The Minnesota Renegades have once again assempled an outstanding staff of experienced coaches. The Renegades coaches are passionate about fastpitch, place a valued emphasis on continuing education, and are leaders in the softball community. For contact information please visit the Contact Page. Brief coaching bios are listed alphabetically below. Congratulations!!!ÂThe Minnesota Renegades are happy and proud to announce six of our Renegades coaching staff have been certified from the National Fastpitch Coaches College(NFCC).  "The Art of Championship Coaching" was held at the University of Minnesota November 20th-22nd sponsored by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association(NFCA).  The class was a NFCC 400 level class and is offered by the National Fastpitch Coaches College once or twice a year throughout the country. The NFCC is considered to be the top organization regarding softball instruction and has college coaches, high school coaches and travel ball coaches as members. Participants traveled from areas as far away as Kansas, Missouri, Texas, California as well as Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota with a balance of coaches from college, high school and travel ball.  The Renegades had the largest representation at the class with six coaches with only one other coach from Elite League club teams in attendance. Completing the course were; Mike Bertrand, Jim Feldman, Robert Ferguson, Mark Peterson, Jack Thibault and Nat Wagner.  Jim Feldman and Nat Wagner have earned the NFCA title of "Master Coach" by completing the prescribed courses. Lead Instructor was Susan Craig, long time head coach at the University of New Mexico and top clinician. Instructors were Rhonda Revelle, head coach at the University of Nebraska and Gayle Blevins, head coach at the University of Iowa.  Topics covered throughout the three days were "How Do You Connect With Your Team?," "Providing A Foundation For Your Program," "Managing Player Behavior," "Providing Direction For Your Team," "Lead Your Team Through Challenging Times," "Team Building," and "Building Mental Skills." Classes were a comprehensive approach to coaching and managing a team throughout the season and the year. Thanks to all of you for your time and your untiring commitment to excellence for the Minnesota Renegades program.   2010 Coaching Staff Nat Wagner, Renegades 93 Since arriving in Minnesota in 2004, Nat has coached at the high school and youth level, working with age groups ranging from 10U to college athletes. He has led three consecutive 16U teams to the ASA “A” Nationals and won a state and regional qualifying championship in 2009. An NFCA 4-star Master Coach, Nat currently coaches Renegades 93 and serves as a clinician in Wayzata, Hopkins, Woodbury, Eden Prairie, and at Jim Berbee’s Tonka Rec clinics. He is assisted this year by former Renegades standouts Alyssa Coleman, Chelsi Winskowski, Kelsey Parsons, and C.J Rice. Jim Feldman, Renegades 96 Jim has been a head coach for 15 years in the Minneapolis and Hopkins travel programs. Jim has been a pitching clinician with Forest Lake and Hopkins among others. He has been a clinician at many coaching clinics around the metro area. In addition to coaching with the Renegades, Jim is an assistant varsity coach at Blake HS. Jim is a member of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association and has earned their designation as a Master Coach. Jim is in his first year as a coach with the Renegades though he has been on the board since its inception. In 2011 Jim will be coaching the Renegades 97 team. |
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