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Head Coach: Mark Gibbs

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Mark Gibbs ’96

Head Coach

14th Season (304-78 Overall Record, .796 Winning Percentage)

Mark Gibbs heads into his 14th year as the head coach for the Cadets. Gibbs played for the Cadets from 1993 to 1996 and was a three-time first team All-WCAC selection and a two-time first team Washington Post All-Met selection. Following his senior season, he was named WCAC Player of the Year and Gatorade Player of the Year, as well as one of College Sport Magazine’s Top 100 players in the country. Gibbs played four years of college baseball at George Mason University. He was a four-year starter at shortstop for the Patriots and finished in the top 10 in hits, games played, hit by pitches and fielding chances. After college, he was signed as a free agent by the Baltimore Orioles and spent three and a half years in professional baseball, advancing to Double A (Bowie) with the Orioles.

In six of Gibbs’ 13 seasons, the Cadets were nationally ranked by the major baseball publications (Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, ESPN, Rivals.com, Perfect Game and USA Today). Before their 2008 season, St. John’s graced the cover of Baseball America and the Cadets enjoyed a profile article in the magazine’s high school preview. St. John’s was the first team from the mid-Atlantic to ever be profiled in the preview issue. Gibbs has sent 99 players into college baseball, had 17 players who were drafted by or signed to free agent contracts with professional teams and has an overall record of 304-78, including 12 20-win campaigns.

Players from St. John’s have advanced to some of the most prestigious college programs in the nation, including Division 1 College World Series participants University of Virginia (Scott Silverstein, Nick Howard), University of Mississippi (Errol Robinson, Jake Steinberg), University of North Carolina (L.J. Hoes, Josh Leehmuis) and Coastal Carolina University (Cam Remalia) as well as SEC powers Mississippi State University (Nick Routt, Alex Deise) and University of Tennessee (Michael Flax, Brodie Leftridge) and Division 3 College World Series participants Washington and Jefferson (Peter Kalinski), Salisbury (Michael Campbell) and Christopher Newport (Eric O’Brien). During his 16 years as the head infield instructor (2004-19), Gibbs had 19 different infielders earn college scholarships (28 total played college baseball).

The Cadets have won or tied for 10 WCAC regular season titles (2007, 2010, 2012-19) and seven WCAC tournament titles (2011, 2014-19). During that time, the Cadets have posted a 170-31 WCAC regular season record, which represents a winning percentage of .845. Gibbs was named as an assistant coach for the 2009 Under Armour All-American game at Wrigley Field in Chicago and the Washington DC Extra Coach of the Year in 2010. He was also named WCAC Coach of the Year in 2012, 2013 and the USA Today Washington, DC, Coach of the Year in 2015, 2016 and 2017, as well as The Washington Post All-Met Coach of the Year in 2016. Following the 2019 season, he was selected as the DC State Coach of the Year.

Gibbs is heavily involved with youth baseball in the Washington, DC, area. He is a partner in Diamond Skills Baseball, a local baseball camp recognized around the country for its outstanding camps for junior high and high school players. In 2018, Gibbs brought in more than 60 college coaches to work at the Diamond Skills All-American Camp, which is designed to allow serious high school players the opportunity to learn from top college coaches during the winter. His Diamond Skills Baseball Prospect Camp also brings in some of the top college coaches from across the nation to work with serious junior high players during the summer. His work with college coaches during recruiting season and with these camps has allowed him to develop an extensive network of close friends and contacts within the college coaching profession.

Gibbs currently works in the Alumni and Development Office at St. John’s and lives with his wife Mindy, son Matthew and daughter Allie in Silver Spring, MD.

Mark Gibbs by the Numbers

Career Record

Year	Record	WCAC	WCAC Finish	Post-Season	*Post Season Record*
2007	23-6	14-2	1st (Tie)	WCAC Finals	2-1
2008	20-7	13-3	2nd	WCAC Semifinals	1-1
2009	18-7	10-4	2nd	WCAC Semifinals	1-1
2010	23-4	15-1	1st	WCAC Semifinals	1-1
2011	22-9	10-6	5th	WCAC Champions	4-1
2012	23-3	15-1	1st	WCAC Quarterfinals	0-1
2013	21-6	14-2	1st	WCAC Semifinals	1-2
2014	26-6	13-3	1st	WCAC Champions, DCSAA Champions	8-0
2015	25-6	14-2	1st	WCAC Champions	5-1
2016	23-8	14-2	1st	WCAC Champions	5-1
2017	24-7	14-2	1st	WCAC Champions	5-1
2018	26-6	13-3	1st (Tie)	WCAC Champions	5-1
2019	30-3	13-0	1st	WCAC Champions, DCSAA Champions	8-1
*Career*	*304-78 (.796)*	*170-31 (.845)*			*46-13 (.780)*

Coach: Walt Cline

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Walt Cline – H2 Kinetics

Director of Sports Performance

12th Season

Walt Cline has been the speed and movement coach for St. John’s baseball program since 2009. Cline is a movement and sports science specialist and works with all aspects of athlete development, including strength and conditioning, speed and movement training, injury prevention and return-to-sport strategies.

As a professional, Cline has served as an educator, coach and consultant in collegiate, scholastic and professional settings in the United States. He is currently the owner and operator of H2K (H2 Kinetics LLC and H2Ksports.com), and he serves as a volunteer assistant track and field coach (movement specialist) at the University of Virginia.

As a sports science coach, Cline has worked with prospective scholastic athletes, collegiate athletes and professional athletes in a variety of sports organizations, including: NFL, MLB, MLS, NBA, NCAA (ACC, SEC, PAC12, MAC), WBC/WBA, WLPGA and USTA. During his seven years in the mid-Atlantic region, Cline’s work and contracts have included, but are not limited to, director of athlete development (St. John’s College High School baseball program, Washington, DC: 2009-present); speed movement consultant (DC United); movement/strength and conditioning consultant (Washington Nationals); director of athlete development (Velocity Sports Performance, Alexandria, VA); consultant co-director of athlete development (Velocity Sports Performance, Westchester, NY); concept of functional fitness project/combat conditioning, SME (United States Marine Corps); and consultant and clinic speaker on movement and sports science application to area sports organizations and supportive medical services.

Cline started his career serving as an assistant coach for both track and field and football at Fort Hays State University in western Kansas. He returned to the scholastic level in western New York, teaching health and physical education and coaching multiple championship teams at multiple schools in both football and track and field. When he began to coach and consult with professional athletes in 2005, Cline moved to the mid-Atlantic region and helped open and establish one of the largest and top-operating sports-performance training facilities in the United States. He continues to work at large in the DC area with organizations, team sport athletes, runners, cyclists, the military and other groups and individual projects.

Cline earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education/exercise science from Canisius College in Buffalo, NY, where he competed in football and track and field. He also holds a master’s degree in health and human performance from Kansas State University at Fort Hays. Cline is a certified strength and conditioning specialist with the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
Coach: Ed Gibbs

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Ed Gibbs ’67

Assistant Coach

14th Season/28th Season Overall

Baserunning

The 2020 campaign will be Ed Gibbs’ 28th as a coach at St. John’s. In 1993, Gibbs took control of a program that had gone several years without a winning season. In his first year, he guided the Cadets to a 13-12 record, and in his second season, Gibbs went 24-5 and began an amazing streak of winning 20 or more games in 13-straight seasons. He established St. John’s as an area powerhouse and pushed them into the national rankings. He compiled a 318-78 record. His accomplishments include seven regular-season championships, two WCAC conference championships (1999, 2005) and three WCAC Coach of the Year selections, as well as being named the 2005 Washington Post Coach of the Year. He sent six players into professional baseball and had 11 first team All-Met selections, seven Gatorade Players of the Year, five USA Today Players of the Year and 59 first team All-WCAC selections. He sent an incredible 41 players into college baseball and, in 2008, was inducted into the St. John’s College High School Athletic Hall of Fame.

Gibbs is in charge of the base runners and outfielders at St. John’s. During his time as coach, the Cadets have stolen at least 70 bases each year. He has also been the driving force behind many of the baseball facility renovations and had the baseball field at St. John’s named for him. He currently lives in Rockville, MD.
Coach: Andrew Lowman

drew82273@yahoo.com

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Andrew Lowman

Assistant Coach

13th Season

Catchers

The 2020 season will be Andrew Lowman’s 13th as a coach in St. John’s baseball program. Lowman is responsible for the day-to-day development of all SJC catchers. Since he took over as head catching instructor, the Cadet backstops have thrown out more than 60 percent of base-stealers and averaged less than 10 passed balls per year. He has tutored nine catchers who have gone on to play at the collegiate level, including five to the Division 1 level (UNC-Wilmington, Delaware, Southern, La Salle and VCU). Lowman is a 1991 graduate of Riverdale Baptist and was a college athlete at Frostburg State University. He currently lives in Lothian, MD, with his wife Alyssa, son Josh and daughter Ansley.

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