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Darrell Preston, Head Baseball Coach
Background: Coach Preston is entering his 13th year of coaching and 2nd year at Wakeland High School. He spent the early years of his teaching and coaching career at Fort Worth Paschal HS where he was the Athletic Coordinator and Head Baseball Coach. After high school he went on to play college baseball at the University of Texas at Arlington, where he earned a Bachelor degree in Kinesiology. He has been married to his lovely wife April for 14 years and has two beautiful kids Dallas-11 and Addison-7 Coaching Experience: Frisco Wakeland H.S. Head Baseball Coach, Fort Worth Paschal H.S. Athletic Coordinator/Head Baseball Coach/Assistant Football Athletic Experience: University Of Texas at Arlington – Infielder Mt. Vernon H.S. – Football-QB, Basketball, Baseball- Infielder/Pitcher Interesting Facts: 1. Coach Preston enjoys spending time with family and friends 2. He enjoys watching sports and watching his kids participate in football, basketball and gymnastics 3. Lifelong Dallas Cowboy fan. |
Matt Sartor, Varsity Assistant Coach
Background: Coach Sartor is entering his 9th year of coaching and 2nd year at Wakeland High School. He spent the early years of his teaching and coaching career in his home town of Irving, TX. After high school, he went on to play college baseball as a pitcher at both North Central Texas College and the University of Texas at Arlington where he earned a Bachelor in University Studies. He has been married to his lovely wife Sara who has served as a middle school counselor in Lewisville ISD for 4 years. They have an 18 month old son named Weston. Coaching Experience: Frisco Wakeland H.S. Assistant Offensive Line Coach and Assistant Baseball Coach. Irving H.S. Head Baseball Coach and Assistant Offensive Line Coach. Sam Houston M.S. (Irving) Football/Basketball/Track Coach Athletic Experience: Grand Prairie Airhogs - Pitcher Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants – Pitcher University Of Texas at Arlington – Pitcher, North Central Texas College – Pitcher Irving H.S. – Pitcher, Infield Interesting Facts 1. Coach Sartor enjoys spending down time with his family and friends. 2. He enjoys hunting, watching sports, vacationing with family, being on the lake, and cooking Texas style Bar-b-q. 3. Coach Sartor has been the Head Baseball Coach at the same school where his older brother, Ben Sartor, and his Father, Mike Sartor, were also the Head Baseball Coach. |
Rocky Rivera, Freshman Coach, Varsity Assistant Coach
Background: Coach Rivera is in his 15th year of coaching with previous stops at Marble Falls High School and Allen High School. Coach Rivera is a graduate of Sul Ross State University where he played baseball. He graduated college with a major in English and a minor in Kinesiology. Coaching Experience: Frisco Wakeland H.S. – Baseball Freshman Coach and Varsity Assistant Coach, Football Tight Ends, Inside Linebackers, Special Teams Coordinator Allen H.S. - Defensive Backs Coach/Baseball/Powerlifting Marble Falls H.S. - Defensive Back Coach/Basketball/Baseball Athletic Experience: Sul Ross State University - Baseball Monahans H.S. - Football, Basketball, Baseball |
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