Jeremy Weigel
I began coaching in North Platte when I was sixteen. I started coaching softball in the summers until I was twenty. Then I went over to baseball and coached there for four years before I moved to Lincoln. I coached the North Platte Titans and the North Platte Legion baseball teams. When I moved to Lincoln I took a year off and the next year I was asked to help with YMCA and that was when I decided I needed to get with an organization.
This is my first year with the Rebels, and so far it has been great. I am coaching the nine's and they are a bunch of great kids.
I played basketball and soccer in high school I liked baseball but gave it up to concentrate on basketball and soccer.
I went to Pillsbury College in Owatonna, MN to play basketball. I ended up trying out for the soccer and baseball teams and made them. My freshman year I participated in three sports. I received the Defensive Player of the Year in baseball and the team voted me "The Work Horse" of the year. My sophomore year I concentrated on just soccer and baseball. Playing soccer helped to keep me conditioned for baseball. As a sophomore I was the coaches' award pick. I played centerfield and pitched in baseball.
My philosophy in coaching is to teach fundamentals and then go from there. I also believe that you have to teach the players that you are coaching them to be relaxed and learn the game. You have to make it fun for them, and show them that you enjoy the game.