Former East Tennessee State standout and high-performance training coach Caleb Longley joins the Sun Devil Baseball staff for his first season as the Director of Hitting Development and Analytics. In his role, Longley works closely with Sun Devil coaching staff in film and analytical review to help the staff create detailed planning and training regimens to help with the development of the student athletes.
Longley will work closely with a number of analytical tools, including TrackMan, Yakkertech, Rapsodo, Game View, Synergy, Diamond Charts and Baseball Cloud to help bridge the gap between data and player development. He will additionally assist with advanced scouting in coordination with the Sun Devil coaching staff.
Longley is the creator and CEO of MARV training - a unique multidimensional training tool focused on hitting and arm care routines that is used across numerous sports across the country, including MLB, NBA, NFL and numerous NCAA Division I sports (football, baseball, softball, volleyball).
Longley previously spent the past few seasons as a quarterback trainer where he worked with several NFL and NCAA Power 5 quarterbacks, while being heavily involved in the draft preparation for First Round Pick Dwayne Haskins in 2019 and recently Jalen Hurts in 2020.
During his time working with quarterbacks, Longley developed custom arm care, arm strengthening and activation regimens used by NFL and NCAA quarterbacks. He developed the Quarterback Improvement Curriculum as well as Throwing Program used by numerous quarterbacks across the globe.
He was also the former owner and founder of the High Intent Training, a baseball player development center in Nashville, Tennessee. There he took a holistic approach to training and customizing development plans for each individual athlete. While at "HIT Nashville" Longley was one of the first people in the country to get certified and publish an article for OnBaseU.
Longley was an accomplished Division I baseball player, recording 43 career home runs. He slashed .310/.400/.655 with 14 homers, 20 doubles and 50 RBIs during his senior campaign and was named a First Team All-Southern Conference selection in the process. He finished his playing career professionally with the Bloomfield Beavers.
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