After a stellar playing career in high school Jason went on to play 1 year at NCAA DI powerhouse San Diego State University. His sophomore year was spent on the mound with Southwestern Community College in Chula Vista California. From there he continued his collegiate career at Division II Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas. As a pitcher on the 2002 and 2003 teams Jason set many single season records including innings pitched (107.3 in ’02 and 94 in  ’03 which rank 1st and 2nd), wins (9 in ’02 ranks 3rd), strikeouts (64 in ’02 ranks 5th) and walks per 9 innings (2.01 in ’02 ranks 5th).  He also is in the top 3 for career innings pitched (201.3 ranks 2nd), fewest walks allowed (17 ranks 2nd), most strikeouts (127 ranks 3rd) and walks per nine innings (3.19 ranks 3rd).  He was also chosen as a 2nd Team all-conference player in ’02, a 1st Team all-MIAA performer and a 2^nd team all-Academic Team player. After college he played a year of minor league baseball in an independent league before turning his sights on coaching full time. He spent two years with Pittsburgh State University coaching the pitchers before becoming the Head Coach at Liberal High School in Missouri.

Doorey became the all-time winningest coach in Plattsburgh State (NY) history with a 5-4 victory over Castleton State on April 28, 2005. Among the coaching records that have been broken under Coach Doorey are most wins in a season (broken in each of the last three years) and most conference wins in a season (8). Prior to coming to Plattsburgh State, Kris was the head coach at MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Illinois from 1999-2001. In three seasons, he compiled a 62-61-1 record. Doorey also served as an assistant coach at the University of Stony Brook from 1995 to 1997. In that time, the Seawolves earned the school's first-ever NCAA Division III playoff bid in 1995, and earned an ECAC Division II post-season bid in 1996. A native of Peru, NY, he is a 1996 graduate of Stony Brook with a bachelor of art's degree in history. This will be Coach Doorey’s second trip with Coast to Coast.

JIM GRIEF

Coach Grief has worked as a scout for the Cincinnati Reds since 1987.  He received a BA in Business Administration from the University of Kentucky and an MBA from Murray State University.  He coached college baseball for 7 years at Paducah Community College and at Shawnee College.  Twenty years of coaching amateur baseball included an American Amateur Baseball Congress World Championship where his Paducah Storm beat out 2,300 teams for the title.  Coach Grief has had 24 players drafted into professional baseball including 2 first round draft choices and 5 major leaguers.  He has traveled with teams to Italy, Holland, Puerto Rico, Australia and Hawaii.  In addition to scouting Coach Grief owns the Diamond Academy for baseball/softball in Paducah, Ky.

 

Coach Haney is a native of Henderson, Nevada, graduating from Basic High School, where his team won the State Baseball Championship in 1982 playing against the likes of former and current major leaguers Matt Williams and Greg Maddux. Coach Haney received a Leadership Scholarship to attend Brigham Young University where he played baseball. He finished off his playing days at Southern Utah University graduating with a Bachelors Degree.

 

Haney has coached at Payson High School (UT) for the past 21 years (Head Coach for the last 17). The team placed second in the state in 1999 and 2001. Coach Haney was selected as the 2002 Utah High School 4A Coach of the year and the 2003 National Baseball Coaches Association Utah and Regional Coach of the Year.

 

In 2008-2009 Coach Haney will be moving to the new Salem Hills High School in Salem, Utah. He and his wife, Pam, have 4 children, Kimber, Erika, Kirk and Luke. His hobbies include snow and water skiing and he is a huge fan of the show Survivor.

Now an assistant at Saint Peter's College Division I Baseball program, where in 2007 the baseball team set a school record for wins with 23. The previous 5 years Ed was the head coach at the County College of Morris in New Jersey. Coaching in one of the most competitive Junior College regions in the country, Ed posted a 105 – 80 record. He has sent 5 players into professional ball. Twelve players have been named to the NJCAA All-Region team and many players have been sent to top 4 year colleges and summer baseball leagues (Cape Cod, Southern Collegiate, and Texas League). During the 2005 season, Ed’s team led the nation in hitting with a .387 average and was ranked 12th.  Prior to coaching at County College of Morris, Ed coached for the Kinnelon Colts 12 and under team, which over a three year period won 2 New Jersey State Championships and 1 Regional Championship.  Ed is a graduate of Saint Peter’s College, the University of Notre Dame, Stevens Institute of Technology and Kennedy-Western University. He played college baseball at Saint Peter’s where he was team captain and nominated for All-American his senior year. Ed is tied for 5th place on the all-time home run list, was invited to a Cincinnati Reds tryout and also invited to the Newark Co-Pilots training camp of the Class A New York-Penn League.