Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Meet Coach Detwiler

Grade School: Seville Elementary
High School: Cloverleaf
College: University of Akron 
Favorite MLB Team - Cleveland Indians
Favorite MLB Player- Derek Jeter 

Coach Detwiler brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the Bengal Coaching staff.  With over 40 years of coaching experience he will add great depth to our staff.  He was the founder of the Cuyahoga Valley Baseball Association.  His summer teams made 11 AABC Final Four Appearances.

At the high school level he was the head coach at Holy Name and Cleveland Central Catholic.  During his coaching career 76 student-athletes have received financial aid and continued to play baseball in college, six of them played professionally. This will be his 4th year on the Bengals staff as an assistant coach.

For 5 years he was the host of a sports talk web radio show called "Life's a Pitch."  In his free time he enjoys playing fantasy baseball & Home Run Derby.

Coach Detwiler is in his second year as the Varsity programs pitching coordinator.



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