We are proud to bring you a group of highly accomplished coaches and instructors!
| Joe Henderson President, Director of Coaching | |
|  A native San Diegan, Joe graduated from Clairemont High School and attended Mesa Junior College, before embarking on a professional baseball career with the San Francisco Giants. Joe was drafted in the 4th Round of the 1980 January Draft. Joe was selected to the San Diego Section CIF team in 1978.
Joe went on to play six seasons in the Giants, Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs farm systems. Primarily a catcher, Joe also played both 3B & 1B during his minor league career. Joe was selected as a Catcher to the Texas League (AA) All-Star team in 1983. Joe comes to the Longhorns as the youngest member of a San Diego Baseball Family. Joe's father (Joe Sr.) was a professional baseball scout for a number of major league organizations for nearly 30 years. Joe's oldest brother (Ken) played in the major leagues for 13 years with the San Francisco Giants, Chicago White Sox, Atlanta Braves, Texas Rangers, New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs. Joe's middle brother Rob attended UCLA on a baseball scholarship, and was an All Pac-8 third basemen his Junior Year. Rob went on to pitch in the Chicago Cubs and San Francisco Giants farm systems. Joe has managed travel ball baseball teams for the last 22 years, the last 17 years with the San Diego Longhorns. Joe lives with his wife Lisa in Rancho Bernardo. Joe’s son Casey played baseball on scholarship at UC Riverside and Chico State, after playing at Rancho Bernardo High School. Greg McSparran
Coach / Pitching Instructor  Coach Greg McSparran is a former professional pitcher and certified professional pitching instructor with more than 25 years of coaching experience. A Tom House disciple, Greg combines experience-driven knowledge with diligent instruction and innovative teaching methods to help pitchers maximize their potential. He pitched for the San Francisco Giants and the University of San Diego, making the USD 1980's All-Decade Team and top 10 all-time in single season wins and strikeouts at USD, and was a former pitching coach at Mission Bay and Scripps Ranch High Schools.
Nico Holm
Coach  Coach Niko Holm grew up in San Diego playing for and against the Longhorns throughout his many years of travel ball. Niko prepped locally at Rancho Bernardo High School and was a member of the 2013 CIF championship team. Niko was a two time all Palomar league selection and led the Broncos Varsity Team in batting average his senior year (.407).
Niko played on scholarship and was a starting corner infielder/outfielder at Santa Clara University in 2017-2018 Niko graduated from Santa Clara University with a BA in Communications and a Minor in History. Previously, Niko also played at Palomar Community College from 2015-2016 and was selected to the All League Team and was an All-American at the junior college level in 2016.
Niko moved into coaching as an assistant coach for the Bend Elks of the West Coast League in the summer of 2018. Niko came back to the Longhorns organization in 2018, coaching with the Longhorns at various age levels. Simultaneously, Niko served as an assistant coach at Palomar Junior College, working with catchers and hitters in 2018-2019. Niko was selected to be the head coach of a summer collegiate team in the Sunset League in 2019.
Most recently, Niko has accepted an assistant coach position at San Diego Christian College in 2020, where he works with infielders and hitters, while also assisting with the recruiting of high school players. Niko is pursuing his masters degree at San Christian College as a graduate assistant coach.
Riley Froom Coach Coach Riley Froom grew up in San Diego playing for the Longhorns under Coach Joe Henderson and Coach Robert Bafia. Riley played baseball at Mission Hills High School and was a member of the 2013 CIF Championship Team, as well as a two-time Avocado East League Team selection. He then went on to play both infield and outfield collegiately at Cal State San Marcos. Riley Graduated from CSUSM with a B.S. degree in Mathematics and continued on to earn his secondary teaching credential there as well. Riley coached at Mission Hills High School as a varsity assistant alongside Coach Robert Bafia, where he worked with both infielders and outfielders. Riley joined the Longhorns coaching staff in 2022, and has worked with all age groups in the program, focusing primarily with infielders. |
Max Homick
Coach
Coach Max started coaching with the Longhorns in 2013 and has worked with age groups ranging from 10u to 18u. He has experience as a head coach and assistant coach, as well as experience providing private instruction in hitting and pitching. Coach Max played high school baseball locally at Rancho Bernardo High School where he was part of the CIF championship teams in 2010 and 2011. After high school, Max continued his playing career at the University of San Diego and was later drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in 2013. Coach Max played in the Orioles system from 2013-2015 and then played for the Frontier Greys and Normal Cornbelters in the Frontier League. Max currently works for Blast Motion, a sports technology company based in Carlsbad. At Blast, he assists MLB organizations in utilizing their product to collect and interpret swing data.
Glenn Godwin
Coach
Glenn joined the Longhorns in 2021 following a long baseball career as a player, coach and scout. Growing up in San Diego, Glenn played High School at Patrick Henry and pitched his college baseball at San Diego Mesa and the University of San Diego. He earned All American honors his senior year at USD leading the nation in strike outs, Glenn was selected in the 7th round of the 1982 draft, and went on to pitch three seasons in the A's organization along with international stops in Australia and Holland.
Following his playing career, Glenn served as pitching coach for 13 years with the University of San Diego, in addition to 5 seasons at San Diego City College. During this time, Glenn traveled overseas in the summer months coaching internationally throughout Europe. He coached in Sweden over an 18 year period. He also worked for MLB in their Envoy program, a grass roots project designed to assist baseball development throughout all areas of the globe. Over his coaching career, Glenn was involved in youth development throughout Europe and Africa, in addition to coaching for several National team programs. He was the National Coach for Sweden for 5 years along with several national pitching coach assignments in Spain, Czech Republic, Poland and Norway.
Glenn transitioned to scouting in 2003 with the Minnesota Twins. He served in that capacity over a 17 year period. Serving mainly in their International department as an Area Scout for Europe & Africa, in addition to assisting with scouting duties in Southern California.
Jacob Seitz
Coach
Coach Jacob Seitz grew up in San Diego and played for the San Diego Longhorns. Jacob played at Mission Hills high school where he was a first team Avocado East League selection as a Junior. He played in college as an outfielder at San Diego Mesa college and graduated with a BA in history from California State University San Marcos.
Jacob has spent the last five years coaching at Mission Hills high school, most recently serving on the Varsity coaching staff, working with outfielders and hitter. Currently, Jacob is pursuing a masters degree in coaching and athletic administration from Concordia University, Irvine.
Coaches Emeritus
| Bob Bafia Head Coach, Infield Instructor, Co-Founder | |
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Coach Bob Bafia served as Head Baseball Coach at Cal State University Dominguez Hills for 13 years and had 45 student athletes sign professional baseball contracts during his tenure. In 2010, Coach Bafia was inducted into the Cal State University Dominguez Hills' Athletic Hall of Fame and his number "99" jersey was retired. Coach Bafia was also involved with Connie Mack youth baseball in the LA County area and has participated in baseball camps and clinics for the past 20 plus years. He has served as Associate Scout for the Cincinnati Reds for 5 years. Coach Bafia is the current Head Coach and Program Director for the 8U-14USan Diego Longhorns Baseball Club and a pitching coach for many of the Longhorns top pitchers. | Robert Bafia Head Coach, HS Infield Instructor, Co-Founder | | | 
Robert Bafia is a head coach for our 18U, 17U, 15U teams and an infield instructor for our 8th grade to college players.Robert Bafia, together with his father, Bob Bafia, are the Co-Founders of the San Diego Longhorns Baseball Club. Robert has coached nationally recognized Longhorns teams. Robert was a two year all CIF Player at Cerritos High School, first as a shortstop as a junior and then as at 3B as a senior. Robert received a full scholarship to play college baseball at Fresno State where he earned First Team All PACC, Team MVP, and 1985 MVP Best in the West Classic. Robert was drafted by the Cubs in the 8th round of the 1985 Pro Draft. For the next 9 years, Robert played professionally for the Cubs and Oakland A's. During his playing tenure for these clubs he also attended the Arizona Instructional League for 6 years, where numerous Major league coaches, managers, scouts, and players tutored him. Robert also played in Mexico and Italy. During the off season, Robert volunteered his expertise as a baseball instructor at Wake Forest University and Mendocino Junior college. Over the past several years, Robert has given his time to private instruction and assisted in numerous clinics and baseball camps for youth baseball, high schools, and colleges. Robert was also the Assistant Head Coach of the Orange County Flyers of the Golden State Independent League. Robert is the son of Longhorns Head Coach Bob Bafia. | |