Addison Rouse- Salem University | Transforming a Program

Addison Rouse is the Head Coach at Salem University, a NCAA Division II school in Salem, West Virginia. He started his playing career at Ohio Valley University, a Division II program in Vienna, West Virginia and finished it at Brescia University, a NAIA program in Owensboro, Kentucky. In 2010, he was a volunteer coach at his alma mater, Brescia University and from 2011-2012 he was a graduate assistant at Henderson State University. In 2013, he went back to his alma mater and was the recruiting coordinator, then from 2014-2016 he was the Head Coach for the East Nazarene University baseball program. In 2017, he received the Head Coaching position at Salem University, where he still remains. In this podcast, we start off talking about how quickly Coach Rouse got into a Head Coaching job and what it was like for him to take over a program at such a young age. We also dive into the shoestring budget that Coach Rouse had to find a way to take advantage of and give his players a true college baseball experience while at East Nazarene University. We than jump into what the Salem University baseball program looked like when he first got the Head Coaching job in 2017 and how he went about transforming the program. Also, discussing cold weather baseball and over-coaching. We finish off this podcast talking about success elements and what Coach Rouse believes those are to have a successful collegiate baseball program. Lock into this podcast to hear and learn from Salem University Head Coach, Addison Rouse.