ABCA/ATEC Coaches of the Year

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2024 ABCA/ATEC National Coaches of the Year

NCAA Div. I: Tony Vitello, Tennessee

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

NCAA Div. III: Pete Egbert, Misericordia (Pa.)

NAIA: Larry Mahoney, Hope International (Calif.)

NJCAA Div. I: Dusty Hart, Blinn (Texas)

NJCAA Div. II: Jeff Willis, LSU Eunice

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

Pacific Association Division: Sommer McCartney, Saddleback (Calif.)

High School Div. I: Marc Johnson, Cherry Creek (Colo.)

High School Div. II: Jim Ozella, Hart (Calif.)

High School Div. III: Brian Fowler, Taylor (Ark.)

2024 ABCA/ATEC NCAA Div. I Regional Coaches of the Year
Region	Coach	School	State
Northeast	Mike Glavine	Northeastern	MA
East	Randy Mazey	West Virginia	WV
Atlantic	Scott Forbes	North Carolina	NC
Southeast	Tony Vitello	Tennessee	TN
Midwest	Wes Carroll	Evansville	IN
South	Lane Burroughs	Louisiana Tech	LA
Central	Skip Johnson	Oklahoma	OK
West	Andrew Checketts	UC Santa Barbara	CA

2024 ABCA/ATEC NCAA Div. II Regional Coaches of the Year
Region	Coach	School	State
East	Chris Shank	Southern New Hampshire	NH
Atlantic	Steve Kline	Indiana-Pennsylvania	PA
Southeast	Jim Gantt	Catawba	NC
South	Joe Urso	Tampa	FL
Midwest	Al Ready	Indianapolis	IN
Central	Kyle Crookes	Central Missouri	MO
South Central	Kevin Brooks	Angelo State	TX
West	Justin James	Point Loma Nazarene	CA

2024 ABCA/ATEC NCAA Div. III Regional Coaches of the Year
Region	Coach	School	State
I	Jesse Woods	Colby	ME
II	Bryan Haley	Endicott	MA
III	Thomas Seay	SUNY New Paltz	NY
IV	Pete Egbert	Misericordia	PA
V	Troy Brohawn	Salisbury	MD
VI	Ray Hedrick	Randolph-Macon	VA
VII	Mike Deegan	Denison	OH
VIII	Grant Bellak	Hanover	IN
IX	John Vodenlich	Wisconsin-Whitewater	WI
X	Scott Winterburn	La Verne	CA

2024 ABCA/ATEC NAIA Regional Coaches of the Year
Region	Coach	School	State
Opening Rd.	Joe McDonald	Arizona Christian	AZ
Opening Rd.	Brad Shelton	Cumberlands	KY
Opening Rd.	Jeremy Sheetinger	Georgia Gwinnett	GA
Opening Rd.	Larry Mahoney	Hope International	CA
Opening Rd.	Brett Neffendorf	Indiana-Southeast	IN
Opening Rd.	Bill Neale	Kansas Wesleyan	KS
Opening Rd.	Jonathan Burton	Reinhardt	GA
Opening Rd.	Adrian Dinkel	Southeastern	FL
Opening Rd.	Billy Berry	Tennessee Wesleyan	TN
Opening Rd.	Bobby Halford	William Carey	MS

2024 ABCA/ATEC NJCAA Div. I Regional Coaches of the Year
District	Coach	School	State
Appalachian	Dash O'Neill	Georgia Highlands	GA
East	Preston McDonald	Florence-Darlington Tech	SC
Mid-South	Dusty Hart	Blinn	TX
Midwest	Ryan Cougill	Iowa Western	IA
Plains	Eric Horner	Johnson County	KS
South	Bobby Sprowl	Shelton State	AL
South Atlantic	Doug Martin	Northwest Florida State	FL
South Central	Travis Lallemand	Crowder	MO
Southwest	Tyler Johnson	McLennan	TX
West	Nick Garritano	Southern Nevada	NV

2024 ABCA/ATEC NJCAA Div. II Regional Coaches of the Year
District	Coach	School	State
Central	Chris Razo	Heartland	IL
East	Billy McClure	Westchester	NY
Great Lakes	Eric Laskovy	Kellogg	MI
Gulf	Neal Holliman	East Central	MS
Gulf	Jeff Willis	LSU Eunice	LA
Mid-Atlantic	Dan Rascher	Montgomery	MD
Midwest	Mike Davenport	Madison	WI
North Plains	Nic Mishler	Des Moines Area	IA
North Plains	Justin Schulte	Southeastern	IA
South	Ross Jones	St. Johns River State	FL
South Atlantic	Robbie Allen	Brunswick	NC
West	Cannon Lester	South Arkansas	AR

2024 ABCA/ATEC NJCAA Div. III Regional Coaches of the Year
District	Coach	School	State
Great Lakes	Matt Gould	DuPage	IL
Mid-Atlantic	Daniel Rollins	Camp	VA
North	Lane Potter	Herkimer	NY
North Atlantic	Rob Valli	RCSJ Gloucester	NJ
Northeast	Jeff Mejia	Northern Essex	MA
North Plains	David Kroger	St. Cloud Tech	MN
South Central	Michael Martin	Dallas-Eastfield	TX
South Central	Jimmy Brenneman	Dallas-Richland	TX

2024 ABCA/ATEC Pacific Association Division Regional Coaches of the Year
Region	Coach	School	State
Northern California	Reed Peters	San Joaquin Delta	CA
Southern California	Sommer McCartney	Saddleback	CA
Northwest	Andy Peterson	Linn-Benton	OR

2024 ABCA/ATEC High School Div. I Regional Coaches of the Year
Region	Coach	School	State
1	Matt Rehbit	Bethlehem Central	NY
2	Matt Miller	Frankfort	WV
3	Ryan Page	Lowndes	GA
4	Curt Bly	Mason	OH
5	Jake Adams	Harrisburg	SD
6	Wade Simoneaux	West Monroe	LA
7	Marc Johnson	Cherry Creek	CO
8	Tony Mills	Liberty	CA

2024 ABCA/ATEC High School Div. II Regional Coaches of the Year
Region	Coach	School	State
1	Sal Coppola	Amity	CT
2	Craig Zimmerman	Poquoson	VA
3	Brent Moseley	Starr's Mill	GA
4	Matt Buckner	Farragut	TN
5	Scott McGee	Willard	MO
6	John Morgan	Marlow	OK
7	Russ Wright	Owyhee	ID
8	Jim Ozella	Hart	CA

2024 ABCA/ATEC High School Div. III Regional Coaches of the Year
Region	Coach	School	State
1	Scott Steltz	Chatham Central	NY
2	Max Newill	Bridgewater-Raritan	NJ
3	Brian Campbell	North Broward Prep	FL
4	Bob Riker	Brother Rice	MI
5	Mike Watt	St. Mary's Colgan	KS
6	Brian Fowler	Taylor	AR
7	Jason Jarrett	Tri-Cities Prep	WA
8	Derek DeBenedetti	Cardinal Newman	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.