WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE
THE LEADERSHIP
Led by Joe Iannuzzi GM and Director of Baseball Operations Kevin Hussey, with Rick Johnston, the 20+ Terriers coaching staff have countless years of experience at the elite level. Our coaches have coached or played at every level of the game, including Pro, College, National and Provincial teams. They continually develop their coaching skills to better shape our student athletes to their highest potential.
Our Terrier coaches have a passion for baseball and for the players in our organization. This coaching staff is indeed the next level of mentoring and instruction that these young men require to prepare them for what comes next in their baseball careers. Each player will be trained on the finer points of the technical and strategic aspects of the game, and they will begin to form a mental approach that they can build on well into the future. While all of this experience is unfolding, players will also learn what it takes to be good teammates and respect their coaches and their fellow team members. This truly is a life changing experience for young men with serious baseball aspirations.
The common denominator amongst our staff is their commitment to The Terrier Way of making our student athletes better both on and off the playing field. We take our objectives seriously and adhere to a strict code of ethics for both players and coaches.
* All of our staff have completed police security checks for the volunteer vulnerable sector.
TRAVEL, COMPETITION and SCHEDULES
The Terrier calendar is chock full of everything a player needs for the development of his baseball portfolio. From year-round strength testing with The Performance Lab and training at The Baseball Zone, to an intense winter training schedule, an optional spring trip to Florida, competing in Canada's top amateur baseball league the CPBL, culminating in a month of intense baseball tournament play centered in America.
The facts are clear - in order to face the best competition and put ourselves into recruitable situations, we have to head south of the border. By doing so, our players quickly learn why our priorities are on development as we are vying to match or exceed the U.S. level of play in order to command the respect of Americans while we play their national pastime.
With the exception of the 17U team all teams allow parents to travel with their children to the US tournaments. Thus they can stay in hotels, Airbnb, VRBO's of their choice, or sharing with other families. Summer trips to the U.S often leave mid-week returning Sunday.
One of the highlights of The Terriers travel schedule is the annual spring trip to Florida. Players and families have the option to come for practices and games to Florida for 8 days of March Break. This week in the south will consist of practices, games versus U.S. high school age programs and U.S. College teams (17U).
* A detailed description of each season in The Terrier calendar is listed here.
APPLYING SPORTS SCIENCE
All Terriers are tested by The Performance Lab for strength and functionality, with their individual results analyzed by leading edge bio-mechanists. Using the latest techniques in sports science, these results are translated to individual strength programs to better protect the athlete from injury and maximize their functional power output. Terriers train at The Baseball Zone.
THE FACILITIES
During the winter, all four Terriers teams train extensively at The Baseball Zone, Canada’s leading and most comprehensive baseball facility. Our program incorporates sport specific baseball training at our in-house performance training facility, which allows our Terriers to conveniently practice their baseball skills and strength train at the same location.
The spring weather takes the program outdoors to our home fields at King’s Christian Collegiate centrally located in Oakville. The Terriers are the prime baseball tenant at this multi-million dollar turf field featuring a classic brick backdrop, pro-style dugouts and an electronic scoreboard. Terriers teams practiced and played over 150 games at Kings in one season. We get the jump on the season in mid April and carry though till mid October. Due to the state of the art drainage system, we have a minimum of rain-outs on a yearly basis.
STRONG, RESPECTED, RELIABLE OWNERSHIP
In April 2023, Rick Johnston was joined by Kevin Horton who took over for Mike and Nicole Tevlin as partner, with The Terriers and The Baseball Zone. Kevin has been working for The Baseball Zone since 2004, making this a seamless transition.
Horton brings strong organizational acumen to the program and a passion to continue the Terriers proud tradition.
HOW TO BECOME A TERRIER
If you are a serious student athlete, fill out this Recruiting Form. We will be in touch and inform you of the try-out dates that The Terriers will be operating in the coming months. Should you have any further questions about the program or the recruiting process, please feel free to contact us at [email protected] and we will get back to you within 48 hours. Also feel free to drop by The Baseball Zone with any enquiries.