Meet Keith Glasser — EMD Baseball Co-Owner on 16 Years of Coaching, the Hard Lessons & What He Knows Now | Ep. 184

Last week Andy told his story. This week it is Keith's turn. In this episode of Dugout Dish, Andy turns the tables on EMD Baseball Co-Owner Keith Glasser for one of the most personal and most honest conversations in the history of this podcast — his background in baseball, how he found his way into college coaching, what sixteen years on the sidelines taught him, and why every difficult moment along the way shaped him into exactly who he needed to become.   What we cover:   Keith's background in baseball and the experiences that set him on the path toward college coaching How he got his start in college baseball coaching and what those early years in the profession actually looked like What sixteen years of college coaching taught him about the game of baseball, about developing young men, and about navigating the real challenges of a life spent in college athletics Why he stepped away from coaching after sixteen years and the journey that led him to become co-owner of EMD Baseball What he appreciates now looking back on his college baseball experience with almost twenty years of hindsight and life experience that simply were not available to him at the time What matters more in the college baseball process than players and families think it does right now — the things that seem small at the time but turn out to be everything What matters far less than players and families think it does right now — and why it takes years away from the game to truly understand which things were worth worrying about An honest and unfiltered conversation about how genuinely difficult it is to play college baseball and build a career in college coaching — what nobody tells you before you start Why Keith would not change a single thing about his path despite how hard parts of it were and what that perspective means for every player navigating their own journey right now The relationships and the people he met along the way — through coaching, through baseball, through life — and how those connections shaped him through both the best and hardest moments of his career How the difficult things that happen to you in baseball and in life after baseball are not obstacles to your growth but the very things that prepare you to handle everything that gets thrown at you once you graduate   This episode is for every player who is in the middle of the hardest parts of their journey right now and needs to hear from someone who has been there — and come out the other side grateful for every bit of it. New episodes of Dugout Dish drop every week. Subscribe so you never miss recruiting and development intel that could change your player's future. Gloves - www.kaligloves.com Diamond College Showcase Camps - www.diamondcollegeshowcase.com Chapters (00:00:02) - Sponsor: Cali Gloves(00:00:57) - Intro and Flipping the Script(00:02:51) - Keith's Background: High School and Marist(00:05:59) - Coaching Journey: West Alabama, Siena, RPI(00:11:30) - Stepping Away from RPI and Starting EMD Baseball(00:13:18) - Sponsor: Diamond College Showcase(00:14:21) - The Small World of Coaching Connections(00:20:12) - Paying It Forward and Dues in Old-School Coaching(00:22:25) - Recruiting on a Budget: Motel Six Stories(00:26:11) - Appreciating How Hard the College Experience Was(00:32:16) - Advice to 18-Year-Old Self: Time Flies(00:38:10) - The Grueling Schedule of a College Season(00:39:47) - The Underappreciated Life of a Catcher(00:41:53) - Wishing for Trackman Data as a Catcher(00:45:28) - Trust Between Catchers and Pitchers(00:51:34) - Overrated: Playing Time in Recruiting(01:04:24) - What Matters More: People and Sacrifice(01:11:11) - Closing Thoughts and Outro