Ravenwood Baseball: About Ravenwood Coaches

Head Coach Chad Kirby

Contact: chadk@wcs.edu

Coach Kirby is very excited about the 2010 season.  This will be his 3rd season as the Raptors head coach.  Ravenwood will play a very competitive schedule this year, along with one of the toughest district’s in the state.  They will also compete against several mid state powerhouses.  Coach Kirby feels by playing this tough schedule it will prepare the Raptors to make a run at a district championship as well as State Championship possibilities.  The team will be lead by 4 seniors and 13 juniors.  The TEAM is working hard and dedicating themselves to meet their expectations.

 

In college, Coach Kirby pitched for Steve Peterson at Middle Tennessee State University, where they won 3 conference championships.  After graduating college he was hired to be the pitching coach at Gordon College in Barnesville Georgia.  In the summer of 98 and 99 he was an Assistant Coach for the Austin Minny Stars in the Northwoods  Summer Collegiate League.

During Kirby’s high school days he played for TBCA’s Hall of Fame member Joe George where they won back to back State Championships in 1993 and 1994.  In 1993 Kirby was the Tournament MVP and in 1994 he was named Tennessee’s Player of the Year.

Coach Kirby was named Sectional Coach of the year in 2008.

 

He is now married to his wife Kellee, they have 2 children Mackenzee and Jace.



Assistant Coach Chad LeGate

Contact: christopherl@wcs.edu

This will be Coach LeGate’s 3rd  year with the Raptor baseball team. He helped guide the Raptors to a District Championship and a berth in the TSSAA State Championship. Coach LeGate grew up in Orlando Florida and played for the Chet Lemon’s Juice, an AAU travel team. He led his high school team to the state championships his senior year and was fortunate to get a Baseball scholarship to the University of Tennessee. While at Tennessee he played outfield and catcher.

In the summer of 2005 he helped coach Chet Lemon’s Juice to a third place finish in the East Cobb Wood Bat Championships. He coaches the hitters, outfielders, and the catchers for the Raptors.

He is single and resides in Brentwood.



Assistant Coach Gary LeGate