Frank Leoni's guest appearances

Frank Leoni

Top Coach Podcast

Schaefer Baseball Report

Leading the Way

Better Men, Better Ballplayers

OwlTail

Topics: - New NCAA rule where athletes cannot be contacted until their Junior Year. - Recruiting at different levels - COVID shaped recruiting - many laughs

Topics: - New NCAA rule where athletes cannot be contacted until their Junior Year. - Recruiting at different levels - COVID shaped recruiting - many laughs

Frank Leoni - Mount St. Mary’s - NEW NCAA RULE

Bio Current HC at Mt. St. Marys (MD) Former HC at Marymountfour seasons of 20 wins or more 2021 Atlantic East Conference Championship NCAA High Point Regional. Atlantic East Coaching Staff of the Year award.   6 years in a row won ABCA Academic Excellence   Former HC at William &amp; Maryaveraged 28 victories a year with a top mark of 36-21 in 2008.  14 players were drafted by Major League Baseball clubs,   Former HC of Rhode Islandtook the program from a two-win team in 1994 to back-to-back 30-win seasons by the end of his tenure 2010 inductee into the Rhode Island Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame   2015 Martha Vinyard Sharks (Futures Collegiate, now New England)- Co-Manager of the year, League Champs Leoni has led three programs to a combined total of 596 wins Servant leader and builds communities up!    Notes Interviewed every returning player - get to know, thoughts on program We do not want our guys to be devalued as a person! Give each player the fair amount of attention, returning and new Peer reviews at the end of the fall - survey the entire group of players and coachesRank each person according to our values (ACCGL)  Rank each position (hitters, position, starters, relievers, etc) Pick cy young, mvp, rookie of the fall, and top 3 captains   ACCGL Core team values (values represented in the principles)Meetings to talk about who they want to be? How can you make core values more tangible? Need to understand what is most important, before we have that conversation with the team   Team core principles (action statements)Process before results, quality over quantity, everything with a purpose, always compete   Get better as a person and the results follow Overall theme is servant leadership - servant mentality Merit system to help quantify behaviorsExcel sheet for each player Earn and lose points Everything is tied to playing time 7 or more points to be able to play in the game 3 ways to earn pointsAcademic performance Service hours (2 hours - 1pt) Positive cultural experience   Lose pointsLate Bad grades Bad behavior   Send a copy of the points to the team Its about catching them when they do good! Gives kids opportunities to do positive. Guys that do not play all the time, it gives them a value in a program   7 days of service inspired by the book Leaders in the Locker RoomYou need leadership in every level of program 7 different team community service events - team split up between the 7 events, and all ages are part of a team as they plan, organize, and run event   Off season break up into 4 teams and compete in all non-baseball competitions Teach about leadership during the competition - be ready for when adversity strikes We are in a people business! The more I have focused on culture and people the wins take care of themselves X’s and O’s will only take you so far If a player does not invite me to their wedding, I feel I had failed them Culture through practiceThrowing progressions and players leading each other  Skill work - baserunningConditioning through baseball work, not running poles   Hitting - swing practice and hitting practice Team defense - 3 line pitching   Hitters - can we add value to that guy?  Game changers - its how we play the game on the fieldWhen we win game changers we usually win the game Any 2K hit, rbi, Homeruns, leadoff batter, base hit bunts, HBP, positive team contributions For every 5 GC they get stickers, 10 stickers for pitchers and they get pitcher BP   QPA - Quality plate appearances End of every week in the spring we talk about the cool things we did and write on a cookie and put it in the jarBring the jar to the game and put it next to the helmets   Whatever you deem important you will get better Email f.d.leoni@msmary.edu Twitter - @coachleoni, @msm_bsb 

Bio <ul><li>Current HC at Mt. St. Marys (MD)</li> <li>Former HC at Marymount<ul><li>four seasons of 20 wins or more</li> <li>2021 Atlantic East Conference Championship <ul><li>NCAA High Point Regional.</li> <li>Atlantic East Coaching Staff of the Year award.</li> </ul> </li> <li>6 years in a row won ABCA Academic Excellence</li> </ul> </li> <li>Former HC at William &amp; Mary<ul><li>averaged 28 victories a year with a top mark of 36-21 in 2008. </li> <li>14 players were drafted by Major League Baseball clubs,</li> </ul> </li> <li>Former HC of Rhode Island<ul><li>took the program from a two-win team in 1994 to back-to-back 30-win seasons by the end of his tenure</li> <li>2010 inductee into the Rhode Island Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame</li> </ul> </li> <li>2015 Martha Vinyard Sharks (Futures Collegiate, now New England)- Co-Manager of the year, League Champs</li> <li>Leoni has led three programs to a combined total of 596 wins</li> <li>Servant leader and builds communities up!</li> </ul> Notes <ul><li>Interviewed every returning player - get to know, thoughts on program</li> <li>We do not want our guys to be devalued as a person!</li> <li>Give each player the fair amount of attention, returning and new</li> <li>Peer reviews at the end of the fall - survey the entire group of players and coaches<ul><li>Rank each person according to our values (ACCGL) Rank each position (hitters, position, starters, relievers, etc)</li> <li>Pick cy young, mvp, rookie of the fall, and top 3 captains</li> </ul> </li> <li>ACCGL Core team values (values represented in the principles)<ul><li>Meetings to talk about who they want to be?</li> <li>How can you make core values more tangible?</li> <li>Need to understand what is most important, before we have that conversation with the team</li> </ul> </li> <li>Team core principles (action statements)<ul><li>Process before results, quality over quantity, everything with a purpose, always compete</li> </ul> </li> <li>Get better as a person and the results follow</li> <li>Overall theme is servant leadership - servant mentality</li> <li>Merit system to help quantify behaviors<ul><li>Excel sheet for each player</li> <li>Earn and lose points</li> <li>Everything is tied to playing time</li> <li>7 or more points to be able to play in the game</li> <li>3 ways to earn points<ul><li>Academic performance</li> <li>Service hours (2 hours - 1pt)</li> <li>Positive cultural experience</li> </ul> </li> <li>Lose points<ul><li>Late</li> <li>Bad grades</li> <li>Bad behavior</li> </ul> </li> <li>Send a copy of the points to the team</li> <li>Its about catching them when they do good! Gives kids opportunities to do positive.</li> <li>Guys that do not play all the time, it gives them a value in a program</li> </ul> </li> <li>7 days of service inspired by the book Leaders in the Locker Room<ul><li>You need leadership in every level of program</li> <li>7 different team community service events - team split up between the 7 events, and all ages are part of a team as they plan, organize, and run event</li> </ul> </li> <li>Off season break up into 4 teams and compete in all non-baseball competitions</li> <li>Teach about leadership during the competition - be ready for when adversity strikes</li> <li>We are in a people business!</li> <li>The more I have focused on culture and people the wins take care of themselves</li> <li>X’s and O’s will only take you so far</li> <li>If a player does not invite me to their wedding, I feel I had failed them</li> <li>Culture through practice<ul><li>Throwing progressions and players leading each other </li> <li>Skill work - baserunning<ul><li>Conditioning through baseball work, not running poles</li> </ul> </li> <li>Hitting - swing practice and hitting practice</li> <li>Team defense - 3 line pitching</li> </ul> </li> <li>Hitters - can we add value to that guy? </li> <li>Game changers - its how we play the game on the field<ul><li>When we win game changers we usually win the game</li> <li>Any 2K hit, rbi, Homeruns, leadoff batter, base hit bunts, HBP, positive team contributions</li> <li>For every 5 GC they get stickers, 10 stickers for pitchers and they get pitcher BP</li> </ul> </li> <li>QPA - Quality plate appearances</li> <li>End of every week in the spring we talk about the cool things we did and write on a cookie and put it in the jar<ul><li>Bring the jar to the game and put it next to the helmets</li> </ul> </li> <li>Whatever you deem important you will get better</li> <li>Email <a href="mailto:f.d.leoni@msmary.edu">f.d.leoni@msmary.edu</a></li> <li>Twitter - @coachleoni, @msm_bsb</li> </ul>

95 - Frank Leoni: Mt. St. Mary’s University (MD)

Frank Leoni: Mount Baseball and Developing Leadership

Frank Leoni has had quite a journey — from his head coaching position at his alma mater, Rhode Island, to his last D1 head coaching position at William &amp; Mary to his current position at [...]

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