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Royals Coaching Staff

Royals President Andy Bisceglia
17U Head Coach

Phone:  224-353-6153
Email: 
fvroyals@comcast.net

Former collegiate pitcher/outfielder with over 20 years coaching experience at both the professional and collegiate level. Currently, Andy is beginning his 10th season as an Associate Scout for the 2001 World Champion Arizona Diamondbacks.

 Andy has assisted Division I teams with their pitching programs and camps. Most of Andy's players from the Royals have gone on to compete at the highest level of collegiate play including Arizona State, Wake Forest and the University of Illinois.
 

Ben Erickson

Coach Erickson is a former scholarship collegiate pitcher and outfielder. He was Judson College’s (Judson University) first Chicagoland Collegiate All-Conference Player in 1999 and was also an NAIA All-Region selection the same year. Ben has spent time both as a high school coach as well as a volunteer assistant coach at the college level. 
From 2005-2009, Coach Erickson was the Director of Baseball Operations at Fox Valley Sports Academy (Elgin, IL) and since 2005, he has also been the assistant varsity coach at South Elgin High School.  Coach Erickson has served on the Board of Directors for the Elgin Sports Hall of Fame Foundation since 2009 and in 2010 Ben became an Associate Scout for the Baltimore Orioles.

email: ben3477@aol.com

 

Mike Hlavacek
17/18U Associate Head Coach

Mike started his career at Elgin Community College where he was selected as an All-American pitcher (11-0 record) in 2005. Mike went on to play for the Illinois State Redbirds in 2006-07 and led the team in saves with 6 in 2006 and had 11 starts in 2007. Mike is a welcome addition to the Royals coaching staff.

email: mhlavacek@d155.org

phone #: 847-909-7731

 

TJ  Nall
17U Associate Head Coach

Coach Nall pitched in the Washington Nationals organization in 2007 & 2008, playing most recently in the Pacific Coast League (PCL) with the Las Vegas 51's and Southern League while with the Los Angeles Dodgers system.  TJ was a member of the 2002 South Atlantic League All-Star team, posting a 0.63 ERA in the first half. Coach Nall also played in the Arizona Fall League in 2003, spent 2004 in Jacksonville (FL) and was also selected as an All-Star for the Southern League in 2004 and 2006.

The 2006 season was a career year for Coach Nall. He led the Southern League in strikeouts (155) as well as won 8 consecutive decisions for the Jacksonville Suns. He finished the year 10-7 and had a 2.82 ERA. Coach Nall was the Southern League pitcher of the week three times in 2006; he was also the Dodger organization pitcher of the month in June, going 6-0 with a 1.10 ERA. Coach Nall tallied his first professional homerun in '06.

TJ was an area standout while at Schaumburg High School playing for the Saxons the same year they captured the Illinois State Baseball Title (1997). Nall was named to the Chicago Tribune All-State Team in 1999 as a third basemen, and was drafted shortly thereafter in the 8th round by Los Angeles as a pitcher.

email: tjnall22@yahoo.com

phone #: 847-894-2667

 

Pat Meginniss
13U Head Coach
16U Black Head Coach

Pat Meginniss started his career as a two year varsity award winner for Elgin High School. He then became an Elmhurst College Blue Jay, where he was a four year varsity award winner and three year starter with a career batting average of .320, 53 runs scored, 15 doubles, 2 home runs, 25 walks, 38 RBI and a on-base percentage of .380. His career fielding percentage was .975. He was awarded Most Improved Player in 2006, Gold Glove in 2007, and Coach's Award for leadership and outstanding play in 2008. He was also voted team captain in 2008. He has done catchers/hitting instruction at various camps since 2004.

email: pjm60120@sbcglobal.net

phone #: 847-899-3686

 

Bob LeGere
15U Black Head Coach

 

Bob LeGere has been the Daily Herald beat writer for the Chicago Bears for 15 years. He has also been a youth coach for many years his experience is as follows; 2010: Managed Schaumburg Seminoles 14U team that finished 31-14. 2008-09: Coached at Driscoll High School. 2006-07: Coached at Elmhurst American Legion. 2000-2005: Managed and coached Elmhurst Cougars travel teams 16U, 15U, 14U, 13U, 12U, 11U. 1992-99: Managed and coached Elmhurst Youth Baseball.

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Vince Walker
15U Black Associate Coach
 

Teaches Physical Education and Health at Northtown Academy High School in Chicago where he has worked as an assistant baseball coach for the last three seasons.

 
Has previously coached with the Schaumburg Seminoles and at York High School in Elmhurst, where he also coached football
 
Walker played club baseball at Northeastern Illinois University and continues to play competitively with the Chicago Devils. He works as a football official for the IHSA in the fall.
 
He currently lives with his wife and three children in Elmhurst.

email: vwlh@aol.com

 

Heath Groves
15U Blue Head Coach

 

Heath was a four -year varsity player at North Central High School in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was named to the MIC All-Conference Team in 2006 as well as being named to the All Marion county and Star North Team. Groves went on to play two years at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, Illinois before finishing his final two collegiate years at Judson University, being named First Team All-Conference in 2009 after finishing with a 6-2 record.

email:  hegroves@yahoo.com

phone #: 317-407-9926

 

Mike Wood
14U Head Coach

Mike is a former baseball and basketball player at the collegiate level for College of Du Page and Judson University. Mike's leadership qualities were recognized in college when captured team leader awards twice. His baseball abilities were also recognized by his coaches and fellow players two more times when he won Players/Coaches awards. Currently Mike is the the Sophomore coach at Glenbard South HS and will also serve as the Judson University assistant men's basketball coach starting in the fall of 2010.

email: 1mwood@student.judsonu.edu

phone #: 630-445-9655
 

Justin Kees
16U Blue Head Coach

Coach Justin Kees is currently the Associate Head Coach at Elgin Community College where in 2007, he helped the Spartans to a fourth straight trip to the NJCAA World Series. His pitching staff has consistently been among the best in the region. 
Coach Kees played in the Arizona Diamondbacks' organization and posted a .625 winning percentage in back-to-back seasons with Lethbridge, a Rookie-Class team where he went 5-3, and High Desert, a Class-A team where he went 6-2. Coach Kees also played locally with the Schaumburg Flyers.  His career professional record, which spanned over 4 seasons, was 20-13. In January 2002, Coach Kees was named pitching coach of the Rockford RiverHawks, an independent team in the Frontier League. Under Coach Kees, Rockford's pitching staff ranked second in the league with a 3.88 ERA. Coach Kees spent the 2001 season as the varsity pitching coach at Barrington High School where he helped the staff post a 23-10 record. He graduated from Danville Area Community College where he earned All-Conference and All-Region honors as an outfielder. He later enrolled at Southern Illinois University.

email:  jkees@elgin.edu

phone #: 847-276-5309

 

Les Callas
16U Blue Coach

 
Coach Callas is starting his 42nd season coaching high school baseball. He spent 31 years (1969 -1999) as head baseball coach at Prosser Vocational HS Chicago and 2 years yrs (2000-2001) at Jones Academy  HS, starting the athletic program along with coaching the baseball team. Has been an assistant baseball coach at Barrington HS since 2002, helping the Broncos win 5 regional, 3 sectionals, 1 super sectional, and a 3rd place finish in the 2005 state tournament.  Les has a head coaching career record of 588 -354 and was voted into the Illinois Baseball Hall Of Fame in 1989.
 
Jeff Bernau
12U Head Coach

 

Jeff has been coaching youth and scholastic baseball since 2000. He served as Coaching Coordinator and Vice President of a local baseball organization. In 2008 he started his own business offering individual instruction and small group baseball clinics. He works with players ranging in age from high school to 7 years old. He is an IHSA certified coach and is also certified through the American Sports Education Program.

email:  cornhuskerfootbal@yahoo.com

phone #: 847-922-4507

 

Randy Kaczmarski
Program Instructor

Coach Kaz is a former minor league infielder, having played for both the San Diego Padres and Chicago Cub farm systems. In addition to his professional playing career, Randy has also worked as a professional scout in recent years with several organizations.


Coach "Kaz" has been instructing & coaching for over twenty years and has been a lead instructor for many for many area camps & clinics.

 

Rob Serpico
Associate Coach

Robb was a two time all conference / all area award winner at Schaumburg HS and Hampshire HS, being the team MVP award winner senior year. Currently a senior at the University of Chicago majoring in Economics, Rob is captain of the varsity baseball team at U of C and has been the varsity starting shortstop since  freshman year; also used as a closing pitcher for the Maroons. He also plays semi-pro summer league as 2nd baseman for the Addison Braves, posting a .354 batting average and a .945 fielding percentage for the Braves in the Chicago Suburban League. He was named to the 2009 CSBL all college team. Rob's coaching experience includes volunteer coach for Play for Life International  (2007-2009), provided individual hitting, fielding and pitching instruction for 10-12 year olds.
 
Kevin Carmody
15U White Associate Coach

 

 

The Fox Valley Royals Baseball program is always looking for outstanding coaches to be part of our winning team.  If you have either college or professional playing or coaching experience and have a desire to coach in the spring or summer, we would love to talk to you.  All of our coaches are paid based upon experience and the level they desire to coach. Please contact us via phone or e-mail for further information.

Phone:  847-812-3460 or e-mail: fvroyals@comcast.net