The All American Baseball Academy Staff
FULL-TIME DIRECTORS, FOUNDERS AND OWNERS:
Bob Vivian - A Graduate of Temple University, with a Masters degree in health and physical education, Bob is a former Head Coach at LaSalle University, Head coach and teacher at Olney High School. Over 30 years of experience coaching junior high, high school, college and semi-pro baseball, Division 1 MAC College Conference Coach of the Year in 1989 when he led the Explorers to the ECAC Regionals. He is a former Director of Suburban Baseball Clinic. Coach of the "STARS" AAU baseball team and a co-owner. Bob is the Academy hitting coach. He is a highly respected clinician and is often asked to be a keynote speaker at symposiums. Bob also conducts coaching clinics throughout the tri-state area. In addition to his other responsibilities, Bob works with Elite, woman's fastpitch softball players. His students dominate the local scene. Many receive full D1 scholarships to some of the top level Division I schools in the nation.
Joe O'Hara - graduate of LaSalle University, with Masters degree in social studies ed, a senior career teacher for the School District of Philadelphia. He is a former Head Coach and teacher at Washington High School in Philadelphia. His high school teams won 7 Philadelphia Public League Championships. Over thirty years coaching experience in high school and American Legion. Joe is a former Director of Suburban Baseball Clinic, coach of the "STARS" AAU baseball team and part owner. Joe is the Academy pitching coach. He assists Tom Filer with his pitching clinics during the off-season and pre-season.
Sam Wernick - graduated with a Masters Degree from The Rochester Institute of Technology. He is a former Assistant Professor at RIT and NCCC where he was a Department Co-Chairman. He has been a professional Major League Scout for the Milwaukee Brewers since 2005. Sam is a co-owner and the General Manager of The All American Baseball Academy. He is a coach of the Academy "STARS" baseball teams and Director of Scouting and Recruiting. He has coaching experience at: the AAU, American Legion, Collegiate and Semi-Pro baseball level. His teams have won numerous league and regional championships. He is responsible for the Academy digital video analysis, utilizing Dartfish Technology. Sam coordinates the Academy showcases, camps and clinics throughout the year. He also works individually with each Academy member throughout the college recruiting process. Sam is the inventor/designer and manufacturer of the innovative 3DKZONE, a training device for pitchers and umpires. He is the Academy Marketing Manager and manages the Academy website as well as all printed materials and direct mail. Sam also manages the registrations for all programs and lessons as well as the finances of the Academy.
The All American Baseball Academy welcomes Pat Horvath, an Assistant Coach at Rider University. Horvath was previously from Santa Fe High School (Florida), where he served as the head baseball coach. Coach Horvath has also coached at San Diego Christian College, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Palm Beach Atlantic University. Horvath was a two-year starting catcher at Palm Beach Atlantic after playing two seasons at Faulkner State (AL) Community College. Pat will work with the year round Academy program, off-season and pre-season clinics.
JIM FASANO, ACADEMY ALUMNI WORKS WITH ACADEMY MEMBERS AND IN CAMPS AND CLINICS
Jim Fasano, an Academy Hall of Famer is currently playing with the Kansas City T-Bones. He was drafted by the Texas Rangers out of Richmond University. Jim played for the Frisco Roughriders (a AA affiliate of the Rangers) He works with the year round Academy members and in our camps and clinics.
Carl Loadenthal:
For the 2008 season Carl Loadenthal was the starting outfielder with the AA Mississippi Braves. Carl started the year with the Atlanta Braves in Atlanta for the first few games. He trained at the Academy starting in October 1998 and went on to become a DI college player at Rider University. He joined the Academy staff in 2005. Carl was a non-drafted free agent who signed with the Atlanta Braves after graduating from Rider University on June 7, 2003. He is from Southampton, PA and attended William Tenent High School. Carl is a certified Academy instructor.Update Carl was promoted to The AAA Richmond Braves. The NY Mets acquired Carl in the Rule 5 draft in 2009. Carl has signed with the Washington Nationals for the 2010 season.
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Joe Kerrigan Jr.
Joe Kerrigan Jr., has been a key member of the Academy staff for many years.
He was drafted out of Temple University by the Boston Red Sox.
Joe worked his way up to starting shortstop with the Trenton Thunder.
Coach Kerrigan works with our Academy players on their infielding skills as well as hitting.
Joe is a former Head Baseball Coach at Cardinal Dougherty High School.
Joe's father, Joe Kerrigan Sr. is a former bullpen coach with the New York Yankees,
former pitching coach with the Philadelphia Phillies and former manager of the
Boston Red Sox. Joe is a certified Academy instructor.
Tom Filer
Tom recently signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates Organization as a pitching coach for the 2010 season. A Former Reading Phillies Pitching Coach, and Academy Clinician Tom Filer- was a former pitcher with the Cubs, Mets, Brewers and Blue Jays. He was a pitching coach for 9 years with the Norwich Navigators - New York Yankees AA affiliate and was also with the Toronto Blue Jays AAA ballclub for a year as the Pitching Coach of the Syracuse Pilots. Tommy Filer has returned again, to work with our Academy members and participants in our Major League Pitchers and Catchers Clinics. He will also work with a select group of six top ranked area pitchers during January and February in the Elite Major League Pitching and Catching Clinic.Tommy has worked with the many of the top pitching prospects in the Phillies organization. For more info please call 215-672-7500.
Josh Wernick
A former Division I scholarship player at Temple University, he is a coach and member of the Academy staff. Josh is a charter member of the Academy Hall of Fame, was ranked as high as the #2 player in the state of Pennsylvania and #149 nationally by "Baseball America Magazine" and Perfect Game, in October, 2001. Josh was selected as a "Top High School Prospect" by "Collegiate Baseball Magazine" twice, in 2001 and 2002. As a varsity high school player he was selected to the Suburban One All League Team and The Doylestown Intelligencer All Intell Team. Josh has played in collegiate baseball leagues and semi-professional leagues. He is a certified All American Baseball Academy instructor.
Todd Vivian - Todd is a a graduate of West Chester University, with a degree in Kinesiology and education, he is a former Division I college player, a former Assistant Baseball Coach at Upper Dublin High School and a certified Academy instructor. Todd works with the year round Academy members as well as the off-season and pre-season training programs. Todd also trains players privately throughout the year.
Harry Ley
The Academy welcomes back one of it's Charter Hall of Fame Members.
Harry Ley was a Public League All Star while, playing for Academy co-owner and former Washington High School Coach Joe O'hara. As a collegiate player, he went on to set the all time record for assists at Drexel University, doing it in just three years, just before they dropped baseball as a sport. Harry completed his college career as a Temple Owl. He is one of the best shortstops to come out of Southeastern, Pennsylvania and he plays locally in a number of semi-pro leagues. Harry worked during the off-season as an instructor in many Academy camps and clinics and he is a coach for the Academy STARS teams. Harry is a certified Academy instructor.
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Jeff Goldstein
Talk about strength and conditioning. In 1991 and 1992 Jeff Goldstein was the Pennsylvania State Powerlifting Champion in the 242 lb class. He has lifted in two national contests and one world contest. With a fourth place finish of the 1992 sub-masters world championships. Jeff has a best competitive lift of 755 lb squat, 470 lb bench press and 711 lb dead lift. The Academy already has the best speed and quickness trainers from "LightningFast Training Centers" working with our members and the addition of Jeff Goldstein elevates the complete program to another level.
Jeff played adult baseball with The Croydon MudCats (4 time league champs), the Philadelphia Yankees (2 time defending fairmount Park A-league champs) and the Sand Gnats (2 time defending Philadelphia Fall baseball league champs). He has also trained professional baseball players like David Wright, Joe McEwing, Jimmy Fasano, Michael Gibbs and Carl Loadenthal in the off-season. Jeff provides a unique approach to helping each athlete reach his full potential.
Jeff's client list ranges from world boxing championship contenders, Kassim "The Dream" Ouma, 1996 Olympic Bronze Medalist Terrance "The Heat" Cauthen, 2004 Olympic Alternate: Chaz "The Gentlemen" Witherspoon, Irish National Champion Simon "Slick" O'Donnell and rising knockout artist Tyrone "Young Gun" Brunson along with a compliment of highschool athletes to working professionals. It's not unusual to turn on HBO and see Jeff working with his stable of world class athletes. When not totally consumed with physical fitness he spends his spare time with his Bernadette, his wife of 18 years and Ryan his 15 year old son and two dogs.
By bringing in specialists in each field, the All American Baseball Academy has assembled a highly qualified professional staff capable of doing it all. It's not necessary to lift in one facility, run in another and practice the fundamentals of the game in yet another location. The addition of Jeff Goldstein to our staff will make a huge difference to all our members who make the commitment to do the hard work needed to get to the next level.
Bob Levy - Coach and Suburban Baseball Clinic camp director, former college freshman coach and semi-pro league manager. Bob is a certified Academy instructor.
John Haldis - Signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers out of high school. John was a high school stand out at Council Rock South H.S. before signing with the Dodgers. John was rostered on the Ogden Raptors team.
John Loftus - Former Head varsity coach at Archbishop
Wood High School. John is a certified Academy instructor.
Don Lordan - Former pitcher in the Milwaukee Braves organization,
Don was an All American pitcher at Lafayette University and
pitched in the College World Series.
Don is a certified Academy instructor.
Bob Weidinger - Assistant coach Temple University,
former College World Series All Star. Bob is a former
Head Baseball Coach at Furness H.S. He is also a certified
Academy instructor.
Duane Carlisle was promoted to the 49ers Head Strength and Conditioning coach on January 9, 2008, after spending the previous three seasons as the team’s assistant strength and conditioning coach.
Carlisle is responsible for overseeing the team’s comprehensive strength and conditioning program, which includes strength, power development, speed, recovery and regeneration, and the nutritional program for the players. He brings an individual oriented approach to the strength and conditioning position, but within a team-based context.
Carlisle will look to implement many new ideas into San Francisco’s strength and conditioning program, like state of the art equipment that will help maximize performance and minimize injuries.
During Carlisle’s three seasons as an assistant, he served under legendary strength and conditioning coach Johnny Parker, a three-time Super Bowl champion and 20-year NFL veteran. Like Parker, Carlisle believes a great strength and conditioning program should never leave Head Coach Mike Nolan worried about what condition the players are in.
Carlisle plans to apply all the lessons he learned from Parker now that he is in charge of the program. Parker wanted the players to be tough, well-conditioned, and physically strong. To get there, he pushed and inspired them, to get more out of them than what they were willing to give otherwise. He cared about the players, and got them to work together as a team. After three years under Parker, those are some of the core philosophies that Carlisle will carry on.
During the 2006 and 2007 off-seasons, Carlisle helped direct the team’s spring/summer conditioning program, which was a tremendous success, garnering nearly 100 percent participation. The 14-week progression of exercises is designed to build muscle size, strength and stamina while keying on position-specific speed and proper nutrition.
His experience before coming to the 49ers includes four teams among three different professional sports, ranging from the high school to the professional level. Having trained so many different types of athletes in the past, Carlisle brings a unique perspective to the typical NFL strength and conditioning program.
Carlisle recently served as the speed development consultant for the Philadelphia Eagles (2000-04), after starting his career there as a strength and conditioning intern in 1995 and a seasonal assistant from 1996-97. While with the Eagles, who made three consecutive appearances in the NFC Championship game, Carlisle helped Westbrook gain the speed and stamina necessary to become one of the NFL’s elite running backs.
As the president and founder of Lightning Fast Training Systems, Carlisle is one of the leaders in the area of athletic performance training. He has spent the last 14 years pushing athletes to perform to their maximum potential. He prepared various NFL stars for the NFL Scouting Combine, like Philadelphia RB Brian Westbrook and DE Trent Cole, Seattle QB Matt Hasselbeck, and New England C Dan Koppen.
He was also the head speed, strength and conditioning coach for the Philadelphia Charge of the Women’s United Soccer Association and the speed, strength and conditioning consultant for Major League Lacrosse’s New Jersey Pride (2001-2003). Additionally, Carlisle was the speed development coordinator with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1997-98) and the sprint and jump coach at Penn State University. Carlisle has also served as the director of strength and conditioning at the prestigious Lawrenceville Boarding School in Lawrenceville, NJ.
Carlisle starred in track and field at the University of Maryland. He graduated with an emphasis in economics and physical education.
Carlisle is married to Shereese, and has four children.
| Years | Coaching Background | Head Coach |
| 2008-Current | Head Strength and Conditioning Coach | San Francisco 49ers - Mike Nolan |
| 2005-Current | Assistant Strength and Conditioning | San Francisco 49ers - Mike Nolan |
| 2000-2004 | Speed Development | Philadelphia Eagles - Andy Reid |
| 2001-2003 | Strength and Conditioning Consultant | New Jersey Pride - Mark Krikorian Philadelphia Charge - Brian Silcott |
| 1997-1998 | Speed Development Coordinator | Tampa Bay Devil Rays - Larry Rothschild |
| 1996-1997 | Seasonal Strength and Conditioning Assistant | Philadelphia Eagles - Ray Rhodes |
| 1995 | Strength and Conditioning Intern | Philadelphia Eagles - Ray Rhodes |
| 1989-1992 | Sprint and Jump Coach | Penn State - Harry Groves |
