The annual ABCA Convention marks the transition of officer positions within the association for the upcoming year. On Friday, January 5, Matt Noone, a 23-year ABCA member and head coach at NCAA Div. III Babson College, officially assumed the role of ABCA President during the ABCA Hall of Fame Banquet presented by C&H Baseball.
Throughout the entirety of 2024, Noone will serve as the President of the association. His journey to ABCA Presidency began when he joined the Board of Directors as the NCAA Div. III Chair. Subsequently, he was elected by the ABCA membership to the position of ABCA Fourth Vice President in 2020. Since then, Noone has played a pivotal role on the ABCA's Board of Directors and Executive Committee, steadily progressing through each Vice Presidential seat. Notably, as the Second Vice President in 2022, Noone organized the entire lineup of clinic speakers for the 2023 ABCA Convention in Nashville.
In a ripple effect, all of the association's existing Vice Presidents also moved up one position. Meanwhile, Kerrick Jackson, who was elected by the ABCA membership as Fourth Vice President in Fall 2023, officially assumed his new role.
Looking ahead, new Second Vice President, John McCormack and Third Vice President, Jim Cahill will arrange the clinic speakers for the 2025 ABCA Convention scheduled for January 2-5 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Washington, D.C..
Here's a look at all of the 2024 American Baseball Coaches Association Officers...
ABCA Board of Directors
The ABCA Board of Directors is the group in charge of leading the largest amateur baseball coaching association in the World. The mission of the Board of Directors, as outlined in the ABCA Bylaws, is to establish the policy and principles of conducting the affairs of the Association, act on Constitution and Bylaw revisions, adopt proposed budgets and oversee financial affairs of the Association and employ the ABCA staff to efficiently conduct the business of the organization. The Board of Directors meets four times annually, twice during the ABCA Convention and twice in June.
The ABCA Board of Directors consists of the following:
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All Past ABCA Presidents
- Current ABCA President
- Matt Noone, Babson College
- Current ABCA Vice Presidents
- First Vice President: Bob Whalen, Dartmouth College
- Second Vice President: John McCormack, Florida Atlantic University
- Third Vice President: Jim Cahill, North Forsyth High School (GA)
- Fourth Vice President: Kerrick Jackson, University of Missouri
- Three Divisional Chairs from the ABCA Executive Committee
- Rob Hahne, Northern Virginia Travel Baseball League (Youth Baseball Chair)
- Scott Laverty, Chapman University (NCAA Div. III Chair)
- Jeff Willis, LSU Eunice (Junior College Chair)