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Assistant Coach
Barry Batson begins his second season as a Lancer assistant coach.
Coach Batson's duties include coaching first base, working with middle infielders and outfielders and assisting with recruiting.
Coach Batson graduated from Bradenton Christian High school in 1983 after helping the Panthers to a district championship in 1981 and back-to-back Bay Conference championship in 1981 and 1982.
He played his college baseball at Montreat-Anderson College and Charleston (S.C.) and graduate from Charleston with a bachelor of arts degree in Mass Communication in 1987.
Coach Batson has been an assistant coach at Sarasota Cardinal Mooney and Bradenton Southeast high schools and head coach of the Manatee HEAT.
In that latter capacity, he led the team to district runner-up finishes in 2005 and 2006.
Coach Batson founded the Athletes in Christ ministry in 1998. He has worked with Baseball Chapel for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Baltimore Orioles and the Sarasota Red Sox of the class A Florida State League.
Coach Batson is a developer of web-based strength and conditioning programs for professional baseball teams. He is currently the Administrator of Providence Community School and is on the advisory board for the new Bradenton Juice, an independent professional baseball team playing in the South Coast League.
Coach Batson and his wife, Kell, have two children, Caleb and Christina, and reside in Bradenton | 
