The 79th annual ABCA Convention is slated for January 5-8, 2023 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center!
The festivities will kick off on Thursday, Jan. 5 with the opening of the ABCA Trade Show and the Expo Theater. The ABCA Trade Show will feature more than 300 baseball companies displaying state-of-the-art equipment and services, releasing new products and showcasing the latest and greatest in innovative services, technology & more! Many of the companies will be unveiling new products for the first time and offering special sales as part of the ABCA Trade Show! The Expo Theater will have clinics throughout a three-day span with product demos and releases by ABCA Partners and Trade Show exhibitors.
ABCA Second Vice Matt Noone of Babson College and Third Vice President Bob Whalen of Dartmouth College are working on excellent lineup of speakers for the nearly 25 General Session clinics, which are
presented by Wilson/ATEC. The General Session clinics will get underway on Friday, Jan. 6 with a presentation by the 2021 NCAA Division I National Champion who will be crowned in Omaha in June 2022. The General Session clinics will run through the morning of Sunday, Jan. 8.
The
Youth Coaches Session will run concurrently on Friday, Jan. 6 and Saturday, Jan. 7. The Youth Coaches Session, which is presented by GameChanger, will have nearly 15 presentations tailored specifically for coaches of youth-level teams up to age 14.
Following each of the clinic presentations in both the General Session and Youth Coaches Session, the presenter will host a Question and Answer breakout with all attendees.
Other events during the weekend include the
ABCA Hall of Fame Banquet to honor the 2023
ABCA/Wilson Lefty Gomez Award recipient and the
ABCA Hall of Fame Class of 2023. Additionally, there will be the Divisional Coaches Meetings &
Rookie Coaches Mentorship on Thursday evening, a Coaches' Networking Social in the ABCA Trade Show on Friday evening and
Hot Stove Panel Discussions on Friday and Saturday nights!
All coaches that register for the Convention or Live Video Stream will receive the entire on-demand clinic video set in their ABCA account by no later than February 1 after the Convention. All other ABCA members will receive access to the on-demand video set as part of their
membership benefits at a later date.
Registration for the 2023 ABCA Convention opens on September 1, however, 2021-22 ABCA members will have the opportunity to take advantage of Priority Convention Registration for the 2023 ABCA Convention in Nashville! This priority access allows 2021-22 members to get registered and hold a hotel room in the ABCA discounted room block before registration opens to new and former members. If you haven't signed up for your 2021-22 membership yet, do so now at
www.ABCA.org/apply!