Terrier Coaches

• Coached at Chicago State University from 2010-2012 (NCAA D1)
• Coached at Cardinal Stritch University from 2012 – 2013
• Received a Master Degree in Sports Management from Cardinal Stritch University
• Played at Chicago State University (NCAA D1) 2008-2010
• Played at Olney Central College (NJCAA D1) 2006 – 2008

• Co-founder and Director of Baseball Operations at The Baseball Zone and co-owner of SST Mississauga.
• Inducted into the Peterborough and District Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.
• Played internationally as a member of the Canadian National Team, including the 1988 Seoul Olympics, 1987 and 1991 Pan American Games, and the 1985 and 1991 Intercontinental Cup.
• Recipient of league awards and record-holding member of championship teams with the Toronto Maple Leafs of the Inter-County Baseball League.
• Two-time Inter-County League MVP.
• Attended and excelled in baseball at Cuyahoga Community College in Ohio and at the University of British Columbia as a member of the National Baseball Institute.
• Named to the All-Region first team in 1985 at Cuyahoga Community College.
  Managed Team Canada Juniors in 1998.
• Served as Hitting Coach for Team Canada Juniors in 1996 and 1997, achieving 3rd place in the World Championships.
• Acted as Hitting Coach for Team Canada Seniors in 1995.
• Served as Hitting Coach for the 2001 Canada Summer Games, winning a Silver Medal.
• Managed Team Ontario at the 2005 Canada Summer Games, winning a Gold Medal.
• Named Canadian Coach of the Year in 2005.
  Coached and Managed the Croatian National Team, Karlovac Keltics in Croatia, and Montpellier Barracudas in France.
• Managed the Croatian National Team at the 2007 Olympic Qualification Tournament in Barcelona, Spain.
• Coached and played in 17 countries worldwide.
• Started the University of Toronto baseball program in 1996.
• Invited to Spring Training with the Toronto Blue Jays as a guest coach in 1997.
• Served as a scout for the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
• Managed the Toronto Maple Leafs of the Inter-County League in 2001, earning Manager of the Year honors.
• Managed the Brantford Red Sox of the Inter-County League from 2003 to 2006, earning Manager of the Year awards in 2003 and 2004 and winning the League Championship in 2006.
• VP and General Manager of the Brantford Red Sox since 2007; led the team to Inter-County Championships in 2008 and 2009.
• Instructed for more than 19 years, mentoring numerous successful players, including one of only six Canadians ever drafted in the first round of the MLB draft, as well as over 200 other professionals, draftees, and players on college scholarships.
• Rick serves as an OBA course clinician for Levels I, II & III and is a regular speaker at clinics across Canada and the United States.
• He has presented at the Ontario Best Ever Coaching Clinic three times and at the British Columbia Coaches Clinic twice.
• As a technical consultant, Rick has contributed to motion pictures and television productions, including “Angels in the Infield,” “Fever Pitch,” Men TV, Omni Television, and City TV’s “Batter Up.”

A dedicated and hard working coach with unique playing experiences who learned from some of the most revered pitching coaches in college baseball. A former Terrier who began playing with the program when he was 13. now has been coaching with the program for 2 years and aims to make the Terrier pitching program a staple for pitching development in Canada.

• Coach Accomplishments
  – 2nd year Terriers coach
  – Terriers Catching Coordinator and Hitting Coach
  – Full Time Coach at The Baseball Zone (Catching, Hitting and Strength & Conditioning)
  – 3 Years coaching with Brampton Royals AAA
• Player Accomplishments
  – IBL Hamilton Cardinals 2012 & 2013
  – 2011 21u Nationals – Ontario
  – 2007 – 2009 Team Ontario in PBLO

Former NCAA baseball player with 13 years of baseball instruction and 9 years coaching elite baseball

Coach and Player Achievements

• 6 years with the Terriers Assistant Coach(15u-17u)
• 3 years with the Terriers Head Coach(16u/17u)
• 2021 16u CPBL Championship
• 2016 Great Midwest Athletic Conference Champion

As a coach for more than 25 years – and part of the Terriers Baseball program since 2021 – what Coach Black enjoys most being around the game at this level is the chance to share, to challenge skill level, to improve mindset, and support players in pursuit of their goals at each step, while continuing to learn and improve himself.

Coach and Player Accomplishments

• 2018 – 13U National Champion – Mississauga Majors – Asst
• 2008 – 2010 – Ontario @ Oklahoma Junior & Senior Sunbelt Classics
• 2008 – 2010 – Team Ontario (PBLO) 16U & 18U
• 2007 – 15U OBA Provincial Finalist – Mississauga Majors
• NCCP Level 2 certified since 2006

After playing 20 seasons with the Erindale Cardinals in the COBA Sr League, Ian joined the Terriers’ coaching staff in 2016. He coached pitching for 16u, 17u, and 18u teams. In 2021, Ian became the pitch coordinator and launched our 12-month pitching program.

In the fall of 2024, he officially became the 16u head coach for the 2025 season. Ian believes good pitching and defence win games (and will keep you in many more), but he has a lot of fun watching our bats go on heaters, too!

Coach and Player Achievements

Luke is a hitting and infielding coach with a background of biomechanics and 4 years of Division 1 baseball. He’s been coaching Terriers since 2017 as an assistant, and worked as the hitting coordinator for two years before taking over as the head coach of the 15u Terrier team in the 2025 season. He is also a Terrier alumni from 2012-2014

Coach and Player Achievements

Brian is in his first year with the Terriers as an assistant for the 15u Team joining us along with his son from OBJ after winning the 2024 14U Major CPBL Championship. He grew up playing baseball in Markham, Ont. Brian began coaching while studying kinesiology in university with the Markham District Baseball Association, winning the York Region Peewee Select championship in his first year as Head Coach. He continued coaching with the Milton Minor Baseball Association when he relocated to Milton both as a Head Coach and Assistant. Coached in Milton for 9 years, developing players ranging from T-ball to Major Peewee both in House League and Milton Mets Travel Ball. Brian has worked closely with many former and current Baseball Zone and Terrier coaches while with the Milton Mets training and teaching the “Terrier Way”!

Coach and Player Achievements

The 2024 – 2025 season will be Steve’s 1st year coaching with Terriers, and he is excited to join such a great program and help kids take their game to the next level!

Steve grew up in Toronto and started his baseball journey later than most at fourteen with the Toronto Playgrounds Organization. He played in the OBA for the AAA Toronto Playgrounds from 1992 to 1997

After High School, Steve played at the University of Toronto from 1997 to 2002 under head Coach Geoff Cullen.  While there, his team captured the CIBA silver medal twice and won the first-ever OUA championship in 2001. Steve was also named a Silver T award by the University of Toronto in 2001 in recognition of excellence in the sport during his 4-year program at the University.  In addition, Steve was named to the Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball Association All-Star team in 2000 as an outfielder. He held the record for OF assists at U of T for several years.

After his University career,  Steve continued to play in the OBA at the senior AAA level from 2004 to 2020 with Martingrove and the Pickering/Ajax organizations.  During that time, he was part of various GTBL championship and finalist teams and made several deep runs at the eliminations.  On a more personal level, Steve won the OBA senior batting title in 2014 with a batting average of .462 and led the province in OBP .548.  He retired from AAA senior baseball in 2020 and ended with a career batting average of .378. 

During Steve’s baseball journey, he also played for the Portuguese National Baseball team in the summer of 2008 during a World Baseball Classic Qualifier Tournament.  

As an assistant coach, he returned to the University of Toronto from 2017 to 2021.  As the outfield coach, hitting coach and 1st base coach, Steve was able to help the team capture 2 OUA Championships (2017 and 2021) and a Silver medal in 2018.

At the OBA level, he has acted as an Assistant coach as well as a head coach from the A to AAA levels from 1997 to 98 with Toronto Playgrounds AAA Bantam team and from 2020 – 2024 with Martingrove and Royal York A and AA teams at various age groups. Capturing 2 TBA championships along the way and, more importantly, helping kids grow their game in the process!

Coach Highlights

• Head Coach 11U AAA Ontario Provincial Finalist Milton Mets 2023
• Head Coach 10U AAA Ontario Provincial Finalist Milton Mets 2022
• Head Coach COBA AAA Champions Milton Mets 2022 (10U) & 2023 (11U)
• Head Coach 9U AA Ontario Provincial Champions Milton Mets 2018
• Assistant Coach COBA 11U All-Star Team 2023