Chip Hale - Arizona Baseball Head Coach
Chip Hale won a national title as a player with Arizona back in 1986, played seven years in the major leagues, then spent 15 years as a major-league coach and manger. He won a World Series as the Nationals bench coach in 2019, and then took over the Arizona baseball program last summer. In this conversation, Chip talks about… * The evolution of data availability over the course of his playing and coaching career * What information college teams have access to * What college kids expect from data and how they use it * How he balances stats and the eye test when making in-game decisions * Keys to communicating with players * Managing a couple innings in the 2019 World Series * Memories from winning the 1986 NCAA title with Arizona Then, TruMedia’s Sergio De La Espriella joins the show to discuss Paul’s conversation with Chip. Show Links * Follow Chip on Twitter: @UHCoachHale * Check out Chip’s biography here. * Follow @TruMediaSports on Twitter. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: Apple, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, TuneIn