Episode 44: Neil Walton 1544 Miles to Omaha

Neil Walton joins the show as an assistant coach for Cal State Fullerton Baseball after being the first coach announced to join Jason Dietrich's staff. This is Walton's third stint on campus starting his coaching career at Fullerton as a Graduate Manager for the 2013 Titans before joining Andrew Checkett's staff at UC Santa Barbara in 2014. Walton was in Santa Barbara for four years before returning to Cal State Fullerton in the volunteer assistant role in 2018 and 2019. He most recently served as hitting coach and assisted with recruiting under Dave Serrano up at Cal State Northridge. After Jason Dietrich was named the sixth head coach in Cal State Fullerton Titan Baseball history, Walton was the first assistant coach to be named to the Dietrich led staff.

Highlights include:

🎙️ Coaching role with the Titans (2:36)
🎙️ Hitting philosophy (3:33)
🎙️ Using analytics to coach (8:05)
🎙️ Role as a recruiter to his alma mater(13:40)
🎙️ What he has taken from previous coaches (19:50)
🎙️ Preparation breeds confidence (23:30)
🎙️ Influence Ken Ravizza had on him (26:15)
🎙️ Main focus heading into Fall practice (30:22)
🎙️ Previously coached players on the 2022 squad (32:53)
🎙️ Team leadership roles (35:35)

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