Coaching Division 2 College Baseball with Troy Merriman

Patrick Jones Baseball

In today's episode, we have Troy Merriman Troy is currently the hitting coach at the University of Findlay. He played at the University of Findlay, and now he's coached there for eight years.

In this episode, he gives some insight into not only how they do things at the University of Findlay, but also how the DII landscape is laid out, what scholarships are like at that level, how they allocate money at Findlay, and then he gets into a little bit more in-depth on what specifically are they looking for out on the recruiting side. Troy talk about how do they go about trying to develop players and what tools they use. Learn if they utilize the transfer portal.

We can get into a lot of different areas of a college program in this episode!

This episode can be very beneficial for parents, players out there, and even coaches maybe in other schools giving you all kinds of insight into what exactly goes on behind closed doors with these colleges so be sure to listen in!

SHOW NOTES:

[2:31] What's been something that stands out at the University of Findlay?

[4:10] How do division two scholarships work?

[6:42] If you give someone $10,000 can they take that $10,000 and spent it on tuition or can they do it on room and board?

[10:28] What takeaways did you have from watching and evaluating players and just the whole nine yards?

[13:48] In your eyes, what does a recruitable player mean?

[15:33] How many guys can you have on the roster?

[16:59] What's a typical day for you?

[19:51] Is there a system that you can kind of have to make sure everyone gets some time and knows what they need to work on?

[24:23] What do you like to do has been a player yourself and now a coach to help players with that side of the game?

[30:50] How often do you utilize social media for recruits or transfers and just everything out there?

[33:08] What do you think about kids tagging you in posts?

[37:23] When do you guys start looking at players specifically Division two level?

[40:50] Do you guys utilize the transfer portal?

[42:29] Why wouldn't I bring in the guy who's already had some experience?

[48:09] Why would someone want to come to play at the University of Findlay?

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