Hosted by Ken Carpenter · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 206 episodes
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Baseball Coaches Unplugged is a podcast for insights on high school baseball coaching, travel baseball development, and college recruiting from coaches building winning programs.. Each episode features real conversations about high school baseball coaching, travel baseball development, college recruiting, player development, practice planning, pitching and hitting development, and building a winning baseball culture. If you’re a baseball coach looking for practical ideas on running better practices, developing players, navigating the recruiting process, and leading a successful program, this podcast delivers insights from experienced coaches across high school, travel, and college baseball. Hosted by 27 year veteran high sch;ool baseball coach Ken Carpenter. New episodes drop every Wednesday!
Ken Carpenter hosts BASEBALL COACHES UNPLUGGED, a sports show with 206 episodes published.
Send us Fan Mail The biggest mistake high school players make is treating college baseball like a status contest instead of a development decision. Riley Bender just finished his career at the University of Mary Hardin-B
Send us Fan Mail What does it really mean to build a “fundamentally sound” baseball program? In this episode, we sit down with Eddie Hull, Head Baseball Coach at Charlotte Catholic High School in North Carolina, whose te
Send us Fan Mail A winning program can be built on talent, but it’s sustained by something harder to measure: trust, standards, and relationships that outlive the final box score. I’m joined by recently retired West Virg
Send us Fan Mail College baseball used to give players time to grow up. That window is closing fast, and Troy University head baseball coach Skylar Meade doesn’t sugarcoat why. With transfer portal mobility, rising inves
Send us Fan Mail Preseason rankings feel nice until you realize you start playing the games and now you have to earn everything again. Denison University associate head coach and pitching coach Ryne Romick joins us to ex
Send us Fan Mail Most teams chase talent. The teams that last build an environment that makes talent behave like a teammate. We sit down with Denison University head baseball coach Mike Deegan to talk about what actually
Send us Fan Mail A head coaching interview can be won or lost before you ever shake a hand, and Granville Gehris proves why. We talk with the First Flight High School Head Baseball coach about how he earns trust quickly
Send us Fan Mail One game can erase months of work, and that reality changes how coaches think. We’re joined by Chris Stewart, head baseball coach at Eastern High School in Ohio and host of the Coaching Life Podcast, jus
Send us Fan Mail If baseball has more technology than ever, why are so many players training harder and developing slower? I’m Coach Ken Carpenter, and I want to dig into a problem I keep hearing after more than 200 conv
Send us Fan Mail What do college coaches really look for when they walk up to a field and why do so many talented players are losing out on opportunities? We talk with Ray Birmingham, the winningest coach in University o
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Send us Fan Mail High school baseball seasons rarely fall apart because of talent. More often, it’s the challenges that show up during the season that quietly pull a team off track. So we asked four experienced coaches o
Send us Fan Mail Two hundred episodes sounds like a number until you realize what it represents: 200 chances to sit down with real coaches and talk about what actually builds players. I’m Coach Ken Carpenter, and this mi
Send us Fan Mail The radar gun is loud, but it is not the whole story. I sit down with Crown College recruiting coordinator and pitching coach Ryan Vondracek, a former undersized high school lefty who barely touched 80 a
Send us Fan Mail The majors look glamorous from the stands, but the real game is the pressure, the travel, and the personalities you share a clubhouse with. I’m joined by former MLB outfielder and longtime minor league m
Send us Fan Mail Your smoothest pregame infielder turns into a statue when the game starts, and you can almost see the thoughts rushing in. That flip isn’t random, and it isn’t a mystery flaw in his mechanics. It’s FOMU:
Send us Fan Mail You can tell within the first few pitches whether a high school baseball team has been coached with intention. It's not on the scoreboard — it's in how they carry themselves, communicate on the field, an
Send us Fan Mail Last year, one state lost nearly a third of its umpires and not to retirement. They simply stopped showing up. I’m Coach Ken Carpenter, and I’m putting you in the plate shoes for a few minutes so you can
Send us Fan Mail The swing that wins on a showcase doesn’t always win with two strikes and a runner on second. We sat down with Cloverleaf head coach Aaron DeBord to unpack how to build hitters who make better in-game de
Send us Fan Mail If you’re banking on raw talent to carry you, this conversation will feel like a wake-up call. We break down the real separator in high school baseball—consistency—and show how it outperforms flash, hype
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