JUCO COACHES FLOCK TO PRO BALL

J.J. COOPER

@JJCOOP36

For decades, there were college coaches and pro coaches and the two groups rarely crossed over. Jobs as pro coaches were reserved for ex-pro players. College coaches were a mix of ex-pros and everyone else.

And there was a hierarchy. There were travel team coaches and high school coaches, then junior college coaches, small college coaches, Division I coaches, minor league coaches and finally, major league coaches.

Sometimes a coach could skip a step or two on their climb up the ladder, but there were clear delineations. A junior college coach could realistically hope to jump to a