ABCA/ATEC Coaches of the Year

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2025 ABCA/ATEC National Coaches of the Year

NCAA Div. I: Jay Johnson, LSU

NCAA Div. II: Joe Urso, Tampa (Fla.)

NCAA Div. III: John Vodenlich, Wisconsin-Whitewater

NAIA: Brad Neffendorf, LSU Shreveport

NJCAA Div. I: David Nelson, Salt Lake (Utah)

NJCAA Div. II: Lyndon Coleman, Pasco-Hernando State (Fla.)

NJCAA Div. III: Rob Valli, RCSJ Gloucester (N.J.)

Pacific Association Division: John Knott, Mt. San Antonio (Calif.)

High School Div. I: Joe Giummule, Jupiter (Fla.)

High School Div. II: Chris Roof, Governor Livingston (N.J.)

High School Div. III: Josh Raney, Blanchard (Okla.)

2025 ABCA/ATEC NCAA Div. I Regional Coaches of the Year
Region	Coach	School	State
Northeast	Mike Glavine	Northeastern	MA
East	Steve Sabins	West Virginia	WV
Atlantic	Kevin Schnall	Coastal Carolina	SC
Southeast	Butch Thompson	Auburn	AL
Midwest (co-coach)	Marc Rardin	Western Kentucky	KY
Midwest (co-coach)	Dan Skirka	Murray State	KY
South	Jay Johnson	LSU	LA
Central	Pat Hallmark	UTSA	TX
West	Mitch Canham	Oregon State	OR

2025 ABCA/ATEC NCAA Div. II Regional Coaches of the Year
Region	Coach	School	State
East	Chris Langan	Felician	NJ
Atlantic	John Kochmansky	East Stroudsburg	PA
Southeast	Adam Skonieczki	Lenoir-Rhyne	NC
South	Joe Urso	Tampa	FL
Midwest	Al Ready	Indianapolis	IN
Central	Kyle Crookes	Central Missouri	MO
South Central (co-coach)	Kevin Brooks	Angelo State	TX
South Central (co-coach)	Brent Porche	Texas-Tyler	TX
West	Joe Schaefer	Northwest Nazarene	ID

2025 ABCA/ATEC NCAA Div. III Regional Coaches of the Year
Region	Coach	School	State
I	Eric Cirella	Salve Regina	RI
II	Bryan Haley	Endicott	MA
III	Justin Beach	SUNY Brockport	NY
IV	Neil Ioviero	Kean	NJ
V	Bob Babb	Johns Hopkins	MD
VI	Andrew Gipson	Belhaven	MS
VII	Mike Deegan	Denison	OH
VIII	Adrian Santiago	MSOE	WI
IX	John Vodenlich	Wisconsin-Whitewater	WI
X	Tim Scannell	Trinity University	TX

2025 ABCA/ATEC NAIA Regional Coaches of the Year
Opening Rd.	Coach	School	State
Opening Rd.	Chris Pritchett	British Columbia (Canada)	BC
Opening Rd.	Brad Shelton	Cumberlands	KY
Opening Rd.	Jeremy Sheetinger	Georgia Gwinnett	GA
Opening Rd.	Doug Brinker	Grand View	IA
Opening Rd.	Larry Mahoney	Hope International	CA
Opening Rd.	Jeremy Kennedy	Loyola New Orleans	LA
Opening Rd.	Brad Neffendorf	LSU Shreveport	LA
Opening Rd.	Gabe Grinder	Southeastern	FL
Opening Rd.	Billy Berry	Tennessee Wesleyan	TN
Opening Rd.	Collin Martin	Webber International	FL

2025 ABCA/ATEC NJCAA Div. I Regional Coaches of the Year
District	Coach	School	State
Appalachian	Dave Shelton	Walters State	TN
East	Preston McDonald	Florence-Darlington Tech	SC
Mid-South	Dusty Hart	Blinn	TX
Midwest	Julio Godinez	Lake Land	IL
Plains	Eric Horner	Johnson County	KS
South	Bobby Sprowl	Shelton State	AL
South Atlantic	Zac Cole	Florida SouthWestern State	FL
South Central	Dru Sebastian	Eastern Oklahoma State	OK
Southwest	Tyler Johnson	McLennan	TX
West	David Nelson	Salt Lake	UT

2025 ABCA/ATEC NJCAA Div. II Regional Coaches of the Year
District	Coach	School	State
Central	Chris Razo	Heartland	IL
East	Mike McCarry	Lackawanna	PA
Great Lakes	Eric Laskovy	Kellogg	MI
Gulf (co-coach)	Neal Holliman	East Central	MS
Gulf (co-coach)	Michael Avalon	Pearl River	MS
Mid-Atlantic	Rodney Bennett	Frederick	MD
Midwest	Mike Davenport	Madison	WI
North Plains (co-coach)	Eric Stein	Iowa Central	IA
North Plains (co-coach)	Justin Schulte	Southeastern	IA
South	Lyndon Coleman	Pasco-Hernando State	FL
South Atlantic	Marshall McDonald	Catawba Valley	NC
West	Todd Eastin	South Mountain	AZ

2025 ABCA/ATEC NJCAA Div. III Regional Coaches of the Year
District	Coach	School	State
Great Lakes	Bill Fratto	Oakton	IL
Mid-Atlantic	Mark Tucker	Surry	NC
North	Matt Clingersmith	SUNY Niagara	NY
North Atlantic (co-coach)	Johnny Johnson	Brookdale	NJ
North Atlantic (co-coach)	Rob Valli	RCSJ Gloucester	NJ
North Plains	Matthew Erzar	Century	MN
Northeast	Jeff Mejia	Northern Essex	MA
South Central	Jimmy Brenneman	Dallas-Richland	TX

2025 ABCA/ATEC Pacific Association Div. Regional Coaches of the Year
Region	Coach	School	State
Northern California	Damon Neidlinger	Santa Rosa	CA
Southern California	John Knott	Mt. San Antonio	CA
Northwest	Andy Peterson	Linn-Benton	OR

2025 ABCA/ATEC High School Div. I Regional Coaches of the Year
Region	Coach	School	State
1	Chris Metz	Souhegan	NH
2	Charlie Goss	North Lincoln	NC
3	Joseph Giummule	Jupiter	FL
4	Zach Hobbs	McCracken County	KY
5	Ben Baier	Blue Springs South	MO
6	Eddie Cornblum	Midway	TX
7	David Webb	Corona del Sol	AZ
8	Rigo Ledezma	Point Loma	CA

2025 ABCA/ATEC High School Div. II Regional Coaches of the Year
Region	Coach	School	State
1	Matt Roventini	Poly Prep	NY
2	Chris Roof	Governor Livingston	PA
3	Marc Gilmore	Newnan	GA
4	Brian Hetland	Clarksville	TN
5	Mike Hill	Lawrence Free State	KS
6	Jacob Clay	Mineral Wells	TX
7	Bryan Swygart	Middleton	ID
8	Andy Rojo	St. John Bosco	CA

2025 ABCA/ATEC High School Div. III Regional Coaches of the Year
Region	Coach	School	State
1	Alphonse Lambert	Saratoga Central Catholic	NY
2	Billy Wagner	The Miller School	VA
3	Tim Fanning	Glenwood	AL
4	Brandon Bassham	Eagleville	TN
5	Jon Fitzpatrick	Martensdale-St. Marys	IA
6	Josh Raney	Blanchard	OK
7	Jim Polson	Forge Christian	CO
8	David Trujillo	Menlo School	CA

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The ABCA, founded in 1945, is the primary professional organization for baseball coaches at the amateur level. Its over 15,000 members represent all 50 states and 41 countries. Since its initial meeting of 27 college baseball coaches in June 1945, Association membership has broadened to include nine divisions: NCAA Division I, II and III, NAIA, NJCAA, Pacific Association Division, High School, Youth and Travel Baseball.