Entering his 20th year as owner and founder, Raich started CCB in 2006 with the vision of taking the best young talent to compete at a national level, along with providing instruction and training at the highest level possible. This vision has became one of the top amateur baseball programs in the country and home to thousands of young ambitious baseball players looking to advance their careers to the next level. During his time with CCB, Raich has displayed a wealth of knowledge and experience in the game of baseball along with player development, college recruiting and advising. He has helped guide hundreds of baseball players to the college and professional levels. Most notably, coaching World Series champions Joc Pederson and Eric Thames along with MLB All Stars Kris Bubic and Paul Blackburn.

Raich is local product of Saratoga High School where he starred in both baseball and football from 1997-2000. He helped led the Saratoga 1999 baseball team to a CCS Division 2 championship beating Burlingame High School. After Saratoga High School, Raich moved on to play at West Valley College from 2001-2003 where his teams won two Coast Conference Championships.

Raich got his start coaching at his alma mater West Valley College as an assistant coach from 2004-2007 under hall of fame coach Mike Perez. Raich duties as assistant coach were working with outfielders and hitters along with first base coach. During his time as assistant coach, West Valley won a Coast Conference Championship and were the #1 ranked team in Northern California for the playoffs in 2007. In addition, Raich coached five draft picks with the most notable being world series champion Eric Thames.

In 2010, Raich was hired as the head baseball coach at Palo Alto High School. During his five year tenure at Palo Alto the Vikings won four league titles and in 2011 won the school’s first ever Central Coast Section Division 1 Championship. In 2011, the team was named the #1 ranked program in the state of California. In addition, Raich graduated every one of his players and each player continued into college to further their education, along with two professional draft picks in Joc Pederson (Los Angeles Dodgers) and BJ Boyd (Oakland A’s).

After a great tenure at Palo Alto High School, Raich was hired as the head baseball coach at De Anza College in 2014. Raich had the daunting task of rebuilding the program from a team that was 3-32 the previous season. In this first season at De Anza College, Raich guided the program to a second place finish in the Coast Conference with an 18-18 overall record and playoff appearance for the first time in eleven years. During his second season, his team went 21-15 and made the playoffs once again along with being ranked as high as #5 at one point in the CCCBCA Northern California rankings. Following up a strong second season, the De Anza College baseball program had their best overall season in 2017 going 23-16 and another top 20 ranked team. Along with those team accolades, his teams received a 3.0 cumulative GPA for the 2016, 2017, and 2018 seasons along with two professional draft picks in Drew Mount (Cincinnati Reds) and Nolan Dempsey (San Francisco Giants).

After a great run as head coach at De Anza College, in 2020 Raich decided to head back to the high school level as head baseball coach at Westmont High School. Once again, Raich had a tough task of rebuilding a program who was coming off a tough 4-20 prior season. However, his tenure at Westmont was put on hold due to the COVID 19 Pandemic that cancelled the 2020 season. In 2021 and his first full season, Raich went with a full youth movement whose team competed in the very competitive BVAL Mount Hamilton Division. In 2022, Raich helped lead Westmont to a BVAL Santa Teresa Division title and a CCS playoff birth.

West Valley College: AS Degree – Kinesiology
San Jose State University: Kinesiology Major
Concordia University – Irvine:  AA Degree – Liberal Arts
Fresno Pacific University: Master Degree – Physical Education and Kinesiology

Associate Head Coach – Gavilan College: 2024-Present

Head Coach – Westmont High School: 2020-2023
Head Coach – De Anza Community College: 2014 – 2019
Head Coach – Palo Alto High School: 2010 – 2014
Head Coach – CCB 16u 2010 USA Baseball Champions
Assistant Coach – West Valley College: 2004 – 2007
2010 Mercury News Coach of the Year
2010 & 2011 Daily News Coach of the Year

Saratoga High School: 1999 CCS Champions
West Valley College: 2002, 2003 Coast Conference Champions
1st Team All SCVAL Player: 1999, 2000
All Coast Conference Player: 2003
All Mercury News Selection: 2000

Kevin joined the CCB program in 2014 where he started as an assistant coach and was promoted to head coach in 2019. As a head coach, Kevin help lead his teams to top finishes in the USA Baseball Championships and Perfect Game World Series. He played integral role in player development and coached notable players such as recent MLB draft pick, Petey Halpin (Cleveland Indians) and other notable national prospects such as Drew Dowd (Stanford), Luke Keaschall (Arizona State) Tommy Troy (Stanford).

Kevin is a local product and former CCB alum that was a player on the very first CCB team in 2006. As a player, Kevin had a great career and was extremely versatile playing infield, outfield and pitching. Kevin played at Pioneer High School and was a three year letter winner and all leaguer performer. After Kevin graduated from Pioneer High School, he moved on to play at Cabrillo College in Aptos, CA where he started for two years in the outfield and was an all conference performer. After receiving his AA Degree at from Cabrillo College, Kevin received a scholarship to play at Villanova University where he received his bachelors degree. We are extremely happy to have Kevin back with CCB and giving back to the program where he started.

Head Director, Erick Raich said “When Kevin contacted me about wanting to come back to coach for CCB it was a no brainer to bring him aboard. In my years of coaching I have never had a player with more baseball IQ than Kevin. His feel for the game and ability to assess is like no young coach I’ve had come through the program. He has worked with some extremely talented players in his time with the program and helped them progress in all aspects of their game.

As our General Manager we are excited to watch out next group of talent emerge with his leadership.

Cabrillo College: AA Degree
Villanova University: BA Degree

CCB: 2015 – Present

Assistant Coach – Pioneer HS: 2023-Present

Pioneer High School: 2007 – 2010
Cabrillo College: 2011-2012
Villanova University: 2013-2014

Darius McClelland will be entering his tenth year guiding the CCB Youth Division. In his time, Darius has grown the youth division into one of the top programs in the country. Darius has helped guide hundreds of players for preparation into the high school ranks along with preparing them for the highest level of competition.

Being a former CCB alumni and part of the programs first class, Darius understand the tradition and sense of pride for players to be part of CCB. With Darius returning back to his amateur roots head director Erick Raich stated ” I could not be happier to have Darius back with CCB to lead one of the most integral pieces of the program in our youth division. Darius was part of the earliest years of CCB and I have no doubt he will do a fantastic job leading our up and coming youth players.”

During his time as a CCB player, Darius helped lead the 2009 class as a left hand pitcher and outfielder. Additionally he played both baseball and basketball at Pinewood High School in Los Altos. After his time at Pinewood, he moved onto play Saint Mary’s College, Canada College and finished up his playing career at Texas Southern University.

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Sean has been an integral part of the CCB since he joined the program in 2014 where he started as an assistant coach and since then has held roles as head coach, lead hitting director and now assistant director. Sean has played a huge role in player development and specifically hitting. He has developed into one of the best hitting instructors in the area and following the footsteps of former CCB coach, Donnie Ecker who is now the bench coach for the Texas Rangers. Sean has coached notable players such as recent MLB draft picks Josh Kasevich (Toronto Blue Jays) and Andrew Kachel (San Francisco Giants) along with Jonah Advincula (Washington State) and Jared Mazzaferro (Washington).

As a player, Sean attended Gunn High School and after graduating moved onto play at Seattle University and West Valley College. After his playing career ended, Sean started his coaching career at Palo Alto High School and Gunn High School as a varsity assistant coach. In 2016, Sean became the head varsity baseball coach at Saratoga High School where he helped lead the Falcons to a league title in 2018.

When it comes hitting “Sean has an uncanny ability to relate to players on the mechanical and mental side of hitting. I’ve never seen someone so committed to constantly learning about hitting and continuing to progress as a hitting coach,” said Erick Raich.

Seattle University
West Valley College
Palo Alto University

Saratoga High School – Head Coach (2017-2021)
Gunn High School – Assistant (2015-2016)
Palo Alto High School – Assistant (2014)

West Valley College (2013)
Seattle University Club (2011-2012)
Gunn High School (2009 graduate)

Jeremy brings twenty plus years of coaching experience with him. He has had coaching stints at Overfelt High School, Leland High School, West Valley College and is currently the assistant/pitching coach at Archbishop Mitty High School. During his time at Archbishop Mitty, Jeremy coached future first round draft picks Kris Bubic (Kansas City Royals) and Nick Yorke (Boston Red Sox). Jeremy made his first stint in the travel circuit with Norcal Baseball helping lead them to a USA Baseball Championship and coaching current MLB standout Brandon Crawford. During his time on the travel ball and high school circuit, Jeremy has helped players at all levels develop their pitching skills and progress to the next level.

Head Director, Erick Raich first met Jeremy during their time as assistant coaches at West Valley College. “After knowing Jeremy for all of these years I have never met someone who get so much out of his players. His energy and positive nature is contagious and his players feed off it. To see the resume of pitchers he has helped developed in his career and how many pitchers continue be top of their class under his tutelage it not a surprise why players flock to him.”

Prior to getting into coaching. Jeremy played his college baseball at San Jose City College and Monterey Peninsula College. After an outstanding junior college career, Jeremy moved onto to play at San Jose State University for hall of fame coach Sam Piraro. Additionally, he has continued playing in the San Jose MSBL for the San Jose Tigers and participating in national championships as a player.

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After eight years of coaching with CCB, Zack has finished his Ph.D. and is returning in a new capacity to head up sports psychology services. Currently, Zack is directing a new Master’s program in Sport and Performance Psychology at Menlo College, while also consulting their athletic teams. Before landing at Menlo, Zack spent the last 4 years on the East Coast working with high-level Division II and III athletes along with military leadership. In that time, he helped countless athletes and military members set and achieve goals, bounce back from injuries, gain confidence, and improve their performance.

From Head Director, Erick Raich: As a program we have always taken pride in developing not only exceptional baseball players, but more importantly, well-rounded athletes, both physically and mentally. We have always believed that sports psychology is all about optimizing your performance and enhancing your well-being through the use of mental strategies, skills, and efficient thinking. When you consider the fact that more than 90% of MLB organizations use teams of mental skills coaches to help baseball players get in the zone, perform at their best, and overcome adversity, these are skills that we need to be teaching to players at all levels. At CCB we are always looking at ways to enhance our players not only physically, but mentally. Zack is going to give our players and entire program the ability to grow exponentially in all aspects of baseball, but also in life. We are thrilled to have Zack back with the CCB program as our Head of Sports Psychology.

Education

UC Santa Barbara, B.A. – Economics/Exercise Science
San Jose State University, M.A. – Sport Psychology
Springfield College, Ph.D. – Sport Psychology

Sports Psychology Consulting Experience

Private consultant, 2018-present
Menlo College, 2022-present
Westfield State University, 2020
Mt. Holyoke College & Assumption University, 2019

Coaching Experience

CCB 2014-2022
Westmont High School, 2022
St. Ignatius College Prep, 2018
DeAnza College, 2016-2017
Ohlone College, 2015-2016
Amador Valley High School 2015

Cal State Fullerton: BA Degree

CCB Coach/Instructor: 2020-Present

Will is currently the assistant pitching coach at Gavilan College. He has been valuable addition to the CCB Program helping lead the 2028 grads program along with pitching development through the program, Will played his prep baseball at Live Oak High School and moved on to play at the University of La Verne.

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Coming off an outstanding playing career Mario Demera has returned to CCB. Mario played his prep baseball at St Ignatius where he was a WCAL All League Selection. After his time at St Ignatius he continued his playing career at the University of San Francisco where he was a two-time all conference selection for the Dons and a Brooks Wallace Award watch list selection. After stellar few years at the University of San Francisco he transferred to national baseball powerhouse Arizona State University to finish out his career.

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