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Therron Brockish brings 21 years of baseball experience including 18 years at the college and professional level. He coached two Major Leaguers in his 7-year stint as the head coach at Iowa Western Community College. He helped over 80 players continue their baseball career and education at 4-year colleges and universities. As the head coach at Iowa Western, he recorded over 200 wins, 3 conference titles and a 7th place finish in the 2001 NJCAA World Series. He joined the Philadelphia Phillies as a full-time professional scout in November 2002. During his time with the Phillies, he signed 12 players to professional contracts, including 2008 Olympic players Lou Marson (4th round, 2004) and Jason Donald (3rd round, 2006). Both Marson and Donald are currently on the Cleveland Indians major league roster. He also signed active professional players Matt Spencer (Cubs AA) and Tuffy Gosewisch (Phillies AA). During his time as a scout, he started AZ Pro Camps, offering instructional camps to young players, In 2008, he created scout teams called AZ Pro. These scout teams play elite competition in order to help prepare them to further their baseball career at the college/professional level. He has helped several players advance to the college level in the last few years. In the summer of 2011, AZ Pro pitcher Adam Frank was drafted in the 2011 amateur draft by the Oakland A's. In 2011, he started the AZ Fall Scout League hosted at Salt River fields at Talking Stick. In addition to being the Director of AZ Pro, he is an associate scout with the Florida Marlins and assistant coach at Arizona Christian University.
Brockish career
1991Asst Coach Wayne St. College
Asst Coach Wayne St. College1992Graduate Assistant - Ball State University
Graduate Assistant - Ball State University1993Assistant coach - Wayne State College
Assistant coach - Wayne State College1994Assistant coach - Wayne State College
Assistant coach - Wayne State College1995Assistant coach - Wayne State College
Assistant coach - Wayne State College1996Head Coach - Iowa Western Community College
Head Coach - Iowa Western Community College1997Head Coach - Iowa Western Community College
Head Coach - Iowa Western Community College1998Head Coach - Iowa Western Community College
Head Coach - Iowa Western Community College1999Head Coach - Iowa Western Community College
Head Coach - Iowa Western Community College2000Head Coach - Iowa Western Community College
Head Coach - Iowa Western Community College2001Head Coach - Iowa Western Community College
Head Coach - Iowa Western Community College2002Head Coach - Iowa Western Community College
Head Coach - Iowa Western Community College2003Area Scout - Philadelphia Phillies
Area Scout - Philadelphia Phillies2004Area Scout - Philadelphia Phillies
Area Scout - Philadelphia Phillies2005Area Scout - Philadelphia Phillies
Area Scout - Philadelphia Phillies2006Area Scout - Philadelphia Phillies
Area Scout - Philadelphia Phillies2007Area Scout - Philadelphia Phillies
Area Scout - Philadelphia Phillies2008Area Scout - Philadelphia Phillies
Area Scout - Philadelphia Phillies2009Director - AZ Pro
Director - AZ Pro 2010Director - AZ Pro
Director - AZ Pro2011Director - AZ Pro
Director - AZ ProCollege head
coaching record
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199617 26
17 26199720 27
20 27199832 22
32 22199935 22
35 22200043 18
43 18200142 19
42 19200248 8
48 8 237 139
Coach Brockish (right) with Mike Bahun in Omaha
Coach Brockish received a 2008 World Series ring as a full-time scout with the Phillies
Mitchell Gregg is in his 2nd year as a coach with AZ Pro. Mitch is the head coach of the 2013 team this Fall. He is originally from Issaquah, Washington. As a high school Senior he was the team captain and All State MVP. He walked on at Oregon State in 1994. He transferred to Willamette University in Salem Oregon after his sophomore year at Oregon State. He played both basketball and baseball while at Willamette, earning Division III All-American honors at 3B. He signed a contract as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics prior to the 1999 amateur draft. He played 4 years in A's organization as a 1B and OF. He has coached for last 10 years in Arizona including assistant positions with Tempe High, and Desert Mountain and head coach with Williams Field and Tempe HS. He currently resides in Gilbert with his wife and 3 girls.
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