Bill Erickson – Pitching Coach (since 2009) Bio: Serving his second stint as coach at West LA College (first in 1980 and 81). In Bill’s 36 years of coaching he has coached at every level of amateur . He also has worked with professional players and served as a scout for two MLB organizations.

On the international level he served as the pitching coach for Team USA at the World Championships in Canada as well as in Boston, coaching ten players who played in the big leagues. Nationally, he was an assistant coach for the U.S. Olympic Sports Festivals in 1991 and 1993 and ran the National Baseball Championships for USA Baseball in 1992 that featured both and .

In 1994 and 95 he was the pitching coach for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox in the Cape Cod League, coaching pitchers such as J.J. Putz, Justin Lehr and several other future MLB players.

On the local high school level, Bill was the head baseball coach at Beverly Hills High School for 18 years producing one first-round draft choice and three future major league players. He was the head coach for the California North-South series twice and was an executive board member of the California Coaches Association.

In 1998, he moved to El Segundo High School where he was the pitching coach for three teams that advanced to the CIF championship game.

Bill has also served the Dodgers as a pre-game batting practice pitcher as well as “special assignments” for the Dodgers since 1989. In 1984 he was the batting practice pitcher for the US Olympic team at and West LA College – home of the team’s practice facility. Bill was also the BP pitcher for many of the games of the Equitable Old Timers series as he travelled the country pitching to such greats as , and Duke Snider, among many other HOF players.

He is married to a beautiful and talented wife – Kathy and is the very proud father of U.S.C. graduate (the real USC) – Logan and equally proud step-father to Jason (UC-Santa Barbara) and Josh a pitcher at West Virginia University.