2007 ABCA/Diamond Coaches of the Year

2007 ABCA/Diamond National Coaches of the Year

NCAA Div. I: Pat Casey, Oregon State
NCAA Div. II: Joe Urso, Tampa (FL)
NCAA Div. III: Neil Ioviero, Kean (NJ)
NAIA: Sam Riggleman, Spring Arbor (MI)
NJCAA Div. I: Jeff Johnson, Chipola (FL)
NJCAA Div. II: Clint Culbertson, Metropolitan-Longview (MO)
NJCAA Div. III: Jon Groth, Tyler (TX)
Pacific Association Division: Dennis Rogers, Riverside City (CA)
High School Div. I: Larry Turner, Owasso (OK)
High School Div. II: Mike Sheppard, Seton Hall Prep (NJ)
High School Div. III: Dave Klontz, Heath (OH)

2007 ABCA/Diamond NCAA Div. I Regional Coaches of the Year
Region	Coach	School	State
Atlantic	Mike Fox	North Carolina	NC
Central	Wayne Graham	Rice	TX
East	Fred Hill	Rutgers	NJ
Mideast	Rich Maloney	Michigan	MI
Midwest	Tim Jamieson	Missouri	MO
Northeast	Ed Blankmeyer	St. John's	NY
South	Tim Corbin	Vanderbilt	TN
West	Pat Casey	Oregon State	OR

2007 ABCA/Diamond NCAA Div. II Regional Coaches of the Year
Region	Coach	School	State
Central	Bob Herold	Nebraska at Omaha	NE
North Atlantic	Chris	Kutztown	PA
North Central	Tracy Blum	Southern Indiana	IN
Northeast	Jayson King	Franklin Pierce	NH
South	Joe Urso	Tampa	FL
South Atlantic	Greg Appleton	Columbus State	GA
South Central	Kevin Brooks	Angelo State	TX
West	Pat Shine	California State at Los Angeles	CA

2007 ABCA/Diamond NCAA Div. III Regional Coaches of the Year
Region	Coach	School	State
Central	Augie Schmidt	Carthage	WI
Mid-Atlantic	Neil Ioviero	Kean	NJ
Mideast	Brian Brewer	Marietta	OH
Midwest	Pat Bloom	Wisconsin-Stevens Point	WI
New England	Bill Holowaty	Eastern Connecticut State	CT
New York	Joe Brown	SUNY Cortland	NY
South	Mike Twardoski	Emory	GA
West	Tom Tereschuk	Chapman	CA

2007 ABCA/Diamond NAIA Regional Coaches of the Year
Region	Coach	School	State
I	Ed Cheff	Lewis-Clark State	ID
II	Paul Svagdis	Azusa Pacific	CA
III	Duane Monlux	Dickinson State	ND
IV	Mike Evans	Bellevue	NE
V	Mike Stockton	William Jewell	MO
VI	Denney Crabaugh	Oklahoma City	OK
VII	Jim Callahan	Saint Ambrose	IA
VIII	Sam Riggleman	Spring Arbor	MI
IX	Keith Veale	Mount Vernon Nazarene	OH
X	Scott Dulin	Fisher	MA
XI	Chris Collins	Trevecca Nazarene	TN
XII	Billy Berry	Tennesee Wesleyan	TN
XIII	Hill Denson	Belhaven	MS
XIV	Manny Mantrana	Saint Thomas	FL

2007 ABCA/Diamond NJCAA Div. I Regional Coaches of the Year
Region	Coach	School	State
1	Jon Wente	Central Arizona	AZ
2	Dale Harpenau	Arkansas-Fort Smith	AR
4	Steve Ruzich	South Suburban	IL
4	Ray Birmingham	New Mexico	NM
6	Dave Burroughs	Cowley County	KS
7	Greg Dennis	Chattanooga State Technical	TN
8	Jeff Johnson	Chipola	FL
10	Tommy Atkinson	Louisburg	NC
11	Marc Rardin	Iowa Western	IA
14	Tom Arrington	San Jacinto North	TX
16	Sam Carel	Jefferson	MO
17	Scot Hemmings	Andrew	GA
18	Tim Chambers	Southern Nevada	NV
20	Doug Little	Potomac State of West Virginia University	WV
22	Bobby Sprowl	Shelton State	AL
23	Joe Scheuermann	Delgado	LA
24	Mitch Hannahs	Lincoln Trail	IL

2007 ABCA/Diamond NJCAA Div. II Regional Coaches of the Year
Region	Coach	School	State
1	Alex Cherney	Scottsdale	AZ
2	Matt Newgent	Redlands	OK
3	Skip Bailey	Monroe	NY
4	Bill Angelo	Elgin	IL
10	Stony Wine	Lenoir	NC
12	Eric Laskovy	Kellogg	MI
13	Mike Davenport	Madison Area Technical	WI
15	Joe Zeccardi	Rockland	NY
16	Clint Culbertson	Metropolitan-Longview	MO
19	Chris Pensak	Lackawanna	PA
20	Rodney Bennett	Frederick	MD
23	Mark Carson	Northwest Mississippi	MS
24	Steve Torricelli	Springfield	IL

2007 ABCA/Diamond NJCAA Div. III Regional Coaches of the Year
Region	Coach	School	State
2	Phil Wilson	North Arkansas	AR
3	Skip Sherman	Genesee	NY
4	Wayne King	Joliet	IL
13	Dwight Kotila	Ridgewater	MN
14	Jon Groth	Tyler	TX
15	Bob Molinaro	Suffolk County-Grant	NY
19	Johnny Johnson	Brookdale	NJ
20	Dan Rascher	Montgomery-Germantown	MD
21	Tom Frizzell	Massasoit	MA

2007 ABCA/Diamond High School Div. I Regional Coaches of the Year
Region	Coach	School	State
1	David Guido	Proctor	NY
2	Jeff Parham	South Caldwell	NC
3	Clyde Metcalf	Sarasota	FL
4	Mike Cameron	Arch Bishop Moeller	OH
5	Ryan McGinnis	Kimberly	WI
6	Larry Turner	Owasso	OK
7	Eric Kibler	Horizon	AR
8	Tom Meusborn	Chatsworth	CA

2007 ABCA/Diamond High School Div. II Regional Coaches of the Year
Region	Coach	School	State
1	Ed Harvey	Fitch	CT
2	Mike Sheppard	Seton Hall Prep	NJ
3	Dave Wheeler	Bishop Moore Catholic	FL
4	Phil Clark	Bartlett	TN
5	Dennis Knoop	Iowa City	IA
6	Jerry Boatner	West Lauderdale	MS
7	Ron Murphy	Rio Rancho	NM
8	John Donohue	Lowell	CA

2007 ABCA/Diamond High School Div. III Regional Coaches of the Year
Region	Coach	School	State
1	Dave Ulmschneider	Portsmouth	RI
2	Mark Gjormand	James Madison	VA
3	Mike Posey	North Florida Christian	FL
4	Dave Klontz	Heath	OH
5	Dennis Hurla	Kansas City-Bishop Ward	KS
6	Lance Spigner	Horatio	AR
7	Scott Knight	Sedro Woolley	WA
8	Joe Potulny	Jesuit	CA

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About the ABCA
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.