COACHES & BIO'S

High School Staffs 2021-2022

2023 Team - Scott Peddicord & Steve Miller

Scott Peddicord - Graduate of the University of Maryland Baltimore County where he played baseball from 2006-2008 and was an All-Conference Outfielder. Coach Peddicord is the current head varsity baseball coach at Atholton high school. Coach Peddicord for the past five seasons has served as the head coach for the Rawlings A’s Prospects 16/17u and has guided numerous players through the college recruiting process.

Steve Miller – current Head Varsity baseball coach at Dematha High School and Co-Founder of the Rawlings A's Prospects. Former K.C. Royals Area Scout and Mid-Atlantic Scouting Supervisor for Detroit Tigers. Played at the University of Maryland, San Francisco Giants and San Diego Padres. Former head baseball coach at Archbishop Spalding high school 2002-2010.

2023 Team - Miguel Santa & Will Parker Jr.

Miguel Santa is a graduate of Drexel University with a Master’s Degree in Sports Management. Along with a strong sports academic background, he brings over 12 years of youth and high school baseball coaching and teaching experience from the Philadelphia and Suburban Pennsylvania area. From 2019-2021, he enhanced his coaching skills by teaching and training elite athletes at the Maplezone Sports Institute (now Ascent Athlete) as the head coach of the 9u, 11u, 16u Blue and 22u Black Teams. His teams competed in and won a championship in his tenure there. He brings competitive baseball experience as well as player development acumen to the program.

 
Will Parker Jr. joins the program with vast baseball experience. As a graduate of Bowie High School class of 2003, he was a rock steady middle infielder for the #2 Ranked High School Baseball program in the nation. He played in college for UNCC and at Anne Arundel Community College. The former Bulldog, also currently serving as MPDC's finest, rekindled his love for the game a few years ago and entered the coaching scene to develop our young players of tomorrow. 

 

 

 

 

2024 Team - Matt Shin & George Gaylord

Coach Shin has been involved with youth and high school baseball for over 7 years and has coached various age levels within our program. Most recently he served as our 2023 head coach and currently serves as our Director of Player Development. Coach Shin is a graduate from Arundel High School and the University of Maryland where he served as a player / coach on the UMD Club Baseball team. Coach Shin’s players have experiences tremendous growth under his guidance and have found success both on and off the field. The high school coaching staff will provide assistance to the staff with practice and developmental training.

2025 Team - Brendan McGowan

Brendan McGowan – former all MET player at Archbishop Spalding high school and pitcher at Catholic University. Pitching coordinator for the Rawlings A’s Prospects Prep team. Current Vice President of Baseball Operation for the Rawlings A’s Prospects and head coach of the Rawlings 16u.

Brendan McGowan - Pitching Coordinator

Brendan McGowan – former all MET player at Archbishop Spalding high school and pitcher at Catholic University. Pitching coordinator for the Rawlings A’s Prospects Prep team. Current Vice President of Baseball Operation for the Rawlings A’s Prospects and head coach of the Rawlings 16u.

rly played centerfield for the University of Maryland and was the 2018 Big Ten Network Defensive Player of the year!! Zach has previously coached the Rawlings A’s Prospects 2022 Team.

Youth Teams 2021-2022

7U - David Hicks

We are excited for the inaugural season of our 7u team!! Coach Hicks has years of coaching experince on every level.  He returns to the 7u age group to teach the game the right way so the players develop a love and their talents at the same time.  

8U - Justino Lopez & Kirk Hunter

With one season behind us Coach Lopez is looking forward to challenging this great group of players!! We look forward to another successful year!!

9U - JP Quinn

We are excited for the inaugural season of our 9u team!! Coach Quinn was an assist coach on our 8u team for the 2020-2021 season. His focus will be on player development. 

10U - Beau Brown

Beau Brown has been a staple in the local baseball community for several years now. Coach Brown has previously coached the Kent Island 10U and has been with the Rawlings A’s Prospects for the past three season’s coaching the 11U, 12U and 13U Prospects. Coach Brown led the inaugural visit of the Rawlings A’s Prospects 12U visit to Cooperstown Dream Park. C

11U - Bernie Granzow & Josh Shirlen

Bernie Granzow – played his high school baseball at the prestige’s DeMatha Catholic and graduated in 1997. Immediately after high school Coach Granzow started his coaching career at St. Joseph’s Catholic grade school and throughout the Bowie baseball organizations. Coach Granzow has coached at numerous age levels brining a strong focus on fundamentals and player development.

 

11U - Derrick Dawson

Coming soon

12U - Joe McVey & Staff

Coach Joe McVey has been coaching youth baseball at all age levels for the past 13 years. For the summer of 2020 he was the head coach of both and 10u and 18u travel team. Coach McVey’s primary focus is player development, bringing the love of the game and mentoring his athletes. His players all know his slogan “Respect yourself, Respect each other and Respect the game!!” Coach McVey brings lots of enthusiasm and expects it in return from his players. We are excited to add Coach McVey to our program and look forward to watching him develop the 11u team during the 2020-2021 season.

13U - Bernie Granzow and Josh Shirlen

Bernie Granzow – played his high school baseball at the prestige’s DeMatha Catholic and graduated in 1997. Immediately after high school Coach Granzow started his coaching career at St. Joseph’s Catholic grade school and throughout the Bowie baseball organizations. Coach Granzow has coached at numerous age levels brining a strong focus on fundamentals and player development.

 

13U - Tim Rathell

Tim Rathell has years of experience coaching youth baseball at all age levels. For several years he coached our 12u head coach. Coach Rathell focuses on teaching the game the “right way”, win a lot of games, and help your player develop fully and reach his baseball goals. 

 

14U – Beau Brown & Bob Lamb

Beau Brown has been a staple in the local baseball community for several years now. Coach Brown has previously coached the Kent Island 10U and has been with the Rawlings A’s Prospects for the past three season’s coaching the 11U, 12U and 13U Prospects. Coach Brown led the inaugural visit of the Rawlings A’s Prospects 12U visit to Cooperstown Dream Park. Coach Brown led our 2018-2019 13u team to a very strong season earning high accolades from Perfect Game Top 50 teams.

Bob Lamb has over 30 years of coaching experience including time coaching in college and high school. Bob served on the high school staff at Annapolis and South River and at Essex community college. In addition, he has coached at various youth programs around the state, the most recent as, the head coach for the SYRA 14u who won the 2018 CBA Championship

 

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