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Joe Hutchins
Head Coach Joe Hutchins is a 1981
graduate of Kelseyville High School in California. He bypassed
the 1981 draft and played two all-conference seasons at Mendocino
Community College in Ukiah, California. He hit .357 while
setting records in hits at 104 and at bats at 309.
Coach Hutchins came to Mobile in
1984 to play baseball at the University of South
Alabama. Under the direction of Steve Kittrell, he was
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of play/work ethic. Earning a starting spot in both 1985
and 1986, he became labeled as a defensive specialist while
compliling a modest career batting average of .343. In
1987, Hutch worked as a student assistant for the Jaguars. He
has a B.S. in psychology and a M.A. in education. This is Coach Hutchins' fourth year as
head coach of the Trojans, bringhing with him a record of
69-28. He has been coaching at Daphne High School for 9
years.
Coach Hutchins and his wife, Tammy,
will move into their new home in Daphne this year. They
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Keith Graham
Varsity Pitching Coach Keith Graham is beginning his
seventh year coaching at Daphne High School. He earned
his B.S. degree from Troy State University where he played baseball
from 1991 - 1995. He also served as an undergraduate assistant
coach in 1996.
Coach Graham has been a JV and
assistant coach at Daphne since 1998 and begins his third season as
the Trojan's pitching coach.
He currently teaches at Stapleton
Elementary School. Keith is married to the former Amy
Jerkins and has one daughter, Haven.
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Bryan
Hunter Assistant Varsity Coach Bryan Hunter has
worked at Daphne High School for the past 12 years and enjoys every
minute of it. He teaches Geometry and Precalculus.
He has coached football (3 years), girls basketball (12 years),
girls golf (4 years) and this will be his sixth year with
baseball. His hobbies are playing golf and
fishing.
Coach Hunter is starting his first
year under Coach Hutch. He will coach first base and be
responsible for infield play as well as the offense.
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| Coach
Hunter graduated Salutatorian from Faith Academy where
he played baseball for 5 years; football for 4 years and
basketball for 4 years. He earned his B.S.
in Mathematics and Education in 1993 at the University
of Mobile. Coach
Hunter and his wife, Hollie (another faithful DHS
educator), have two daughters, Emilie (4) and Carolyne
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Mike
Harrell
JV Coach & Asst. Varsity Mike Harrell is a 1990 graduate of Bainbridge
High School. He played for two years at L.B. Wallace, Jr.
College for Steve Helms and then continued his career at the
University of Mobile where he was an all-conference third baseman
and a recipient of the John Snyder award.
He played one year of independent ball
for the Portsmont Explorers, a Cincinnati Reds affiliate and for the
past four years, has played for the Thomasville Travelers - the 2002
U.S.B.C. Semi-Pro World Series Champions!!
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| Last year, as head coach at
Escambia Academy, he led their team to a 19 and 7 record
and the school's first final four
appearance. He now teaches physical education at Daphne North
Elementary. He married Alecia Floyd during the Summer of
2006. Coach Harrell will assist the Junior
Varsity and Varsity.
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Tyler Jennings
Assistant Coach
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Lance
Lawley
Asst. Coach Lance was born in Tuscaloosa
and grew up in Citronelle. He moved to
Daphne in 1990 and graduated from DHS in 1993.
He was a member of the 1992 and 1993 baseball state
championship teams. He attended and played
baseball for Troy University from 1994 to 1998.
Lance has a Master's Degree in Elementary Education from
Mississippi College. He has coached varsity
baseball, softball and football on the varsity level for
six years.
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