Kansas Association of Baseball Coaches

Good crowd of Kansas ⚾️ coaches joining us for the 2025 KABC Coaches Clinic!

Our last clinician for the KABC Coaches Clinic is Mike Jacobs, Pitching Coach at Saint Thomas Aquinas with his presentation on “Building Competitive Pitchers.”

Next up, one of our Kansas HS Coaches, Mike Dudley of Blue Valley North HS presenting on “Building Better Infielders: Skills, Drills, & Development!”

Director of Baseball Operations/Offensive Development Coordinator for Western Kentucky Baseball and Kansas native Derek Francis is the next presenter at the KABC Coaches Clinic. Coach Francis spoke on the topic: “Base Running - The Lost Art of Scoring Runs”

Next presenter is Kevin James, Head Coach at Chickasha HS in Oklahoma. Coach James gave a great presentation on “Winning With What You Have: Unlocking Potential With Any Roster!”

Coach Sanagorski of Hutch CC Baseball is leading off Day 2 of the KABC Coaches Clinic with his presentation on “From Philosophy to Mechanics: Developing Hitters Who Compete!”

Congrats to the 2026 KABC Hall of Fame Class Inductees, Chad Christensen of Maize South High School and Mark Percy of Iola High School!

Kansas Association of Baseball Coaches annual clinic in Manhattan. Awesome line up of speakers and a great room of my fellow coaches! ⚾️ 💪 @KABC2020

Final clinician on Day 1 of the 2025 KABC Coaches Clinic is Ryan McGinnis @CoachMcGinnis from Kimberly HS in Wisconsin. Coach McGinnis presented on “Developing & Implementing a Hitting System!”

Taylor Sanagorski, Assistant Coach at Hutch CC ⚾️ presenting on “From Good to Great: Developing Well-Rounded Catchers.”

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Next up is Shane Hawk, Head Coach at Choctaw HS in Oklahoma. Coach Shaw presented in Developing Pitchers at Choctaw, Oklahoma!

First presenter at the KABC Coaches Clinic is Brock Buckingham, 1st year head coach at Pitt State Baseball. Coach Buckingham presented on shutting down the extra 90, PFP’s, and IF Execution!

Our team is here at the KABC over in Manhattan, Kansas! We will be speaking on building connections with highschool programs! Come say hi!

Jeremy Holaday, KSHSAA Baseball Administrator, kicking off the KABC Coaches Clinic with new rules and post season changes for the upcoming season.

Our annual KABC Coaches Clinic kicks off tomorrow at 12:15 at the Bradeberry Indoor Facility. The clinic will then transition to the Bluemont Hotel with the KABC Executive Board starting at 3. We have a great set of speakers and vendors lined up yet again this year!

🚨 KABC All-Star Game Update 🚨 Despite 6" rainfall and a torn tarp at Riverfront Stadium, we’re still playing today! 💪 First pitch: 3 PM Check out the adjusted schedule here 👉 docs.google.com/document/d/1I0… #KABCAllStarGame #GameOn

🚨 KABC All-Star Game Update 🚨 Due to heavy rainfall and a torn tarp at Riverfront Stadium, tomorrow's game will be delayed by 2 hours. ⏰ A final decision on whether the game will proceed will be made by 9 AM. Stay tuned for updates! #KABCAllStarGame #WeatherDelay

KABC Rankings for this week!

KABC Rankings as voted on by member coaches for April 18th, 2025.