ABCA/ATEC Coaches of the Year

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2026 ABCA/ATEC National Coaches of the Year

NCAA Div. I: Skip Johnson, Oklahoma

NCAA Div. II: Joe Urso, Tampa (Fla.)

NCAA Div. III: Mike Deegan, Denison (Ohio)

NAIA: Billy Berry, Tennessee Wesleyan

NJCAA Div. I: Eric Horner, Johnson County (Kan.)

NJCAA Div. II: Michael Avalon, Pearl River (Miss.)

NJCAA Div. III: Matt Clingersmith, SUNY Niagara

Pacific Association Division: Tom Nilles, Santa Ana (Calif.)

High School Div. I: Mike Woods, Hamilton (Ariz.)

High School Div. II: Ryan Whiteley, Carl Albert (Okla.)

High School Div. III: Josh Allison, Valley View (Ark.)

2026 ABCA/ATEC NCAA Div. I Regional Coaches of the Year
Region	Coach	School	State
Northeast	Mike Hampton	St. John's	NY
East	Steve Sabins	West Virginia	WV
Atlantic	Scott Forbes	North Carolina	NC
Southeast	James Ramsey	Georgia Tech	GA
Midwest	Ryan Copeland	Northern Illinois	IL
South	Chris Curry	Little Rock	AR
Central	Skip Johnson	Oklahoma	OK
West	John Savage	UCLA	CA

2026 ABCA/ATEC NCAA Div. II Regional Coaches of the Year
Region	Coach	School	State
East	Mike Hill	Bentley	MA
Atlantic	Mike LaRosa	West Chester	PA
Southeast	Jim Gantt	Catawba	NC
South	Joe Urso	Tampa	FL
Midwest	Al Ready	Indianapolis	IN
Central	Kyle Crookes	Central Missouri	MO
South Central	Brent Porche	Texas-Tyler	TX
West	Justin James	Point Loma Nazarene	CA

2026 ABCA/ATEC NCAA Div. III Regional Coaches of the Year
Region	Coach	School	State
I	Bryan Adamski	Trinity College	CT
II	Scott Heath	Southern Maine	ME
III	Brad Cook	Hobart	NY
IV	Mike Dickson	Rowan	NJ
V	Nate Mulberg	Johns Hopkins	MD
VI	Justin Scali	Piedmont	GA
VII	Mike Deegan	Denison	OH
VIII	Pat Bloom	Washington-St. Louis	MO
IX	Kevin Tyrrell	Chicago	IL
X	Jared Hood	East Texas Baptist	TX

2026 ABCA/ATEC NAIA Regional Coaches of the Year
Opening Rd.	Coach	School	State
Opening Rd.	Josh Oltmans	Doane	NE
Opening Rd.	Tommy Goodale	Georgia Gwinnett	GA
Opening Rd.	Vincent Tornincasa	IU Southeast	IN
Opening Rd.	Dave Serrano	Johnson	TN
Opening Rd.	Jeremiah Robbins	Lewis-Clark State	ID
Opening Rd.	Brett Stanton	Mid-America Christian	OK
Opening Rd.	Gabe Grinder	Southeastern	FL
Opening Rd.	Kyle Gould	Taylor	IN
Opening Rd.	Billy Berry	Tennessee Wesleyan	TN
Opening Rd.	Bobby Halford	William Carey	MS

2026 ABCA/ATEC NJCAA Div. I Regional Coaches of the Year
District	Coach	School	State
Appalachian	David Shelton	Walters State	TN
East	Josh Houser	Harford	MD
Mid South	Dusty Hart	Blinn	TX
Midwest	Aaron Biddle	Wabash Valley	IL
Plains	Eric Horner	Johnson County	KS
South	Jeff Willis	LSU Eunice	LA
South Atlantic	Lazaro Llanes	Miami Dade	FL
South Central	Mack Chambers	Seminole State	OK
Southwest	Hector Rodriguez	Midland	TX
West	David Nelson	Salt Lake	UT

2026 ABCA/ATEC NJCAA Div. II Regional Coaches of the Year
District	Coach	School	State
Central	Zack Pych	Parkland	IL
East	David Brust	Monroe	NY
Great Lakes	Eric Laskovy	Kellogg	MI
Gulf	Neal Holliman	East Central	MS
Gulf	Wes Thigpen	Jones	MS
Gulf	Michael Avalon	Pearl River	MS
Mid-Atlantic	Rodney Bennett	Frederick	MD
Midwest	Mike Davenport	Madison	WI
North Plains	Eric Stein	Iowa Central	IA
South	Lyndon Coleman	Pasco-Hernando State	FL
South Atlantic	DJ Russ	Wake Tech	NC
West	Todd Eastin	South Mountain	AZ

2026 ABCA/ATEC NJCAA Div. III Regional Coaches of the Year
District	Coach	School	State
Great Lakes	Bill Fratto	Oakton	IL
Mid-Atlantic	Tyler Deaton	Caldwell	NC
North	Matt Clingersmith	SUNY Niagara	NY
North Atlantic	Rob Valli	RCSJ-Gloucester	NJ
North Atlantic	Johnny Johnson	Brookdale	NJ
Northeast	Jeff Mejia	Northern Essex	MA
North Plains	Brandon Hill	Alexandria Tech	MN
South Central	Michael Martin	Dallas-Eastfield	TX

2026 ABCA/ATEC Pacific Association Div. Regional Coaches of the Year
Region	Coach	School	State
Northern California	Terry Baumgartner	Feather River	CA
Southern California	Tom Nilles	Santa Ana	CA
Northwest	Kurt Lupinski	Lower Columbia	WA

2026 ABCA/ATEC High School Div. I Regional Coaches of the Year
Region	Coach	School	State
1	Michael Chiapparelli	Mamaroneck	NY
2	Billy Emerson	St. Paul VI	VA
3	Todd Fitz-Gerald	Stoneman Douglas	FL
4	Tom Marker	Olentangy Orange	OH
5	Mike Hill	Lawrence Free State	KS
6	Dustin Helmkamp	Har-Ber	AR
7	Mike Woods	Hamilton	AZ
8	Tony Mills	Liberty	CA

2026 ABCA/ATEC High School Div. II Regional Coaches of the Year
Region	Coach	School	State
1	Bill Rich	Lyman Hall	CT
2	Mike Davis	George Washington	WV
3	Matt Spivey	James Island	SC
4	Jesse Bugger	Triad	IL
5	Jacob Paige	Muskego	WI
6	Ryan Whiteley	Carl Albert	OK
7	Jeff Kiraly	Piedra Vista	NM
8	Dave Thompson	Placer	CA

2026 ABCA/ATEC High School Div. III Regional Coaches of the Year
Region	Coach	School	State
1	Alphonse Lambert	Saratoga Central	NY
2	Charlie Goss	North Lincoln	NC
3	Tom Lucas	St. Johns Country Day	FL
4	Todd Hopkins	Marquette Academy	IL
5	Aaron Holst	Northland	MO
6	Josh Allison	Valley View	AR
7	Reed Secrist	Snow Canyon	UT
8	Brian Stimpson	Westview	CA

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About the ABCA
The ABCA, founded in 1945, is the primary professional organization for baseball coaches at the amateur level. Its over 15,000 members represent all 50 states and 41 countries. Since its initial meeting of 27 college baseball coaches in June 1945, Association membership has broadened to include nine divisions: NCAA Division I, II and III, NAIA, NJCAA, Pacific Association Division, High School, Youth and Travel Baseball.