West Ranch Baseball

West Ranch Baseball Coaching Staff

Head Coaches- Casey Burrill (USC, Drafted by Atlanta Braves) and Brady Burrill (Michigan State, Drafted by Seattle Mariners)

Assistant Varsity Coaches- Jason Priske (The Master's College), Ryan Lindgreen (Long Beach State), and Bob Cardamone Cal State Northridge)

JV Coaches- Eddie Alvarez (Carroll College) and Joey Carso (UCLA)

Freshmen Coaches- Mike Blaha and Bobby Calzadillas

Casey Burrill- Head Coach

coach@westranchbaseball.com

Coach Burrill grew up in the SCV and played baseball at the Pony fields (when there were only 4 fields) and currently resides in Saugus. Casey Burrill played high school baseball at Hart High School where he was a two time All-CIF catcher. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates but chose USC instead. Casey was a first team All-American at USC and hit .408 his Senior year to lead the Pac-10. He was then drafted by the Atlanta Braves where he played minor league baseball. Coach Burrill started his coaching career at Valencia High School where he was an assistant for 2 years. He was then named the Saugus Varsity Coach in 2000 replacing the only baseball coach in Saugus history, Doug Worley. Saugus went to the 2nd round of the CIF playoffs during his last year at the helm. He finished his career at Saugus with a 64-37-3 record. Saugus Baseball players under Coach Burrill have attended universities such as USC, Loyola, Michigan State, Fresno State, Cal Poly, Sonoma State, North Texas, CSUN, Cal Lutheran, UC Irvine, Cal State San Francisaco, Concordia, and many others. Several players have also moved on to play at the junior college level. After four years at the Saugus helm, he was named the West Ranch Head Coach. He leaves behind many great friends, players, parents, coaches, and memories at Saugus. The chance for the coaching staff (including his brother Brady) to all be at the same high school teaching and coaching together, was just to tough to pass up. West Ranch was the perfect fit. Casey teaches web design and earned the Saugus High School "Teacher of the Year Award" in 2001. He also served as athletic director for two and a half years. Currently coach Burrill is a 4 year mentee in the USC student athlete mentor program. Coach Burrill is looking forward to the challenges a new program will bring. Burrill is married to Kristin and they have two children, Kari and Corey. He is also the older brother of head coach Brady Burrill and son of Jerry Burrill, teacher in the William S Hart School District for over 30 years. His sister Mitzi teaches math at Rancho Pico Jr High School.

Brady Burrill- Head Coach

bburrill@hartdistrict.org

Brady Burrill grew up in the Santa Clarita Valley where he competed in soccer, basketball, and baseball each year. He attended Valencia High School where he was team MVP, All-League, and All-CIF. He went to Cal State University Northridge on an athletic scholarship. After one year at CSUN he transferred to Michigan State. There he was an All-Conference catcher. He was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 2002 amateur draft, but decided to pursue a teaching and coaching career instead. It has been a lifetime goal for him to teach and coach with his older brother Casey. In his spare time Brady loves to travel the globe and follow the LA Kings. Brady lives in Castaic with his wife Jennifer, son Breslin, and 2 cats.

Ryan Lindgreen- Assistant Coach

Ryan Lindgreen is in his third year coaching at West Ranch. His first two seasons were spent as the J.V. Head Coach with a second-place finish in 2010 and a Foothill League title in 2011.
Ryan attended Saugus high school graduating in 2001 where he played for Doug Worley and Casey Burrill. He was a two-time All-League catcher and a team captain his senior season. Ryan went on to play at College of the Canyons winning the Western State Conference title in 2003.
After finishing college at Long Beach State University, Ryan has worked in the news media. While at KNBC-TV (channel 4) he worked in the news and sports departments. He spent time in the field, assisting on live news shows, producing national sports segments and producing a weekly television show. Currently, he is an assignment editor and camera operator for a multimedia agency while working on his teaching credential.
Ryan lives in Valencia with his girlfriend Gretchen.

Robert Cardamone- Assistant Coach

2 year varsity letterman at John F Kennedy H.S in Granada Hills. Played on 1981 City Champs. Graduated H.S in 1982. Played two years junior college at Valley and C.O.C. Walked on at CSUN. Coached three years. varsity baseball at Golden Valley 2009-2011. Coached numerous youth baseball, football and soccer teams throughout the SCV over the past two decades.

Jason Priske- Varsity Pitching Coach
jpriske@hartdistrict.org

Coach Jason Priske grew up in the SCV and played high school baseball at Hart High for 3 years and finished with his senior year at Palmdale High (1989) where he was a 2nd team All-Golden League 3B (.432 BA). He then went on to play JC ball at AVC in Lancaster, where he played 1B, 3B, OF, DH, and pitched for a year and then moved on for a ½ of a year at Mission College in Sylmar. He then completed his collegiate career at The Master’s College where he got the nickname “Snake” named after his change-up. He played there for 2 years and graduated with a degree in Biblical Studies in 1994.

He started his coaching career in 2001 when Coach Casey Burrill got the job at Saugus High. He serves as West Ranch’s varsity pitching coach and looks forward to their first varsity season in the very competitive Foothill League.

After his first year of coaching Coach Priske started his teaching career in 2001-02 as a Special Education teacher at SHS and in August of 2004 he received his Masters of Science in Special Education.

His other interests off the field are being involved with his church (Faith Community), playing golf, organizing events, traveling, reading, and being with his family. Snake is married to Tracie (estab. 1996) who is also a teacher at WRHS, and they have daughter Kaycie and son Jake.

Eddie Alvarez- JV Head Coach

Joey Carso -Assistant JV Coach

Coach Joey Carso grew up in the San Fernando Valley where he played baseball, basketball, and hockey. He grew up athletically within the Los Angeles recreation and parks department where he also started coaching at young age. He went to high school at Verdugo Hills High School where he met his best friend Coach Alvarez. Coach Carso received an associates degree from Mission College in Administration of Justice and then furthered his education at UCLA where he graduated with a 4.0GPA from the Construction Management program. He came to West Ranch for the 2007 season with coach Alvarez when he was offered the JV team. He was honored by his West Ranch baseball family after the 2008 season by being named the JV MVP! He is a student of the teachings of coach John Wooden and "The Pyramid of Success". He will tell you just like Tommy Lasorda "if you cut my veins, I bleed Dodger blue". Joey now lives in Valencia with his wife Julie and his two Labs Patch and Boomer. (The torn up hat hanging in Coach Burrill's class room was Patch's handy work back in 2007)

Mike Blaha- Freshmen Head Coach

Bobby Calzadillas- Freshmen Assistant Coach

Bobby was on the original West Ranch baseball squad. He pitched for the Wildcats and was a part of the first graduating class. He attends COC and we are thrilled to have him coaching at his Alma Mater! Bobby has two sisters and lives in Castaic.

Inaugural Year Coaching Staff !

All-Time Coaching List- Eddie Alvarez, Mike Blaha, Mike Burke, Brady Burrill, Casey Burrill, Bobby Calzadillas, Bob Cardamone, Joey Carso, Mike Davis, Adam Durkin, Brad Fogel, Josh Fogel, Chris Gaff, Don Heinz, Ryan Lindgreen, Rich Ortiz, Jason Priske, Darwin Smock, Travis Sreden, and Andy Warren.