Coach Beede

I believe baseball can open powerful academic doors for the right student-athlete. But the path has to be honest. Prep school is not for everyone. A post-grad year is not for everyone. Showcases are not magic. College recruiting is not one-size-fits-all. I built Coach Beede to help families slow the process down, ask better questions, and build a plan around development, academics, maturity, and fit. I have lived this as an athlete, a college head coach, and most importantly, as a parent.

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Going live in 15 minutes. Tonight: roster reading, the 5 visit questions, and your live Q&A. Drop your questions in the replies — I'll get to as many as I can.

Trust me, I don’t do this Twitter stuff for clicks. I lucked out having as many people follow me as I do talking about baseball and steaks. Over 100K views on this deal and that tells me we’ve got a challenge. I need to put my money where my mouth is and come up with some suggestions that I might have that we will do as a program. Not going to start some nationwide deal, but I’ll bet you there’s enough people here to at least make a difference one game at a time.

A college coach can learn a lot from a quiet 0-for-4. Was there hard contact? Did the athlete compete every at-bat? Did he run the ball out? Did he stay locked in defensively? Did his body language change? The box score does not always tell the truth.

I have watched too many families spend three years and $50,000 chasing a Division I dream that was never realistic. Not because the athlete wasn't a baseball player. He was. Because nobody around him was honest enough to say: "Your son is a great D3 player. That is a wonderful thing to be." D3 baseball is real baseball. Real coaches. Actual competition. Real degrees that open real doors. The lie is not that your son isn't D1. The lie is that D1 is the only finish line worth running toward.

Reminder: the spring evaluation period is closing. If your son is a 2027 and he hasn't sent a single coach email this season, that's the conversation to have this weekend.

The hardest thing about recruiting is not the recruiting. It is watching your son figure out who he is in real time, with college coaches as the audience. Be patient with the process. Be more patient with the kid.

The most common mistake I see in recruiting: Families fall in love with the school before evaluating the program. Tonight at 8pm, I'm breaking down the difference and giving you the 5 questions to ask before any visit.

@MattGinIndy @DannyDipBuyer @KyleBea96359130 😂😂😂

@DannyDipBuyer @KyleBea96359130 @CoachBeede Bro is speaking in the third person to flex Syracuse and St. John's Law like he went to Harvard. Trust me Danny, the kids going to MIT, Johns Hopkins, and Tufts to play D3 baseball aren't losing sleep over your law degree.

The Wave is a LIFE MOMENT, unique moment in time between father and son …

This tells a story … many will see the board , I see the wave ….🌊

NESCAC recruiting is a different sport. Williams, Amherst, Tufts, Bowdoin, Bates — these coaches care about: AP course load Whether the athlete reads Whether the family can pay (no athletic scholarships) Whether the kid genuinely wants the academic experience If your son hates school, NESCAC is not the answer.

The summer between sophomore and junior year is the most underrated window in baseball recruiting. Coaches are evaluating. Travel teams are loaded. Showcases are everywhere. And parents are exhausted from the spring season. The families who use this window well are six months ahead of everyone else by September.

5 things from last night's show worth sitting with this morning: The roster tells the truth. Read it before the visit. Coaches recruit families, not players. Communication speed predicts coachability. Fall in love with the program, not the campus. The transfer portal means "commitment" is now a starting point, not a finish line.

🧵 The 7 things college baseball coaches evaluate that have nothing to do with your son's swing or velocity. After 35 years on both sides of recruiting, here's what actually moves the needle:

Players looking to play in the NY area, highly recommend following @elliotglynn07 and checking out @FordhamBaseball 🙌 #AreYouInTheBook @coachbeede

What D1 Pitching Coaches Actually Want | Elliot Glynn, Fordham x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Concord University baseball is looking to open up somewhere South in 2027 the last weekend of January. Please send me a message if interested. @SkippersDugout acbailey@concord.edu