MEET OUR STAFF OF SKILLED COACHES AND TRAINERS.
CRYSTAL ROBINSON
Pitching
Crystal played softball at Ouachita Baptist University from 2005 to 2009. She served as Assistant Coach at Central Baptist College from 2010 to 2012, Head Coach at Central Baptist College from 2013-2015, and Pitching Coach for Hendrix College from 2016-2018.
Crystal graduated from Beebe High School in 2005, before going on to Ouachita Baptist and receiving her Bachelor’s Degree in Kinesiology. Crystal then went on to receive a Master’s of Arts in Teaching, from the University of Central Arkansas.
Kady self
Hitting
Kady played softball at the University of Oklahoma from 2013 to 2016.
Self contributed to two national championships in 2013 and 2016 while at Oklahoma, she also accumulated two-time-all-region awards as well as all-conference awards. Self holds top-10 numbers in Oklahoma program history, including a career .369 batting average.
Kady graduated from Oklahoma with a Bachelors in Health and exercise science and is a licensed PTA.
Kady is a native of Edmond, Oklahoma and joins our staff after assistant coaching at D-I University of North Texas and the University of Central Arkansas.
Tyler Parker
Hitting, Pitching, Fielding/Throwing
Tyler graduated from Searcy High school, where he was a 2 year varsity letterman, and a 2 time recipient of the “Heart of a Lion” award.
Parker played at North Arkansas College as an OF/IF with a career BA. Of .350 and OBP. Of .480 and a fielding% of .889.
Coached the 2016 Beebe American Legion team to a 2nd place finish in the district tournament and a 3rd place finish in the state tournament.
Assistant Coached at Harding Academy in 2021&2022 winning back to back Class 3A state championships.
Tyler graduated from Arkansas State in 2020 with a degree in History.
Has been giving hitting and pitching lessons since 2016, started at the Yard in August of 2022.
Andrew Johnson
Pitching, Hitting, Fielding/Throwing
Andrew played baseball as a pitcher/infielder at Northeast Mississippi Community College.
Andrew graduated from the University of Central Arkansas with a Bachelors in business administration.
Johnson is a native of Greenbrier, Arkansas where he attended high school and graduated in 2019.
Billy Tucker
Hitting/Slapping
Billy played baseball at Harding University, where he was nominated to AIC all-star team and all-district.
Tucker has 25 years coaching high school, and travel ball. Has multiple state and world series championships.
Billy has coached over 100 athletes that have continued on to be play all levels of college ball.