1544 Miles to Omaha
1544 Miles to Omaha
Cal State Omaha
Episode 48: Danny Benedetti
27 minutes Posted Nov 2, 2021 at 9:39 pm.
We are wrapping up our round of interviews with the new faces that have joined the Titan Baseball coaching staff and front office. Today's conversation is with Danny Benedetti who will serve as the Volunteer Assistant on the Titans staff in 2022. Benedetti returns to Orange County where he grew up in Los Alamitos and also played under Jason Dietrich while at Irvine Valley College. He then went on to play at St. John's University where he earned back-to-back All Big East honors and played in the 2008 Houston Regional after helping St. John's win the Big East Tournament.Danny's coaching stops include summer wood bat league stops in the Northwoods and the Hampton Collegiate Summer Leagues, was a graduate assistant at Long Beach State before returning to coach at St, John's and at Manhattan College and most recently at San Diego State. Now at Fullerton, Benedetti brings over nine years of coaching experience and will assist Neil Walton with the offense along with working closely with the catchers and will coach first base during games. Highlights include:๐ŸŽ™๏ธ What it's like to play for Coach Jason Dietrich
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ What it's like to along side Coach Jason Dietrich
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Growing up in Southern California
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Playing at St. John's
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ West Coast vs. East Coast style of baseball
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Takeaways from all coaching stops
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ What can Titan fans expect from his coaching style
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Titan offense will be a surprise to many in 2022
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Details on 4 catchers on the roster
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Future coaching aspirations
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Importance of youth & prospects camps
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Anticipation of a new brand of Titan Baseball
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We are wrapping up our round of interviews with the new faces that have joined the Titan Baseball coaching staff and front office. Today's conversation is with Danny Benedetti who will serve as the Volunteer Assistant on the Titans staff in 2022. Benedetti returns to Orange County where he grew up in Los Alamitos and also played under Jason Dietrich while at Irvine Valley College. He then went on to play at St. John's University where he earned back-to-back All Big East honors and played in the 2008 Houston Regional after helping St. John's win the Big East Tournament.Danny's coaching stops include summer wood bat league stops in the Northwoods and the Hampton Collegiate Summer Leagues, was a graduate assistant at Long Beach State before returning to coach at St, John's and at Manhattan College and most recently at San Diego State. Now at Fullerton, Benedetti brings over nine years of coaching experience and will assist Neil Walton with the offense along with working closely with the catchers and will coach first base during games. Highlights include:๐ŸŽ™๏ธ What it's like to play for Coach Jason Dietrich (2:39)๐ŸŽ™๏ธ What it's like to along side Coach Jason Dietrich (4:06)๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Growing up in Southern California (5:02)๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Playing at St. John's (7:11)๐ŸŽ™๏ธ West Coast vs. East Coast style of baseball (10:27)๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Takeaways from all coaching stops (12:18)๐ŸŽ™๏ธ What can Titan fans expect from his coaching style (13:31)๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Titan offense will be a surprise to many in 2022 (15:22)๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Details on 4 catchers on the roster (17:01)๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Future coaching aspirations (20:07)๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Importance of youth & prospects camps (23:51)๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Anticipation of a new brand of Titan Baseball (26:14)โ–ถ๏ธ Visit our website: https://www.calstateomaha.com/โ–ถ๏ธ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CalStateOmahaโ–ถ๏ธ Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/calstateomaha/โ–ถ๏ธ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/calstateomaha/โ–ถ๏ธ Follow Danny Benedetti on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dbenedetti11/โ–ถ๏ธ Follow Danny Benedetti on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CoachBenedettiโ–ถ๏ธ Suggest a guest: [email protected]