We Practiced at 9 P.M. in a Warehouse

A Proactive Coaching podcast interview with Scott Dulin, head baseball coach and athletic director at Fisher College in Boston — founder of the college's entire athletics program, multiple conference and regional coach of the year, Coach of Character Award recipient, recent 40-win season and 500th career win, and board member of the Roberto Clemente Foundation — hosted by Bruce Brown as part of the "Best Coaches You've Never Heard Of" series. Topics covered: building a program from nothing in downtown Boston (no uniforms, equipment, or facilities; warehouse practices at 9 p.m. dodging pillars; not knowing where doubleheaders would be played until two hours before first pitch; and the chance airport-adjacent conversation with a stadium commissioner that landed a 10-year ballpark deal); why he stayed at a small school; mentors (his dad — coach on the field, dad off it — and competing up two years against his brother's age group); the abnormal path (love the game, love to win, embrace the crazy); the 2004 turning point of player-led leadership with defined roles in every class; "one, two, three, Fisher — four, five, six, family"; his purpose (using baseball to build good citizens); studying the '78 Yankees, the '49 pennant race, the '79 Pirates, and Alex Cora's 2018 Red Sox lineup usage; the Clemente legacy and "building nations of good"; and advice for young coaches — be yourself, your first thought is your best thought, and never stop learning (even from T-ball).