Del Mar Powerhouse: Coaching Staff

Powerhouse baseball attracts and retains high caliber, experienced coaches for managing and developing players at all levels within the Club. All coaches, herein referred to as managers, are compensated for their efforts including practices and tournaments. This provides added assurance that our players will receive quality, experienced instruction.

The primary focus for each team manager is to prepare players with physical development, skills and drills; game knowledge, tactical and situational play; and attitudinal development, mental preparation and managing emotions as related to play.

Managers are chosen as a result of an interview process where their qualifications, experience and references are duly considered.  

Current Managers:  

• DEREK AYRES:

Derek is returning for his 5th year with Del Mar Powerhouse Baseball Club.  He played 4 years of college baseball at the University of California Berkeley, where he received his MBA.  He played for the #1 ranked high school team in America by USA Today (Granite Hills Hight School 1998).  He was the Granite Hills High School Varsity Coach for several years when he joined our Club.

• MATT BRIDGES

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• AARON FOGLESONG:    

As Aaron returns for his 4th year with the Club, he has become known as one of the leading batting instructors in the area. Aaron finished 2nd in the Nation in RBI’s in 1998 in leading Jefferson Davis Community College to the Junior College Division 2 National Championship. He was a 4-year varsity starter and member of the 1995 state championship team at North Florida Christian [High] School. He has instructed and coached baseball at both the high school and college level since 1999 and since 2002 has coached travel baseball teams in Florida and California. He has a B.S. degree in Social Science from Florida State University.    

• JASON QUILLIN:  

Jason returns for his 5th year with Powerhouse. He played at Sonoma Sate University where he obtained a teaching credential, and he played summer ball for what is now the Barona Stars. He is a middle school physical education teacher in the San Diego City schools.  

• SCOTT RANKIN:

Scott was a three-year varsity starter for a team that was nationally ranked during his senior year in Orlando, Florida.  He went on to pitch and play 1st base at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville.  Scott was an assistant high school Varsity coach and a head JV coach for two years and also coached High School football.  This is Scott's 4th year with the Del Mar Powerhouse Baseball Club.   

Inquiries for interested coaches email: powerhousebb@gmail.com