Coach Bob Ugel

Coach Ugel, founder of the Renegades Baseball organization, has been coaching since 1988. Bob has been on the staff of several notable college and high school baseball coaching staffs including Concordia, New Trier, Notre Dame, Loyola, Holy Cross, and Eisenhower.

His educational and professional background includes over 20 years as a high school counselor and 7 years in the classroom teaching math. In addition, Bob has earned 3 Master’s degrees in School Counseling, Sports Counseling, and Educational Leadership. This gives him a unique ability in dealing with the motivation and development of athletes and in helping guide the development of outstanding young men. And, as an active NCAA and IHSA Certified Official (Baseball and Basketball), Bob brings the perspective of impartiality, professionalism and “playing by the rules” to his coaching and teaching styles; not to mention his passion and in-depth knowledge of the game.

Bob is a believer in continuous active learning –  for everyone involved in baseball from players, to coaches to umpires. To that end, he is active in a number of baseball coaches’ instructional organizations including the IHSBCA, the ABCA (collegiate) and the BCA (high school). He is a Member of and a Certified Pitching Coach by the National Pitching Association chaired by Dr. Tom House; an Inner Circle Member of Pitching Central led by Ron Wolforth; a member of the National Pitching Academy and the Academy for Sports Leadership; and a member of the National High School Coaches’ Association. He is a Pitching Insider with the National Pitching Rebels and an inner circle member of the Hitting is a Guess Academy chaired by Pro Hitting guru Perry Husband.

In the off-season, when he is not officiating at a college or high school basketball game, Bob can usually be found working with players instructing them on the finer points of pitching, hitting and physical conditioning.

Coach Jim Walsh

Jim Walsh has been involved with Barrington High School Baseball since 1985. He was a volunteer until joining the staff in 1990 to 1999. During that time, Jim coached the Freshman B Team for 4 years, was Assistant Varsity Coach for 3 years and then Head Sophomore Coach for 3 years. From 1994-1997, Jim was assistant coach for the Barrington American Legion Post 158 with the 1995 Legion Team winning the State Championship. He also was a hitting instructor at Palatine Grand Slam for 3 years. In 1997, Jim opened the Jimmy Walsh Hitting Camp located in Barrington. He provided hitting instruction for baseball and softball players for the past 18 years. In 2013-2016, Jim returned to coaching at Barrington Baseball as head sophomore coach. In June 2016 and after 35 years of service, Jim retired from Barrington School District. Jim and his wife Sue, and daughter, Jennifer, reside in Fox River Grove.

Jeremy Alexander

Jeremy will be managing the 12-year-old team. His two boys played for Renegades Baseball from 2010 – 2015.

This will be his 5th year with the Renegades organization. Prior to Renegades, he managed travel teams for several youth organizations. In addition, he spent four years coaching girls travel softball.

He believes in teaching his players responsibility, hard work and what it means to be a good teammate. He focuses on strong fundamentals with a long term goal of developing the life skills and habits that will make his players successful in high school and beyond. Coach Alexander has been a regular attendee of the nationally recognized Ultimate Pitching Coaches Boot-camp at the Texas Baseball Ranch and earned his USA Baseball Coaches “C” Certification.

When he is not coaching, he manages a business and spends time with his wife of 26 years and their 3 children.