Creighton University Hitting Coach and Recruiting Coordinator - Connor Gandossy

In today’s episode, I speak to Connor Gandossy. Connor came to Creighton in the fall of 2017 from Saint Louis University, where he served as an assistant coach for four seasons. Prior to coaching at Saint Louis, he was an assistant coach at Jefferson College.Connor has been an instrumental part of the Bluejays’ successes leading to a trip to the NCAA Regional finals in 2019. The 2019 team was ranked among the 25 teams in the nation and claimed the BIG EAST regular-season and tournament championships.He is responsible for recruiting, developing catchers, and working with the offense for the Bluejays, the same responsibilities he had at Saint Louis.In total Connor has coached 28 players who were drafted by MLB. In addition to the teams’ on the field accomplishments, 25 Bluejay players were named to the 2018-2019 BIG EAST All Academic team.In today's episode, he talks about leadership, development, how to go about recruiting, how to utilize the transfer portal, what specifically he is looking for when recruiting a player, who is he talking to, fall ball, and summer baseball for high school and college players.SHOW NOTES:[2:36] How do you utilize the transfer portal?[4:07] Has the transfer portal affected how you go about recruiting?[5:16] How do you go about identifying those high school players?[7:10] Is there ever a time when you go to see one of a player's games and hope that nobody else from another school is there so you can see how he acts and plays?[8:53] How much time do you make before making an offer?[10:40] Is it common for coaches to have several offers out?[12:24] How did you become a good recruiter in college baseball?[14:14] What's the biggest thing that you learned when you started recruiting?[15:01] What do you prefer coaching or recruiting?[16:23] What's a typical fall like for you guys from a development standpoint?[18:57] How long does it take some of these kids to get used to that failure in practice?[20:30] Is there a different mindset or approach just based on how big it is at home versus on the road?[24:58] How do you present presentations?[26:20] What made you change styles?[27:17] After each season do you sit back and have fun or reflect on the last season?[30:15] Do you find that for some players to be more beneficial to stay back at Creighton and work out?[32:52] Has the college summer league declined a bit?[34:36] What percentage of players that you have this past year are playing summer ball?[35:48] Does Creighton have private academic money that you can give to kids?[37:08] What's your favorite spot in Omaha?FOLLOW CONNOR:Instagram:Cgandoss6Twitter:@cgandossy6LinkedIn:Connor Gandossy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.