tends to be at the helm of that reputation. Needless to say, having a high school coaching legend joining us on the show is an outstanding and exciting event for us, and I hope that you will all join us.

Under his direction, Archbishop Mitty has become a nationally recognized program earning a mythical national championship as voted by 3 different outlets after the 2010 season (Rivals.com, Perfect Game, and CatholicSports.net). His teams have compiled a record of 543-295-4 (.648).

Coach Hutton has been named the 1984 Peninsula Time Central Coast Section Coach-of-the-Year, the 1995 Central Coast Section Honor Coach, The San Jose Mercury News Coach-of-the-Year in 1997, 2001 and 2003, the Cal-Hi Sports 2001 and 2005 California State Coach-of-the-Year, the 2003 American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Western Region Coach-of-the-Year. In 2004, Coach Hutton was inducted into the California Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame. In 1991, 2001 and 2002 he was chosen to coach the Northern California High School Senior All Stars in the annual North/South High School All Star Series. Coach Hutton has traveled with teams to Australia, Korea, China and Europe. In 2010 Coach Hutton was selected as the California High School Coach of the year by MaxPreps and was selected as a National Coach of the year finalist by the High School Baseball Coaches Association. In 2010 he was also selected by Perfect Game to coach the AFLAC All Star West All Stars at Petco Park in San Diego.

Coach Hutton has also served as Archbishop Mitty's athletic director, directory of student activities and has coached in the cross country and football programs at the school He teaches Pre-Calculus Honors in the math department.

Truly a legend in high school baseball. Please join us this Sunday, August 28th at 11 PM EST to listen into what Coach Hutton has to tell us about his experiences and what he believes helps high school players excel to the point where they're able to have large amounts of success at the next level.

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HSBBWEB Radio talks with: California High School Coach Bill Hutton

Call in number to speak to guest (858) 769-3323.

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JH and CD: what a terrific job the two of you are doing!!!!

Coach Hutton is a wonderful, wonderful guest.
Not only is Coach Hutton one of the finest when his team is on the field, he is truly one of the best in supporting and guiding the many talented players in his program through the college recruiting process.
I would anticipate he can provide invaluable information on how to be recruited and what to do along that pathway.
In my opinion, this is another reason every player and every parent of a player who looks/wants to play in college should be listening to your program every Sunday or as quickly after as they can access the replay.
I have been out of town and unable to respond (easily anyways).

Let me just say that Coach Hutton (our youngest son's HS coach) is one of the truly great human beings I have ever met. He is that rare breed of a person, let alone a coach/teacher, who listens to new opinions, learns from them, occasionally tells you that you might not have it quite right (and yes, he is usually right himself when he says that)...and adjusts to the times.

Add to that...he lives and breathes baseball, constantly offering free speeches and clinics to area coaches and players.

And add to even that...he is respected by friend and foe alike. Not uncommon at all to have an opposing coach...or Troy Tulowitski (not a former player of his, but a former opponent)...or Kevin Frandsen (not a former player of his, but a former opponent)...or Randy Winn (not a former player of his)...or my older son (not a former player of his) to interrupt their Christmas vacation to come and work and speak at his camps. He just engenders that kind of respect.

Still not intrigued and wanna know...why listen????

* Wanna know how to engage your HS coach in anything from tryouts to summer ball to skill improvement techniques? This is the man.

* Wanna know how a GREAT HS program is run? This is the man.

* Wanna know how a HS coach can be a full partner in the process of your son getting to the next level? This is the man.

...and much, much more.

My wife and I feel that Coach Hutton was/is the best baseball coach of any of our sons for the level he coaches at. More was learned by our son both on and off the field...than from any other person (other than maybe his parents! Wink ). And that is no slap at any other coach our kids have had as they have had some great ones.

Coach Hutton is the only other man I've ever heard my wife comment to, 'I sure love you' Eek and not have me wince. (It was at the end of our youngest son's HS career). I knew what she meant and she meant it for both of us! Big Grin

Coach Hutton is just that good.

I hope you'll join us.
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I have all the numbers for hsbbweb radio and I can assure everyone people are still listening to what Coach May had to say.

This is another opportunity this week for people to hear another voice. A man like Coach May who has made it his career to make a difference in high school baseball. In the next coming weeks, we are going to shift our focus again from college recruiting and high school baseball to travel baseball.

Finally, many, many thanks to Julie for creating a forum dedicated to hsbbweb radio.
In case you guys are taking questions...

In what ways do you separate your teams from your competition?

Have you ever had a successful team without any vocal leaders?

What do you do to strike a balance between having "fun" and focusing on maximizing team and player performance? Of course winning and performing well can be the ultimate "fun" but I'm talking about the kind of short term fun most 14-18 yr olds have in mind... maybe things that break up the practice routine, etc.


Thanks again for putting these things together!
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Originally posted by cabbagedad:
In case you guys are taking questions...

In what ways do you separate your teams from your competition?

Have you ever had a successful team without any vocal leaders?

What do you do to strike a balance between having "fun" and focusing on maximizing team and player performance? Of course winning and performing well can be the ultimate "fun" but I'm talking about the kind of short term fun most 14-18 yr olds have in mind... maybe things that break up the practice routine, etc.


Thanks again for putting these things together!

Those are great questions and we'll try and ask them!

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