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Program · Coaches

Who you'll work with.

Every coach is NFHS-certified, background-checked annually, and trained on Positive Coaching Alliance methodology. Here's who they are — and what they believe.

How we coach

Three things, on repeat.

01

Effort over outcome

We measure success in at-bats, reps, and the kid who didn't make a team last year hitting his first triple this year. Wins are a byproduct, not the point.

02

Every kid, every drill

No standing in line. Every practice runs in small position-specific groups so every athlete gets coached on every rep.

03

Parents are partners

We don't run a customer-service operation. Families show up dirty, volunteer for field days, and back each other's kids. That's the program.

Roster

The coaches.

  • Portrait of Mike Clack, Head Coach. Head Coach

    High School Dirtbags

    Mike Clack

    Mike leads the high school program and is one of the founding voices behind Diamond Dirtbags. He runs practices like a clinic — every athlete gets reps every drill, nobody stands in line.

    Off the field he runs The Backyard Bougie, the small business that donates the website you're reading right now. The whole "give back to the community" thing isn't a slogan for him; it's the operating model.

    Credentials
    • NFHS-certified coach
    • Positive Coaching Alliance — Double-Goal Coach® certified
    • Background-checked annually
    • 12+ years coaching youth baseball in El Dorado County
  • Portrait of Steve Whitney, Assistant Coach. Assistant Coach

    High School Dirtbags

    Steve Whitney

    Steve coaches with Mike on the high school program and runs the program's hitting development. His bench-coaching style is calm, technical, and patient — exactly what a varsity athlete needs after popping up with two on.

    He's the parent every other parent points at when their kid says "why does Coach Steve get my swing."

    Credentials
    • NFHS-certified coach
    • USA Baseball coach-certified
    • Background-checked annually
    • Lead instructor, private hitting lessons
  • Youth Coach

    5/6 & 7/8 Grade Dirtbags

    Coach Leach

    Full bio coming soon.

    Credentials
    • Background-checked annually
  • Youth Coach

    5/6 & 7/8 Grade Dirtbags

    Coach Boyd

    Full bio coming soon.

    Credentials
    • Background-checked annually