COACHES CORNER
Matt Lane-5A Central BaseballCoach of the Year What do you coach and teach and how long have you been at LRCA?
Where did you attend high What do you do in your school and what sports did you spare time- hobbies? I like play while there? to run. It’s a great way to get
I have been at LRCA for 7 years. Have coached SH football, SH baseball and teach Civics.
CONGRATULATIONS to your team on being state runner-up! What was so special about this team that enabled them to achieve this success? The team was
I attended Jacksonville High School. I played football and baseball.
good exercise during a busy season.
What/Who influenced and inspired you to coach baseball?
What is your favorite movie and why? My students would
My high school baseball and American Legion coaches were big role models who inspired me to want to coach baseball. The game of baseball is so intriguing to me. It is a constant battle against giving into failure and also constant adversity. It allows kids to learn skills other than just playing ball at a high level.
always able to come up with the big play/hit in the moment that they needed it. They were also willing to put in the work to accomplishment everything they wanted to.
Who is your favorite major CONGRATULATIONS also to league team? Atlanta Braves your being named 5A Central Baseball Coach of the Year! Who is your favorite major Did you do anything special to league manager? Former Braves celebrate these achievements? manager Bobby Cox Did not do anything special for this but I do want to give the assistant coaches- Guy Brown, Andy Echlin, Cody Perrin- a quick shout out for all of the hard work they put in this year. The award to me signifies all the hard work the kids and coaches put in together this year.
say the original 12 Angry Men is my favorite because over the last 7 years I’ve watched it about 70 plus times. We watch it as part of our law unit in class.
Tell us something about yourself that most people don’t know?
I have been a New Orleans Saints fan for 20 years and I almost cried when they won the Super Bowl in 2010. If anyone has followed the history of the Saints they know how they have been in the past.
Name a few of your all-time favorite baseball players? Cal Ripken, Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine.
If you could have one super power, which one would you want to have and why?
Time travel- I would use this to go back in time whenever I make a coaching call that after the game is over I wish I could have done differently. 1
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