COACH OF THE WEEK
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Coach Krupnick
Baseball Career
2001 Major League Baseball International Envoy Coach of South Africa
1998 300 Victory Award from Massachusetts Baseball Coaches Association1992 National High School Master Coach Award Selected by Easton Bat Company & Collegiate Baseball
1983 Boston Gobe Division II Coach of the Year
1983 Metro-West News Coach of the Year
1991 Boston Globe Division II Coach of the Year
1998 TAB Newspaper-Readers Choice #1 Coach of the Year
1986 Inducted into Adrian College's Hall of Fame
1994 Inducted into Boston Park League's Hall of Fame
1990 Boston Park League Sportsmanship Award
1984 Boston Park League All Star played against USA Olympic Team at Fenway Park
1962 All North Worcester County 1st Team Selection
1962 Athol High School Most Outstanding Athlete-Danny McDonald Memorial Award
1965 All MIAA Conference 1st Team Selection
1966 All MIAA Conference 1st Team Selection
1974-2006 Chairman of Tri-Valley Baseball League
1976-2006 State High School Baseball Coaches Clinic Director
1980 President Massachusetts High School Baseball Coached Association
1991 Awarded as an honorary member of the Oklahoma High
School Baseball Coaches Association
1994 Produced one major league player (Mark Sweeney,
San Diego Padres) and twelve other professionals through high school coaching and batting school
1994 Batting School, professional player from Holliston High School, Rich Corani, Chris Festa, Doug Caroll, Bill Knight.
2005 Participate as a player for the New England Red Sox in the National over 50 Adult Fun Baseball Tournament in Las Vegas. Red Sox won the 2005 National Championship.
Coaching Experience:
1958 Coached Athol Pee Wee League
1962 Founded the Athol Twilight League
1968 Holliston High School Varsity Baseball Coach
1970 Coach/Player United States Army All Thialand Softball Team
1971-1973 Holliston High School, Junior Varsity Coach
1974-2002 Holliston High School Varsity Baseball Coach
1973 Stan Musial League State Champs(Framingham Tigers)
1999 AAU 12 year old All-Star Team New England Flame
2000 AAU 13 year old All-Star Team New England Flame
1992 Hitting Coach for the Harwich Mariners Cape Cod
Collegiate League
Guest Speaker and Clinician
- 1988 National Convention-American Baseball Coaches Association at Opryland Hotel: Topic- How to Teach and Learn the Art of Hitting Step by Step
- 1994 National High School Baseball Coaches Association in Dallas, Texas
- State Baseball Clinic Chairman 32 years
- State High School Clinics
Massachusetts - 1976 & 1981 &1988
Arkansas - 1985 & 1999
Illinois - 1986
Wisconsin - 1986 & 2002
Minnesota - 1987
Oklahoma - 1990
Florida - 1985
Texas - 2005 - Hired by the Bermuda Government and the Bermuda National Softball Association to conduct 12 days of clinics and training sessions involving 200 girl softball players and men's national team
1976-2006 Guest instructor at Bucky Dent's Baseball School in Del Ray Beach, FL
Have spent at least a day or more teaching hitting with
and or discussing one or more hitting techniques with: - 1961 Ted Williams as my hitting coach at his camp in
Lakeville, MA - 1986 At the Wisconsin Clinic, spent an hour in Ted William's room discussing hitting as I was a guest speaker with him.
- Dr. Mike Marshall studies on hitting, graduate school at Michigan State
- Charlie Lau - Major League hitting instructor & author
- Scott Fletcher - 15 years Major League hitter and hitting instructor with "RightView" software of analysis of the Baseball swing.
- Taught hitting with Don Baylor, Hal McRay, Don Mattingly, Champ Summers,
Pete Rose, and Dave Justice at Bucky Dent's Baseball Camp
Q & A
MaxBP: Fun facts
Coach Krupnick: At the age of 16, Coach Krupnick was personally coached by Ted Williams. He still uses a couple of the drills "Teddy Ballgame" taught.
MaxBP: Most memorable baseball moments as a player?
Coach Krupnick: (1) In a Boston Park League Playoff Game, on consecutive at bats in the 2nd, 3rd and 5th innings, Coach Krupnick hit a 3-run Bomb, 2-RBI single, and a Grand Slam! 9 RBI in 3 at bats. He led his team to the title. (2) MLB tryouts at Fenway Park and Tiger Stadium. One was arranged by the legendary Ernie Harwell, Hall of Fame broadcaster. Coach worked out with Norm Cash and Al Kaline.
MaxBP: Most memorable baseball moment as a high school coach?
Coach Krupnick: Leading Holliston High to the 1987 Mass. State Championship (Div. II.) The team featured future MLB player Mark Sweeney as its number 3 hitter. Sweeney still holds the all-time MLB record for pinch-hit RBI, and is second in all-time pinch-hits.
MaxBP: Most memorable baseball moments as a hitting coach?
Coach Krupnick: Coaching thousands of kids on hitting at my school and watching their joy and success, Bucky Dent's baseball camps, going to South Africa to teach on behalf of MLB, and coaching alongside great hitters like Don Matting, Don Baylor, Pete Rose, etc.
MaxBP: Position Played?
Coach Krupnick: Catcher
** Coach Krupnick can be reached by email hkbattingschool@comcast.net or through his reknowned hitting school: http://www.hkbattingschool.com
MaxBP: Best Hitter You Have Seen in Person?
Coach Krupnick: Barry Bonds. Even the fly balls were higher and longer than anyone else.
MaxBP: Finally, Hot Dog - Ketchup or Mustard??
MaxBP: Finally, Hot Dog - Ketchup or Mustard??
Coach Krupnick: Mustard and Relish. Ideally it would be a Kayem brand dog with a toasted, buttered bun.
** Coach Krupnick can be reached by email hkbattingschool@comcast.net or through his reknowned hitting school: http://www.hkbattingschool.com