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We are joined by Arlo Evasick form Top Tier sports talking about the crossover between High School and Summer Baseball relationships. And talk recruiting for youth baseball.

Throw back to Season 1 with Mike Archer Selah High School and Billy Boyer Detriot Tigers talking infield play

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Lenny Ayres Kennewick HS Part 2!

Lenny Ayres Head Coach Kennewick High School

Part two we dive in deeper to coaching hitters and much much more.

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David Olson Co-Head Coach Bellevue CC Part 1 We dive into his path in coaching, being a coach in the PNW and we dive into a great discusion about hitting and offense.

Part 2 with Erik Karns Head Coach Coeur D'Alene High School

Erik Karns from Coeur D'Alene High School, Talking all things Idaho High School Baseball and start to dive into how the Vikings build their offensive program

Part two with head coach from Eastern Oregon University Kyle Treadway as we wrap up this fun episode!

Head Coach of Eastern Orego University Kyle Treadway joins us to talk building his program, and we will dive into some great pitching talk!

Part 2 Derek Weldon Olympia High School and CO-Owner 643 Charts

Kick off Episode with Derek Weldon from Olympia High School and Co-owner of 643 Charts Part 1 of this great interview. For the full episode NOW you can see the fun unedited version on our Youtube Page.

We dive into how coach likes to teach his offense, how he impacts his youth levels in his community!

Welcome back to Season 4 of the Pacific Northwest Fungo Banter!!!! Episode 1 will be coming out later this week! Lets get ready for another great season talking shop, and highlighting all the great coaches of the Pacific Northwerst.

Part 2 with Wyatt Tonkin Shorewood High School. In Part two we get into story time with Coach. 

A week out from the Washington State Baseball coaches association clinic in Moses Lake, we sit down and recap with Brian Jackson and Kevin Agnew. And we look forward to the 2024 clinic

If your ready for a do not miss episode this is the one! Great conversation with Coach Lupinksi from Lower Columbia

We sit down with head coach of the Lower Columbia RedDevils Kurt Lupinski talking Red Devil Baseball 

Part 2 with Max Price South Salem High School

Max Price South Salem High School and the voice of The High School Coaches Club Podcast

Kicking off season 5 with Richland High School's Grant Richardson press off a perfect 27-0 State Championship season! We cover the 27-0 run. We also dive into his 2018 season where he was "Fired" got his job back and went on to win the state championship in 2018. A must listen to all head coaches especially young guys fresh into the coaching profession.

We dive into the nuts and bolts of infield play and coaching up our high school athletes 

Part 2 of our interview with CJ Perry Head coach at Whitworth University, we dive into pitching and developing arms in the PNW

2019 Northwest conference coach of the year and Head Coach of Whitworth University in Spokane Washington CJ Perry

Part 1 with Head Baseball Coach from Ellensburg High School Todd Gibson, We cover culture, mental game, and sustaining a program thats created a final 4 tradition for over a decade 

Ryan Lennerton Head Coach A&M Consolidated, College Station Texas. His roots are in the Pacific Northwest, north of the border. We cover baseball in Canada, baseball in Texas, and dive into being a low tech guy in a big tech world! 

New website is live! www.fungobanterpnw.com

Scott Parrish Colfax High School Head Coach, Joins us to talk some Bulldog Baseball, Palouse Summer Series Baseball, and how they are preparing for the 2021 season 

We wrap up season 4 with a bang! Sonny Garza from Othello High School talks The Othello Way, Infield play, and breaks down middle infield work.

Happy to be joined by Craig Driver the 1st Base Coach, and Catching Coach for the Chicago Cubs. We talk about his roots in the PNW. The inside track on coaching first base, and dive into some catching towards the end. 

Joined by Coach Stefan McGovern Columbia Basin Community College Head Coach, We dive into his path to the PNW. Along with having the honest discussions with players, and the process of keeping kids fired up through this shutdown. 

Tommy Richards Head Coach at Bushnell University, Talks us through the exciting times of being the guy at the helm to start up the baseball program at Bushnell U in Eugene Oregon. 

Coach Baker joins us from Biola University. We dive into his roots of the PNW, Recruiting, and into a great hitting conversation as we get to the 7th inning stretch. 

We head to Boise Idaho to talk shop with Head Coach Brian Champion, from Centennial High School. How to build your program in your community,  involving little league, and keeping practices moving. 

Fungo banter heads north for a great interview with Ken Ottinger, Head coach of Wasilla High School in Wasilla Alaska,  We dive into all things Alaska baseball. Cover what great summer ball opportunities there are for people to head North and play some quality baseball while giving kids a trip of a lifetime. 

Joined by a long time Pacific Northwest coach Joe Ross, Who is currently working as a Northwest area scout for the Kansas City Royals. He was a long time coach at the University of Washington, and also coached for the Cougs of Washington State for a year. We dive into talk about recruiting, scouting, and then end with his takes on being a hitting coach.

This episode we are joined by long time Pacific Northwest coach Gregg Swenson. We talk through his stops along the way of his coaching carrier. We dive into arm care in the PNW, especially for youth baseball. And we wrap it up with recommendations on a couple of the best burgers in the state of Washington! 

We wrap up season 1, revisiting some of our guests from the first season. Also announce our next Fungo Banter swag giveaway! 

Max BP Co-Founders Neil McConnell and Brian Greene talk about how the company started and how to use their great tools to benefit your program. Best fast reaction tools on the market

Coach Fergus from the Northwest, currently with the Minnesota Twins joins us for a two part interview. This part 1 we cover his path in baseball, why being a coach in the Pacific Northwest is so special. And we talk alot about the mental game of baseball. 

Today we are joined by Hannah Huesman, Mental Skills Coach of the Philadelphia Phillies. Breaking down the mental game of baseball, processes to practice the mental game. And why its so important in life as well as the great game of baseball! 

Today were joined by Ryan Divish, the Seattle Mariners beat writer for the Seattle Times. We talk about growing up playing baseball in Montana, his path into journalism, and he tells some stories about the day to day life as a beat writer.