Coach Matt Gilmer
Coach Matt started coaching at the age of 18 after his second shoulder surgery. Coach Matt started coaching with Diamond in the rough in Belmont where he helped coach for 1 year before started his own team called the Norcal Bombers where he had 2 teams for 3 year. After that he was the Head JV coach at Menlo Atherton for two years, after he started Sandlot. In December 2015 he started Sandlot as just a little league all star team out of Redwood city. Over the next 9 years he slowly built this program. During that time he was the varsity head coach at Crystal Springs Uplands, served one year as the outfield coach at San Francisco City college and now on his 3rd year as the Varsity Head Coach at Ripon High School.
Coach Matt Wristen
Coach Matt played baseball Aragon High School in San Mateo, Ca where he went on and went on to play college baseball and semi pro ball. After his playing days he worked for Diamond in the rough in the Bay Area before he started up his program Second to None baseball which he ran for 5 years. After that he ran Pen Cities and Diamond Sports Academy where he has been coaching for the last 7 years. He will be running our youth division program and our lead hitting instructor.
Coach Joseph Saenz
Coach Joe grew up in Tracy, Ca where he went to Tracy High School. After High school Joseph went on to play college baseball before coming back home and working for Sandlot for a year. Coach Joe spent 2 years coaching college baseball at the college of the siskiyou before coming back home where he is now a coach at Modesto Junior College. Coach Joe will be helping with all ages.