American Baseball Coaches Association

American Baseball Coaches Association
NicknameABCA
Formation1945[1]
HeadquartersGreensboro, North Carolina
Membership (Sept. 1 - Aug. 31)
13,000
Executive Director
Craig Keilitz
Websitehttp://www.abca.org

The American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) is the world's largest amateur baseball coaching organization. It was founded in 1945 as the American Association of College Baseball Coaches.[2][3][4][5] Now, the ABCA is composed of over 13,000 baseball coaches from all levels of amateur baseball, including youth, high school, travel ball, NJCAA Divisions I, II, and III, NAIA, and NCAA Divisions I, II and III, among others.[6]

  1. ^ "About the ABCA". American Baseball Coaches Association. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  2. ^ "This is the ABCA". ABCA. June 29, 1945. Archived from the original on 2 April 2010. Retrieved May 17, 2010.
  3. ^ McCarthy, Kevin M. (1996). Baseball in Florida – Google Books. ISBN 9781561640973. Retrieved May 17, 2010.
  4. ^ "Alexander Joins ABCA All-America Committee". CSTV.com. September 19, 2007. Archived from the original on June 22, 2011. Retrieved May 17, 2010.
  5. ^ "The Leader – Serving the communities of Atlantic Beach, Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach, Mayport and Ponte Vedra Beach". Beachesleader.com. February 20, 2009. Retrieved May 17, 2010.[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ "ABCA Membership Benefits". ABCA. Retrieved December 3, 2014.