Mike Gambino is the Head Baseball Coach at Boston College, a Division I program in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.  A little background on Coach Gambino, he played his collegiate playing career at Boston College, graduating in 1999.  The following two years he played professional baseball in the Red Sox Organization.  After deciding to end his playing career he jumped straight into coaching, in 2002 he split the year as a Special Assistant to the Boston Red Sox coaching staff and a Coach for the Single-A Lowell Spinners.  Next, he dove into College Baseball, spending 2003-2005 as an Assistant Coach at Boston College.  Following that, he spent two seasons as a Regional Scout for the Detroit Tigers Organization, and then from 2007-2010 the Recruiting Coordinator at Virginia Tech University.  In July of 2010 he became the Head Coach at Boston College where he still remains.  In this podcast, we start off talking about what his mindset and goals were going into taking over the baseball program at Boston College. We than dive into a conversation about the future of Boston College Baseball and what’s to be expected, as well as Coach Gambino explaining the fun in building a program. Coach Gambino and I also discuss the value in analytics along with the limitations it brings, his thoughts on recruiting super competitive multi-sport athletes and how to successfully interview and hire assistant coaches.  We also dive into the importance of helping your players reach their potential in life, adapting to changing life situations, and much more.  We finish off this podcast with Coach Gambino explaining how he balances family priorities with coaching in the ACC.  Lock into this podcast to hear and learn from Boston College Head Coach, Mike Gambino.   --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fiob/support