Coach Nelson has coached softball for 14 seasons (8U to 18U) including House, Legends (travel all stars) and Rogue Tournament/Travel. He also has coached baseball at multiple levels for 13 seasons, football for 3 seasons and volunteered on the HRYS board as Equipment Manager for 4 years.  Coach Nelson is certified as a Softball Coach by NFHS & Babe Ruth and as a baseball coach by Call Ripken Baseball and Virginia Baseball Club.  He played soccer, baseball, football, rugby and whatever else you put in front of him; sometimes good, but always learning. He served as a Rugby Football Referee and Softball Umpire back in the 90s and an adult flag football referee in the 2000’s, but he loves to coach! If you talk to Coach Nelson for longer than 3 minutes, you will all the sudden find yourself talking about softball. It could be the smallest nuance of throwing mechanics all the way to rise/fall of teams playing in the College World Series. He believes in little victories leading to desired overall outcomes, and will do everything he can to enhance each player’s understanding of the game and help the player apply that understanding to improve performance - practice to practice and game to game. Coach Nelson is lucky enough to have a daughter, a son and a very patient wife.