Billy Jenkins

Principal, Baseball Coach, Middle School AD, Doctorate Student, Notre Dame, Carolina Panthers, Duke University

[Troy Silva @TroyPSilva]

3rd base coach:
“Let’s go! Get a good pitch to hit!”
1st base coach:
“Let the ball travel!”
Dad:
“Remember to keep your weight back!”
Grandpa:
“Get that runner over!”
Little bro:
“Hit a bomb!”
Dugout:
“Don’t lunge!”
“Stay thru the baseball!”
“Stay short to the ball!”
“Watch for the 1st pitch curveball!”
“Sit fastball!”

Hitter thoughts:
You gotta block out the noise, have extreme focus, control the pressure and anxiety, have your plan and compete.

Just writing this gave me anxiety, imagine what that young ballplayer is going through in the moment the next time you want to start barking out instructions on how to hit! 🤐
#BaseballTruth

[Next Level Baseball @nextlevelbb]

Parents
If your kid is going to climb the athletics ladder.
He is going to hear some bad language along the way.
Stop freaking out every time someone cusses around him.
It's not all country clubs and white picket fence stuff along the way.
He's going to see and hear a lot.
Thick skin and toughness is required.

[Next Level Baseball @nextlevelbb]

If your kid missed a playoff game for the prom and was dismissed from the team.
Do this.
Schedule a meeting with the athletic director and principal.
Walk in their office with your game face on.
Thank them for hiring a coach that held your kid accountable.
Tell them you have raised your kid to believe he can do whatever, whenever, however he wants and you're thankful the coach expected him to be a great teammate.

[Trent Mongero @CoachMongero]

This….. coaches at all levels should be applying these. And I have fingers pointed at myself also…

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

The 10 Truths Parents Rarely See

1. Coaches lose sleep.
2. Decisions aren’t personal.
3. Playing time is complex.
4. Culture matters more than stats.
5. Accountability is care.
6. Coaches invest emotionally.
7. Development isn’t instant.
8. Hard feedback is intentional.
9. Wins don’t tell the whole story.
10. Coaches remember kids forever.

Perspective matters.

[Billy Jenkins @ndfanbilly]

At what point is Duke Basketball gonna realize Scheyer isn’t it.

[NCAA March Madness @MarchMadnessMBB]

On this day in 1992, Christian Laettner hit The Shot for Duke 🤩

A #MarchMadness moment we'll never forget 🙌

[Billy Jenkins @ndfanbilly]

At some point and time folks are gonna realize Scheyer isn’t it

[Monty Taylor @Monty2740]

“Winners always want the bat when the game is on the line.”

“Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory lasts forever.”

[Duke Baseball @DukeBASE]

For your viewing pleasure 😌

[Duke Digest @DukeDigest]

36 years ago today, the other Christian Laettner buzzer beater happened

[ACC Network @accnetwork]

ELITE WALK-OFF HR. ELITE MULLET.

KADEN SMITH CALLED GAME 😤 @DukeBase

[Duke Baseball @DukeBASE]

KADEN SMITH WALKS IT OFFFFFF

I REPEAT, KADEN SMITH WALKS IT OFF 🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥‼️‼️‼️‼️

[Bruce Straughan @bruce_straughan]

Happy Birthday to @RickMirer who was the QB for some of the greatest plays in NDFootball history and the ND QB of my childhood ☘️ May he be blessed with many more! 🙏🏼

[Always Irish ☘️ @AlwaysIrishINC]

☘️One of the loudest moments I've ever heard inside #NotreDame stadium. And again, the voice of an Irish angel Tony Roberts on the call

[Jordan Moore @iJordanMoore]

He pointed to the American flag on the sleeve and saluted 🫡 🇺🇸

BRYCE HARPER IS CAPTAIN AMERICA.

[Steel City Star @steelcitystar]

Happy St. Patrick’s Day from Jerome Bettis and the Fighting Irish

[ACC Network @accnetwork]

Duke is the first school in ACC history to win a football, women's basketball and men's basketball title in the same year 🏆

@DukeMBB | @DukeWBB | @DukeFootball

[The Field of 68 @TheFieldOf68]

Jon Scheyer's daughter with the hard-hitting postgame presser question 😂

"How do you win every game?"

"I win every game because I have the best daughter in the world, that's how. I love you" 🥹