Dave Lawn- Pitching Coach, TCU (Part 1)

Bio

A veteran coach among the college ranks, Lawn has 38 years of coaching experience dating back to his first job as the pitching coach at Contra Costa College in 1986. He spent two seasons with the Comets before moving on to be the graduate assistant at Nevada in 1988. After two seasons with the Wolf Pak and before heading to Cal, Lawn coached the Cape Cod League’s Brewster Whitecaps to its first-ever championship in the summer of 2000.

Lawn went on to spend 10 seasons at Cal (1991-00), seven at USC (2001-07) and two more at Nevada (1989-90, 2014-15). Additionally, Lawn spent part of the 2013 season as Director of Player Development at Cal State Fullerton. He made his way to Tucson and the Wildcats in 2015. From 2007-11, Lawn was the head coach at Servite High School in Anaheim, Calif.

Under Lawn’s guidance, 42 players have gone on to play Major League Baseball, including Mark Prior, the 2001 Golden Spikes Award winner from USC. Lawn’s teams have four times earned trips to the College World Series, six times played in the NCAA Super Regionals and 12 times earned NCAA Regional berths. Additionally, his clubs have won three Pac-12 Championships, one Big West title and one Mountain West regular season championship.

on the show we discuss life lessons in the game, the art of teaching the changeup and he goes in depth on how to help players play catch better. You’re gonna love this episode with Dave Lawn!

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02:00- Life Lessons in Baseball

12:00- Adjustments you're making from last year to this year

16:30- The art of the changeup

26:30- Fall Structure

30:00- Pitcher Throwing Programs

36:00- Player Evaluations / Recruiting

44:00- High School Pitchers opportunities to improve

50:00- two way guys

Contact

d.lawn@TCU.edu