​2021 Speakers Bios will be posted
as speakers are confirmed,

THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED THROUGHOUT THE FALL AS SPEAKERS ARE CONFIRMED FOR 2021

2019 FEATURED SPEAKER

J. Craig Flowers
The Sideline Leadership CO.
J. Craig Flowers is a 4th generation native Texan originally from the hill country.  

His 25 years in the US Army encompassed a decade overseas, including three years in The Kingdom of Morocco.  His final military assignment was at West Point where he taught and served as the Director of Cadet Activities and Assistant Baseball Coach for the Army West Point Black Knights.
  
Craig attended Texas Christian University earning a degree in Economics while playing baseball for the Horned Frogs. He holds a M.A. from Kansas University and is fluent in French.  He trained, specialized and operated in field of Human Intelligence.

Founder of The Sideline Leadership CO., he works with NCAA Coaches (including Notre Dame, Texas, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Kentucky, Rice and Liberty) & High School Coaches, CEO’s and Corporations on Character, Culture and Leader Development.  His corporate clients include Dell (Senior Executives), Sealed Air and The Tudor, Pickering, Holt & CO and many more.   
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He is often heard on FM 104.9 ‘The Horn’ as a guest co-host for the “B&E Show”; Austin’s most listened to sports talk show.  He hosts his own radio show “The High Ground”, Saturday’s 10-11 am (streamed live at HornFM.com).  Craig and his wife Beth have three daughters and live in Barton Creek West.  

ADDITONAL 2019 SPEAKERS​

MICKEY TETTLETON
OK CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY

MARTY LEES
​OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
Mickey Tettleton, who played 14 seasons of Major League Baseball and twice was named as an All-Star, joined the Oklahoma Christian coaching staff as an assistant coach in January 2019.

Tettleton, 58, grew up in Oklahoma City and attended Southeast High School, the same school as former New York Yankees great Bobby Murcer, for whom OC's Bobby Murcer Indoor Training Facility is named. Tettleton played collegiately at Oklahoma State, helping the Cowboys reach the 1981 College World Series title game, before being drafted in the fifth round by the Oakland A's in 1981.

He broke into the big leagues in 1984 and retired from pro baseball in 1997 after a career that included stints with the A's, Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers and Texas Rangers. He was an MLB All-Star in 1989 (with the Orioles) and 1994 (with the Tigers) and won the Silver Slugger Award – awarded annually to each league's best offensive player at each position – in 1989, 1991 and 1992.

Predominantly a catcher who also saw time in right field and at first base, Tettleton posted a .241 career batting average in the big leagues, with 245 home runs, 732 RBI and 1,485 hits. At OC, Tettleton will work primarily with the Eagles' catchers and hitters.

He now lives in Norman with his wife, Shannon. They have four children – Tyler (a member of the coaching staff of the NFL's Cleveland Browns), Jessica, Shanny and Tate, a freshman on OC's men's soccer team.

CHRIS CURRY
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
​LITTLE ROCK

Chris Curry was named head baseball coach at Little Rock on July 1, 2014. A veteran of seven years as a catcher in professional baseball with the Chicago Cubs and San Francisco Giants organizations, Curry completed his first year as a Division I coach with the Trojans in 2015. 

Before coming to Little Rock, Curry was a top assistant and pitching coach at Northwestern State for two years and previously worked on the baseball staffs at Arkansas, Arkansas Tech, Hendrix and Meridian Community College.

Curry worked as an assistant coach under head coach Dave Van Horn at Arkansas from 2009-10. He worked with the catchers and assisted with hitting duties in his time with the Razorbacks, which included a College World Series appearance in 2009 and an NCAA Super Regional in 2010.

In 2009, Arkansas led the Southeastern Conference in runners caught stealing after placing last in the league in that category the year before Curry’s arrival. The Razorbacks led the SEC with just three passed balls in 2010.

Curry’s seven-year pro playing career included appearances in major league spring training games from 2002-05 and allowed him to catch big leaguers Kerry Wood, Carlos Zambrano, Mark Prior and Tom Gordon. Curry worked his way up to the Chicago Cubs’ Triple-A affiliate between 1999-02. 

Curry played his high school baseball at Conway High School and was an All-State pitcher and catcher. He played two seasons at Meridian CC and was Baseball America’s No. 1-rated junior college prospect in the nation in 1998. He was the starting catcher for Team USA’s Junior College All-Star Team that same year.

Following two seasons at Meridian CC, Curry signed with legendary coach Ron Polk at Mississippi State. He led all SEC catchers in fielding percentage in 1999 before being chosen by the Chicago Cubs in the ninth round of the 1999 MLB Draft.

Curry’s selection by Chicago marked his fourth time being drafted. He was selected by the San Francisco Giants in the 26th round as a high school senior in 1996 and twice by the Detroit Tiger, first in the 17th round in 1997 and again in the 52nd round in 1998.

He is married to the former Chassity Cossey of Hamburg, Arkansas. The couple has one son, Caleb Christopher, and one daughter, Lily Marie.

Travis Lallemand
Crowder College

Travis Lallemand completed his 13th year as head coach of the Crowder College Roughrider baseball team. As head coach, he’s led the Roughriders to three Region 16 Championships, in 2008, 2010, and 2014 respectively. In his 11 years at the helm, the Roughriders have had success winning 428 games, 3 Region Championships, 1 South Central District Championship and a 5th Place National finish at the 2010 JUCO World Series. Lallemand has been named the Region 16 Coach of the Year 3 times, in 2008, 2010 and again in 2014, along with being named the South Central District Coach of the Year in 2010.  Since 2010, the Roughriders have appeared in the NJCAA National poll each year.
 
Also, during his 10 years as the head coach at Crowder the Roughriders have produced 30 Region 16 1st Team players, 5 NJCAA All Americans, 3 Region Players of the Year and 3 Region 16 Defensive Players of the year. Lallemand has coached 62 players in his time at Crowder that have signed with Division 1 programs and 26 players have been drafted by Major League clubs. The Roughriders pitching staff has had 20 pitchers that have been selected in the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft and 35 that have signed with NCAA Division 1 schools in his years at Crowder.
 
Coach Lallemand came to Crowder from Parsons, Kansas, where he was an assistant baseball coach for two years. He also served one year as the volunteer assistant at Berry College in Rome, GA. Lallemand is originally from Girard, Kansas. Lallemand prepped at Girard High School, Kansas and went on to play collegiate baseball at Labette Community College before transferring to Berry College in Rome, GA.
 
Lallemand is married to the former Jennifer Gardner of Waterloo, Illinois and they live in Neosho with their son Luc Robert born on July 16, 2015.
Marty Lees attended Lakeview High School in Lakeview, Oregon, where he was a member of the baseball and basketball teams.

Upon graduation from Lakeview, Lees enrolled at Lane Community College, where he continued his baseball and basketball career. Lees then went on to Western Oregon University, where he continued his baseball career.

From 1998 to 1999, Lees was the head coach of Oakridge High School in Oakridge, Oregon. In 2000, Lees became the head coach for Harrisburg. Lees also coached the girl's basketball team at Harrisburg.

Lees joined the Oregon State Beavers baseball program in 2002 as a volunteer assistant, while still coaching at Harrisburg. Lees was promoted to a full-time assistant coach in 2004. Lees coached third base and instructed base runners. The Beavers won back-to-back College World Series in 2006 and 2007. 

On June 25, 2012, Lees left Oregon State for an associate head coaching position with the Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball program. Lees helped the Cowboys to 3 straight NCAA Regional trips, including a Super Regional trip in 2014.
 
On June 3, 2015, Lees was announced as the head coach of Washington State Cougars baseball. 

In June 2019, Lees returned to Oklahoma State as an assistant. 

Tim Overman
University of Oklahoma

Tim Overman began his career 1998 as a student assistant at Creighton University which lead to an opportunity in the spring of 2000 to be Mark Verstegen's first intern at Athletes' Performance. He then moved on to Intern with Chris Doyle and the University of Iowa Football staff before moving on to the University of Oklahoma where he has been since fall of 2001. 

During his tenure at Oklahoma he has worked with multiple teams that include; Baseball, Wrestling, Men's Golf, Women's Basketball, Football assistant, as well as assuming the role and duties of a Director of Olympic Sports.
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Tim would like to thank the following coaches for their immeasurable impact that they have had in the development of him as a strength coach, Mark Verstegen, Chris Doyle, Mike Boyle and Jerry Schmidt as well as all the other dedicated strength coaches that have gone before him and made this the profession it is today. He would also like to thank his wife Jodi and two daughters Hadley and Corbyn for their support and understanding.

JOHN MARTIN
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OK
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John Martin took over the Central Oklahoma baseball program in 2015 and in just four seasons, has already totaled 142 victories for the Bronze & Blue.

Martin has a 142-84-1 record in four years at the helm since taking the head coaching position ahead of the 2016 season. He reached 100 career wins in 2018 and did it in style, winning the final game of the regular season to not only reach the milestone, but also win Central Oklahoma its first MIAA Championship since joining the league six years ago.

Martin has led UCO to four consecutive 30+ win seasons in advancing to the NCAA Tournament Central Regional in each of the past three seasons. 

Martin took over the UCO reigns in July of 2015 after four years as head coach at Coffeyville (Kan.) Community College and led the Bronchos to a 30-22 record in his first season, with two players earning All-America honors.

John, a former standout at Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association rival Emporia State and Major League Baseball draft pick, went 133-105 at Coffeyville.

A native of Kansas City, Mo., Martin played one year at Hutchinson (Kan.) Community College before going to ESU and putting together a sensational three-year starting career at catcher.

John capped his college career by leading the Hornets to the NCAA Division II World Series as a senior and was a 24th round draft pick of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2006.  He played two years in the Dodgers organization and also played one season each for independent professional teams in Kansas City and Wichita.

Martin returned to Emporia State to start his college coaching career in 2008 as assistant coach, directing the pitchers and catchers.  He helped the Hornets to a 134-42 record during his three-year tenure, including a national runner-up finish in 2009.

John is married (Courtney) and has one daughter (Emmie).

Jason Immekus
Crowder College
Coach Immekus joins the Roughriders this season after spending the two previous seasons at Pittsburg State University. While at Pitt State he helped guide the pitchers and was a part of a Gorilla team that qualified for post season play for the first time in sixteen years and numerically had the best pitching staff since 1997.

Immekus joined the Pitt State staff after working for the Major League Scouting Bureau. Prior to working for the Scouting Bureau, Immekus served six seasons as the pitching coach at Missouri Southern (2010-15). During his tenure at MSSU, he coached an MIAA Pitcher of the Year and six All-MIAA pitchers, and was part of a Conference Championship and Conference Tournament Championship, while advancing to two NCAA Regionals. 

Coach Immekus has also worked in various collegiate leagues including The Coastal Plain League (New Bern, Nc. Wilson, Nc), The Northwoods League (Madison, Wi.) and the Mink League (Joplin). In his 17 years he has coached over 60 players that have signed professionally, including seven that have made it to The Major Leagues.

A native of Carthage, Mo., Immekus' college baseball playing career began at Independence Community College before transferring to Washburn University.

An all-conference pitcher in each of his four seasons, Immekus went on to sign a free agent contract with the Richmond Roosters in the Independent Frontier League and played there for two seasons. He then spent the following season with the Kalamazoo Kings in the same league. He is currently an Associate Scout with the St. Louis Cardinals.

Immekus resides in Joplin, Mo., with his wife Kathleen and her two children Cassie and Kirk.

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