Chip Hale - Arizona Baseball Head Coach

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Chip Hale won a national title as a player with Arizona back in 1986, played seven years in the major leagues, then spent 15 years as a major-league coach and manger. He won a World Series as the Nationals bench coach in 2019, and then took over the Arizona baseball program last summer. In this conversation, Chip talks about…

• The evolution of data availability over the course of his playing and coaching career

• What information college teams have access to

• What college kids expect from data and how they use it

• How he balances stats and the eye test when making in-game decisions

• Keys to communicating with players

• Managing a couple innings in the 2019 World Series

• Memories from winning the 1986 NCAA title with Arizona

Then, TruMedia’s Sergio De La Espriella joins the show to discuss Paul’s conversation with Chip.

Show Links

• Follow Chip on Twitter: @UHCoachHale

• Check out Chip’s biography here.

• Follow @TruMediaSports on Twitter.

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