Hard 90 Baseball is excited to announce Paul Cogan, Roc Murray and Dean Stotz will join the Hard 90 Partnership Group.
Hard 90 Baseball upgraded baseball operations with the addition of Cogan, Murray and Stotz. All three men have a deep history in the Sacramento Baseball scene and have played a significant role in helping baseball players reach their highest potential.
Roc Murray, legendary baseball coach from Rocklin High School will lead the baseball operations and the high school baseball program at Hard 90. In Roc's 35 years coaching high school baseball, his teams racked up 10 league titles, 17 playoff berths, 5 section championship appearances and 3 section titles. Over 100 players went on to play collegiate baseball, 16 played professionally and 2 are in Major League Baseball. Roc is a cofounder of College Baseball Match, advisor to Game Changer, leader of the curriculum for Headfirst Baseball Camps and the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox youth camps.
Dean Stotz, 37 year associate head coach from Stanford Baseball will also become a regular at Hard 90 Baseball. While Dean was coaching at Stanford, the baseball team had 36 winning seasons, appeared in 28 NCAA regionals -winning 17, of the 17 super regional appearances they won 6, appeared in 14 College World Series, where they reached the finals 5 times and won two World Series. During Dean's tenure, Stanford players were drafter 174 times, including 25 first round picks. Sixty-three of the players reached Major League Baseball, including Cy Young Award Winner Jack McDowell and Hall of Famer Mike Mussina. Dean is the founder of the Stanford All Star Baseball Camps and maintains relationships with hundreds of coaches at the DI, DII, DIII and NAIA levels of college baseball.
Paul Cogan is a scouting advisor and cross-checker for the World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers. Paul has been an MLB scout since 1989 with the San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians and Los Angeles Dodgers. Paul has been hands on with over 100 draft picks, of which 50 found their way to Major League Baseball; including 2 Cy Young Award winners. Paul also maintains relationships with scouts in all of the professional organizations and collegiate coaches at all levels.
With the addition of Murray, Stotz and Cogan Hard 90 has high school, college and professional baseball covered with the requisite knowledge and relationships to help players achieve their dreams. This trio of baseball wisdom is united by the mission of helping Sacramento Baseball players achieve their dreams by giving back to the game.
All three men will be hands on with Hard 90 players by helping them achieve the skills they need to be successful, developing character and mindset to succeed at the next level and leveraging relationships to help players achieve their dreams.
Welcome to Hard 90 Baseball Paul Cogan, Roc Murray and Dean Stotz! We are excited to have all of you around the Clubhouse!