Professional and Proven Head Coaches focused on Development, Character and Positive Team Culture

Coach Smiga
Prior to coaching baseball and teaching at Richardson High School, Jason Smiga attended and played college ball at Sam Houston State and University of Houston where he earned All Southwest Conference Shortstop honors. Jason also enjoyed three years of professional baseball,; two in the independent league and one with the TexasRangers at the “A” and “AA” levels.

During the summers of 2016, 2017 and 2018, Jason oversaw college level teams through the Texas Collegiate League and the Metro Scout College League. His most recent collaboration was the development and inception of the North Dallas Baseball Academy with Mike Taylor and Victor Liu. Jason oversees the teams ranging from 12U to College. Coach Smiga is a sought after private instructor in the areas of hitting and infield mechanics.

Coach Silverthorn
Coach Will Silverthorn grew up in the North Dallas area attending JJ Pearce High school where he was received All State High School, and USA Today Honorable Mention All American Honors. Will was drafted as a pitcher in the 8th round by the Boston Red Sox upon his High School graduation. Professionally, Will played for the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Ray organizations. He has coached as a Varsity Assistant at Terrell High School, North Garland High School, and has been a private pitching instructor at DBAT and Homerun Alley. Will has coached Select Youth Baseball for several years with his brother, Scott who also graduated from JJ Pearce and played college baseball at Brookhaven and West Texas A&M as a catcher.

Coach "Z"
Richard Zastoupil, “Coach Z” grew up in the North Dallas, attending Richardson High school where he was All District in both basketball and baseball. Following playing and graduating from Sam Houston state, “Z” was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds, and pitched in the Reds organization from 1991-1993. Upon returning to the North Dallas area, Coach Z was the inaugural baseball coach at Plano West High School for the first 5 seasons, and then its pitching coach for the next 7. Today, Coach Z is the Athletic Director at Jasper High School in Plano.

Coach Snodgrass
Coach Beau Snodgrass is entering his 14th season of coaching, 4th year as the Head Coach at Wylie High School, and 4th year of Coaching with NDB. Coach Snodgrass was born and raised in Garland. He attended Garland High School where he lettered four years in baseball and three years in football. After graduation, Beau attended and continued playing baseball at Texarkana College, Murray State College, and Northwestern State University. Beau graduated in 2009 with a B.A. in History while earning academic and athletic honors. He began his coaching career in at Forney High School. From 2013-2019, he was the head baseball coach and varsity football coach at Kaufman High School. In 2019, Beau accepted the head baseball coaching position at Wylie High School. Coach Snodgrass lives in Wylie with his wife, former teacher of the year in WISD, Taylor Snodgrass, and their two kids Hayes (8), Sloan (4) and their dog Hank.