Coaching Staff
Head Coach:
Willie Madrid
Willie has been coaching fastpitch softball for over 15 years. Currently
assistant coach at Mission College, and while coaching high
schools in his career; namely, Los Altos, Cupertino, Archbishop Mitty
and Del Mar, he has managed to simultaneously coach his travel teams in
ASA softball competition.
He started his coaching career with the sport he loved, played, and
knew best “Football”, at Silver Creek HS in the late 70’s. He then
moved on to coach football at Overfelt HS in 1982, and after 8
successful seasons there and 6 more seasons at several other Bay Area
high schools, he, like every other father-daughter coach, added
fastpitch to his already busy coaching schedule. Both daughters took an
interest in softball, and so did he, not only learning about the sport,
but also learning from his daughters the difference in "gender approach"
coaching. Willie not only loved the sport of softball but also
loved coaching the different challenges that females bring to the
competitive sport. Both of his daughters, now over 24 years old,
played Fastpitch softball in HS and travel ball.
So why does he still coach? “I’ve been coaching for a long time, I
still enjoy the competition and the preparation for a tournament, the
fire is still burning, and I’m still learning about life thru the
players”.
He expects the best from his players. And over his many years of
coaching, he’s gotten it. According to his coaching philosophy is built
on fitness and mental characteristics. "Our players need to be in great
condition. Our style of play is intense, attacking softball”.
In our system, every player has the chance to play up and excel."
He looks to provide a future, both academically and athletically, to his
athletes and students.
He
considers a quality education vital to the success of every athlete. He
has had remarkable success at each level of coaching. However, he
considers his greatest accomplishments, not to be the many wins, but the
many players that he has helped to develop into quality football /
softball athletes as well as responsible human beings.
Kent Shain
coming soon
Eric Blum
coming soon
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