2019 COACHES CLINIC SPEAKERS 
SPEAKERS BEGIN FRIDAY JANUARY 11 @ 9:00 AM

List Subject To Change

Friday January 11th
​9:00 AM

Tripp MaCkay
Head Coach
​ Kennesaw State


Tripp MacKay was named head coach of the Kennesaw State University softball program on June 29 following two seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Texas.
 
Tripp helped the Longhorns to a 66-52 (.559) record and two NCAA postseason appearances while playing in the Big 12.
 
MacKay served eight seasons as part of Patty Gasso's coaching staff at the University of Oklahoma, where as an assistant, he was responsible for working primarily with OU's outfielders and offense.

Friday January 11th
1:30 PM

Michael Shumaker
Assistant Athletic Director
Mississippi College

Michael Shumaker was named the Assistant Athletic Director for Athletic Performance on June 1, 2014, following a two-year stint as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Auburn University.

Shumaker, a Forest, Miss., will be in charge of all strength and conditioning for the 17 intercollegiate sports at Mississippi College, designing and implementing programs for the teams while also overseeing the Charles & Alene Williams Strength Center.
​Shumaker, who went to Radford from Biloxi High School, was a graduate assistant coach at his alma mater, Mississippi State, from 2007-09. During his time in Starkville, he was in charge of the men's and women's track and field squads while assisting with the football and baseball teams.

A 2005 graduate of Mississippi State with a degree in physical education, Shumaker was a member of the MSU baseball and football teams. He then went on to earn his Master of Science in Instructional Technology in 2009 from Mississippi State.

Friday January 11th
​10:30 AM

Kat Ihlenburg
Head Coach 
Georgia Gwinnett 



​The first head coach of the Georgia Gwinnett College softball program, Kat Ihlenburg has developed the Grizzlies into a championship squad built upon toughness, character and a devotion to its community.

Ihlenburg led the program to its first NAIA World Series appearance in 2018 in just its sixth season.
​She has totaled a 241-86-2 (.736) record and back-to-back 50-win seasons in 2018 and 2017.
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Friday January 11th
2:30 PM

Will Lowrey 
President / Founder
Bigger Than Ball Foundation

Bigger Than Ball  was formed in January 2017 to give a vehicle for the message that so many great coaches across the nation are capturing and modeling.  "Coaches hear every day that they must win, but we want to make sure that coaches remember their WHY...It is so easy to fall to the pressure of the extreme competitive nature of sports and get lost in the process, "  says Lowrey, "and we also want to highlight those coaches that understand the larger impact of their platform and the opportunities for the coaching industry in hopes that they will impact their fans and the next generation of coaches."​
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Friday January 11th 
​10:30 AM

Tonya Medders
Assistant Coach
Georgia Gwinnett


She has assisted in the Grizzlies posting consecutive 50-win seasons and hosted the NAIA Opening Round.
Medders joined the Grizzlies after spending the 2016 season as the assistant coach with the University of West Georgia, an NCAA Division II program.
 



Friday January 11th
3:30 PM

​ERNIE YARBROUGH
​GHSA

Associate Director GHSA. Will discuss rule changes and points of emphasis so that you will have your rules clinic requirement completed in January.

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