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| Bill Gentry-Pro Player Academy Director |
The
Pro Player Academy of Baseball is dedicated to providing quality baseball instruction through private lessons and camps. Using
the best available instructors and the best facilities, helping young players reach their highest potential in the sport of
baseball. The Pro Player Academy provides upfront and honest player evaluations and assists those capable of reaching
the next level realize their dreams. Pro Player Academy Director Bill Gentry is currently an Assistant Division-1 Baseball
Coach at Cal State University Bakersfield, and the Director of Field Operations for the Texas Rangers Cal League affiliate
Bakersfield Blaze. Before joining the Cal State University Bakersfield coaching staff, Gentry spent the previous nine
years as an associate scout for the 2006 World Champion St. Louis Cardinals, working Central and Southern California.
Gentry was also a Head Coach and Program Coordinator for the SoCal Cardinals Scout Team in the MLB Scout League in Southern
California. Gentry has also been a head coach at Bakersfield Christian High School where he was selected as a CIF Central
Section Coach of the Year in 2005, and has also coached at Liberty High School in Bakersfield, CA., Buena High School in Ventura,
CA.., and Taft College in Taft, CA. Gentry was signed as a free agent infielder by the Pacific Suns of
the Western Baseball League in their inaugural season, and was requested by the Macon Music as a pitching coach in the South
Coast League. Coach Gentry is on the advisory board for Coast to Coast Baseball and works for Coast to Coast Baseball in Florida
and Puerto Rico. Coach Gentry is a Life Member of the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association as well as the
Minor League Baseball Alumni Association, American Baseball Coaches Association, and the National Pitching Association.
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| Bill Gentry working with pitchers at camp |
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| Scott Pickens (Detroit Tigers) working with catchers at camp |
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| Scott Pickens (DET) Bill Gentry (STL) Ethan Gentry (VU) |
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| Bill Gentry on the field MLB Academy |
| Pro Player Academy of Baseball |
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| Historic Sam Lynn Ballpark |
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