Reggie Christiansen, Sacramento State Baseball (D1) head coach joins Mentors of Baseball Live 1-30-22
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Walter Beede, Bryan Eisenberg authors of "Committed The Guide to Developing College Ready Recruits from Middle School Through High School" and Butch Baccala host Twitter Spaces conversations. This week we were joined by Sacramento State's head coach Reggie Christiansen. About Reggie Christiansen Reggie Christiansen joined the Sacramento State Hornets as an assistant coach prior to the 2009 season under then head coach John Smith. Christiansen was named the program's head coach in 2011 and, now entering his 12th season at the helm for the Hornets, Christiansen has led his teams to nine straight 30+ win seasons, nine postseason appearances, three tournament titles, and more. Prior to Sacramento State, Christiansen was the head coach at South Dakota State for four years (2005-08). He served as the team’s hitting instructor, recruiting coordinator and third base coach. He was also an assistant coach at Kansas (2003-04) while he made his debut as a head coach with his alma mater, Menlo College, in 2002. Christiansen graduated from Menlo in 1998 with a degree in business administration and received his master’s degree from Kansas in 2004 in health, sport and exercise science. A native of Ferndale, Calif., Christiansen and his wife Amber have two sons, Ryan and Reese, and a daughter, Ava. Sacramento State Highlights: 2011-2021 (11 seasons) Two-time WAC Coach of the Year (2012, 2014) Three-time WAC Champion (2014, 2017, 2019) Two 40-win seasons (2014, 2019) 2012 and 2014 MLB Northern California Scouts' Div. I Coach of the Year Led program to first NCAA Regionals appearance in 2014 Has received an All-American, three All-West Regions, six Freshman All-Americans, four WAC Freshman of the Year, and two WAC Player of the Year Only Div. I program in California with 30+ wins in each of the last nine seasons 275 total wins since 2012 are sixth most among California Div. I programs 23 players have been selected in the MLB Draft since taking over as head coach in 2011 You can follow us on Twitter at: Walter Beede: @baseballlifer11 Bryan Eisenberg: @TheGrok Butch Baccala: @butchbaccala Are you committed to Play Ball Kid? Then join our private community. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/playballkid/message
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