ASSISTANT COACHING STAFF

SEAN GAVIN ’00 • ASSISTANT VARSITY COACH

Coach Gavin begins his 17th year with the Jesuit Dallas baseball program. A Class of 2000 alumni, he was a member of the 1999 TCIL State Championship Baseball Team.

Gavin attended Texas A&M University before leaving for a job in the music business traveling with and managing internationally-known acts. Upon his return to Dallas, Gavin graduated with a degree in interdisciplinary studies from the University of Texas at Dallas in 2008. In addition to his roles with the baseball team, Gavin is the offensive coordinator of the freshman football team, coordinates athletic transportation for Jesuit Dallas Athletics and works with the Jesuit Educational Technology office.

Gavin is a member of the North Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association, the Texas High School Coaches Association and the American Baseball Coaches Association and is certified in both Rapsodo Baseball and Driveline Baseball. He was the Varsity assistant on the 2016 6A UIL State Championship Baseball Team, as well as eight district championship teams during his tenure. He served as assistant to the head of scouting in the Premier Scout League in 2010 and coaches with the United Baseball Club in the summers.

COREY POINTER • JUNIOR VARSITY HEAD COACH

Pointer enters his 14th season with Jesuit Dallas baseball. A graduate of Waxahachie High School, Pointer was a decorated student-athlete, earning UIL All-State First Team plaudits in baseball and second team honors in football during his career while winning a UIL 4A Football State Championship in 1992.

After graduating, Pointer was drafted by the Atlanta Braves as a catcher in the second round of the 1994 Major League Baseball (MLB) Amateur Draft before being traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates in a three-player trade for Danny Neagle. He played for four years in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, including a stint with the Altoona Curve, Pittsburgh’s AA-affiliate.

Beginning his coaching career with the Waxahachie summer team in 2001, Pointer pursued a career coaching select baseball, a post that he has held for the last 13 years, including the last four with the D-Bat association. In 2013, Pointer coached the Texas Marshals in the Texas Collegiate League. At Jesuit, Pointer additionally serves as a varsity football coach and works in the athletics department. Pointer is the proud father of two children, former baseball student-athlete and current UTA-Arlington baseball studentathlete Tyson Pointer ’20 and Brooklyn.

MIKE GRIMES ’86 • FRESHMAN HEAD COACH

Grimes begins his 10th season with Jesuit Dallas after a four-year stint at Thomas Jefferson High School. Inducted into the Jesuit Dallas Sports Hall of Fame in 2000, Grimes was a stellar baseball student-athlete for the Rangers from 1983-86 as a three-time TCIL First Team All-State and two-time All-Metro selection.

After graduating from Jesuit Dallas, Grimes was drafted in the 20th round of the 1986 MLB Amateur Draft by the San Diego Padres, but elected to attend the University of Michigan on a full athletic scholarship. During his time with the Wolverines, Grimes was a three-year starter that finished his career with a 22-5 record, becoming one of only nine players in Michigan baseball history to conclude a season with five or more wins and no losses in a 6-0 freshman campaign. Grimes ended his career as the ninth-winningest pitcher in program history, leading the team with a 2.91 earned run average his sophomore year and concluding his tenure at Ann Arbor with 189 strikeouts.

In 1989, Grimes joined the Oakland Athletics after being drafted in the third round of the 1989 MLB Amateur Draft, competing in the A’s minor league system from 1989-92 before being selected by the Colorado Rockies in the 1992 MLB Expansion Draft. Grimes and his wife, Michelle, live in Dallas, Texas.

Sanchez enters his fifth year at Jesuit Dallas, and his fourth as the director of athletic performance. Joining the staff as the assistant director of athletic performance in 2018, Sanchez served as an intern for the Michigan State strength and conditioning department after stops at Colorado Mesa University, Muir Orthopedic Specialists, and the University of Denver.

Sanchez graduated from Louisiana State University with a master’s degree in kinesiology with a focus in exercise physiology. Sanchez earned his bachelor’s degree in kinesiology with a focus in fitness and health promotion from Colorado Mesa University in 2014. A lacrosse player at Colorado Mesa University, Sanchez was a two-time team captain and All-Western Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association team selection.

Lefebvre begins his first full season at Jesuit Dallas after joining the Rangers’ athletic performance staff in the winter of 2022. Lefebvre arrived at Jesuit following a four-year tenure at the University of North Texas, where he served as an assistant strength and conditioning coach, specializing with the Mean Green’s women’s basketball, women’s tennis and golf programs, and an instructor in the kinesiology department.

Prior to UNT, Lefebvre coached at LSU, Wisconsin-Green Bay, UTEP, Marquette, and FC Dallas. Lefebvre earned his bachelor of science in health promotion and wellness from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, and earned a master’s in sports management at Louisiana State University.