Archives - Episode 136 - Dugout Chatter with Brent Kemnitz, Wichita State University

We make a call to the bullpen to bring in this week’s guest with Brent Kemnitz, former pitching coach at Wichita State University and a lifetime ABCA member of 40 years. Kemnitz, who might be the winningest pitching coach in college baseball, served under another coaching legend in Gene Stephenson and helped build Wichita State into a national powerhouse. In this episode, Kemnitz takes us not only through the height of the Shockers program but also what drove him to keep learning, find new information and keep getting better throughout his coaching career. He is now an Assistant Athletic Director at Wichita State and lives in a space of mentorship, helping guide and teach the other coaches within the department amongst other duties. He was certainly excited to see one of his own pupils - Eric Wedge - recently introduced as the new Shockers skipper. We often talk about timing in our game and this couldn’t have fallen at a better time with us recording this interview on June 10th, which marked the 30 year anniversary of the 1989 Wichita State national championship.