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	Podcast:		Baseball Outside the Box - Coaching Podcast
	Episode:		Greg Frady Former Georgia State College Baseball Winningest Coach, Former WBC German National Team Manager.
	Category:		Sports & Recreation
	Duration:		01:12:39
	Publish Date:		2020-10-27 19:00:25
	Description:		Greg Frady (born December 2, 1962)^[1] is an American college baseball coach. He was most recently the head coach of the Georgia State Panthers baseball team since the start of the 2007 season until the end of the 2019 season. He also served as general manager of the German National team. Frady was the head coach at North Florida Community College from 1990–1996. Before serving as North Florida Community College head coach, Frady played for Troy from 1984–1987. He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Columbus State University. From 1997–2003, he served as an assistant at Central Florida before being hired as an assistant coach at Georgia State in 2004. He became general manager for the German national team in 2004 and head coach at Georgia State in 2007. Since becoming manager for the German national baseball team, the team has gone from having to qualify to enter tournaments to being ranked 17th in the world rankings.^[2] While coaching in Germany, Frady has recruited players from the nation to play for the Georgia State Panthers team, as well as inviting Dirk Fries, assistant coach to him on the German team and coach of the München-Haar Disciples, to Atlanta for a week to gain insight into American baseball coaching techniques.^[3] Frady was hired by the team in 2004, leading them through the 2004 European Championships.^[4] Coaching career[edit] North Florida Community College After completing his graduate program at Columbus State University, Frady was hired by North Florida Community College to serve as head coach where he racked up a record of 187-112.^[5] During his time at NFCC, he served as Rotary Club president in Madison, Florida.^[5] Georgia State Frady began his career at Georgia State in 2004, working as an associate coach under former head coach Mike Hurst. After Hurst's retirement, Frady was promoted to head coach where he racked up a record of 228-173-1 over his first 7 years. This represents the second most wins in Georgia State History, shadowed only by Mike Hurst's 293 wins.^[5] During his tenure, the Panthers won their first conference tournament championship, taking them to the NCAA regional tournament for the first time ever.^[6] The 39 wins made that season also represented the record for most wins in a season.^[5] During the 2010 season, his Panthers led the nation in runs per game, and during the 2011 season, the Panthers made a school-record ERA.^[5] Things Discussed: Coach Frady is outstanding, articulate, smart, a great teacher, educator and role model. Winner of the 2020 American Baseball Coach Association Dave Keilitz Ethics in coaching award. In the Georgia Dugout Club and German Baseball Hall of Fames. Things discussed: Coach talks a lot about leadership and college baseball. College Baseball and what coaches look for in players. Scholarships available and better ways then just trying to get a scholarship. When coach Frady goes to a game what does he look for in a player. Visits at colleges, what goes on, who attends, what players should be asking. How to get looked at by colleges. Developing a winning culture in college and with international teams. They discuss the German National Team program as well as other international teams. What is the hardest thing about coaching in college and Internationally? Advice to young coaches looking to get into college baseball as a coach. As a coach, how do you keep the players on the bench happy. How do you use your bench players so they keep learning and ready to play. Pitch hitters and what they should do to keep ready to get into the game. Players using social media for the good and bad, players should be careful how they use social media. Is the coach in favor or against the DH and why. Robot umpires are going to be the future, is coach for it or not, and why. Running a practice in college or with an international team, different and if so, why. Managing people is the key to being a very good coach. And so much more. Twitter @baseballout You Tube Peter Caliendo Face Book Baseball Outside the Box, Caliendo Sports International, Peter Caliendo Podcast web site: www.baseballoutsidethe box.com Twitter @baseballout www.wbsc.org About the Show: Website: baseballoutsidethebox.com Facebook: Baseball Outside The Box Educational Podcast Twitter: @baseballout Email questions or comments to the show: info@baseballoutsidethebox.com Get Baseball Outside The Box on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Podbean, and more. Brought to you by LineupMedia.fm. The post Greg Frady Former Georgia State College Baseball Winningest Coach, Former WBC German National Team Manager. appeared first on Baseball Outside The Box.
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