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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
email:
phone #:
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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 &
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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.
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Kevin Carmody
15U White Associate Coach
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