Golden Gate Sliders Founder, Professional Coach
Jake Carrillo is entering his 25th year of coaching baseball in California, Nevada, Washington and Oregon at levels ranging from Little League to high school to semi-pro. Several of Jake's students have gone on to play college baseball, and a few have reached the professional ranks. In 2015-2016 Jake was the varsity pitching coach at Sonoma Academy College Prepatory. The 2016 pitching staff broke the California state record, throwing six consecutive no hitters. Jake is currently the hands-on operator of his own baseball school in Southern Marin, training hundreds of youngsters in every facet of baseball skills and strategy. Jake also runs summer youth baseball camps for players of all skill levels.
Jake has been successfully coaching youth travel baseball teams since 2005. In his first season Jake was the Head Coach for the 11U North Bay Extreme travel team, which won the Central Regional Travel-Ball Championship in Burnsville, MN. In the 2007 and 2008 seasons, Jake was the Head Coach of the North Bay Dynamite travel team (10U and 11U, respectively), which had one 1st place finish and three 2nd place finishes in tournaments throughout Northern California. As both the Manager and Head Coach, the 2009 Golden Gate Sliders was the first youth travel baseball team entirely under Jake’s leadership. This inaugural team had two 1st place finishes and three 2nd place finishes. Jake has had the priveledge to coach six different Sliders teams in Cooperstown, NY and five Sliders teams in Steamboat Springs, CO and one Sliders team in Aberdeen, MD. In 2018, Jake opened the Willamette Valley Seeds Baseball Academy in Oregon and added summer camps in 2019. In 2020 the program will grow to include six travel teams and two summer baseball camps.
Back in high school, Jake was a standout pitcher at Santa Rosa High School, making the North Bay All League First Team in 1993, 1994, and 1995. After high school, Jake played at Santa Rosa Junior College, CA. Since college, Jake has played on a number of semi-pro baseball teams and was offered a job as the pitching coach for the professional Sioux Falls Canaries in 2004 as well as a Major League scouting position for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2005. Jake has played in the Redwood Empire Baseball League since 2006 where he has been selected to six All Star Teams and won the 2007 REBL Cy Young Award.
Jake and Aileen live on a cherry farm with their three children, who have grown up on baseball fields, cheering on the Sliders and Seeds teams and attending Sliders Baseball Camps.
Jake Carrillo is entering his 25th year of coaching baseball in California, Nevada, Washington and Oregon at levels ranging from Little League to high school to semi-pro. Several of Jake's students have gone on to play college baseball, and a few have reached the professional ranks. In 2015-2016 Jake was the varsity pitching coach at Sonoma Academy College Prepatory. The 2016 pitching staff broke the California state record, throwing six consecutive no hitters. Jake is currently the hands-on operator of his own baseball school in Southern Marin, training hundreds of youngsters in every facet of baseball skills and strategy. Jake also runs summer youth baseball camps for players of all skill levels.
Jake has been successfully coaching youth travel baseball teams since 2005. In his first season Jake was the Head Coach for the 11U North Bay Extreme travel team, which won the Central Regional Travel-Ball Championship in Burnsville, MN. In the 2007 and 2008 seasons, Jake was the Head Coach of the North Bay Dynamite travel team (10U and 11U, respectively), which had one 1st place finish and three 2nd place finishes in tournaments throughout Northern California. As both the Manager and Head Coach, the 2009 Golden Gate Sliders was the first youth travel baseball team entirely under Jake’s leadership. This inaugural team had two 1st place finishes and three 2nd place finishes. Jake has had the priveledge to coach six different Sliders teams in Cooperstown, NY and five Sliders teams in Steamboat Springs, CO and one Sliders team in Aberdeen, MD. In 2018, Jake opened the Willamette Valley Seeds Baseball Academy in Oregon and added summer camps in 2019. In 2020 the program will grow to include six travel teams and two summer baseball camps.
Back in high school, Jake was a standout pitcher at Santa Rosa High School, making the North Bay All League First Team in 1993, 1994, and 1995. After high school, Jake played at Santa Rosa Junior College, CA. Since college, Jake has played on a number of semi-pro baseball teams and was offered a job as the pitching coach for the professional Sioux Falls Canaries in 2004 as well as a Major League scouting position for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2005. Jake has played in the Redwood Empire Baseball League since 2006 where he has been selected to six All Star Teams and won the 2007 REBL Cy Young Award.
Jake and Aileen live on a cherry farm with their three children, who have grown up on baseball fields, cheering on the Sliders and Seeds teams and attending Sliders Baseball Camps.