Men's Baseball

Previously, Coleman had served as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for three years prior to his head coach appointment. During Coleman’s tenure, PHSC has a 93-50-1 record with two NJCAA Dll Region 8 championships and trips to the NJCAA Dll Southeast District Tournament. In 2018 PHSC recorded one of the best seasons in program history winning 36 games and moving on to the NJCAA regional tournament in North Carolina. Coleman helped move 11 players to four-year schools including (4) D-1 players, most notably Ryan Russell (High Point University) and Caleb Walls (University of Maryland).

Coleman started his college baseball career at Pasco-Hernando State College. Coleman hit .314 in 2009 and was a key player in setting a school record with 37 wins. Coleman hit .353 in 2010 and was All-Suncoast Conference. Coleman finished the last two years of his college career at Barry University in Miami, Florida.  In 2011, the Bucs went 20-4 and won the Sunshine State Conference.  In the summer of 2011, he played for the Covington Lumberjacks in the Valley Baseball League where he finished the season hitting .343 which was third best in the league. Covington also won the Valley Baseball League championship that summer. Coleman graduated from Barry University in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in physical education and a minor in coaching. Coleman has since graduated from Capella University with a masters in sport psychology.  

Lyndon Coleman has gained the reputation for developing quality baseball players on and off the field during his six years of coaching college and summer collegiate baseball. Prior to taking over at PHSC, Coleman coached in two of the most historic summer collegiate summer leagues. the Valley Baseball League and the New England Collegiate Baseball League. During his time with the Winchester Royals he acted as the pitching coach for the first season and the head coach, pitching coach, and recruiting coordinator for the next two seasons. Coleman led Winchester to two consecutive playoff appearances and went 43-41 overall as the head coach. In 2016, the Royals pitching staff had a 4.44 ERA, which was fifth best in the league. They also dominated the league in stolen bases with 120 in 42 games, leading the league by nearly 40, and finishing nationally in the top five for summer collegiate baseball. In 2017, The Royals finished third in the league for ERA at 4.36 and stolen bases at 86. Coleman’s teams finished in the top half of the league in almost every other offensive category both seasons. In the summer of 2018, Coleman was the manager of the Keene Swampbats in the NECBL where they posted a record of 24-20. That year Keene made the playoffs and set a league record for strike outs as a pitching staff and finished leading the league in stolen bases (111), 5 stolen bases shy of the league record. The stolen bases were good for a top 5 national ranking in summer collegiate baseball. Coleman coached the MVP of the NECBL and new single season RBI record holder Brandon Smith. Coleman sent eight players to the All-Star game and also coached the NECBL Homerun Derby Champion Lorenzo Hampton. 

Coleman started his coaching career in 2013 at Barry University in Miami, Florida under then Head Coach Marc Pavao. Coleman acted as the catching coach during his two seasons with the Bucs, Both catchers that he mentored signed to play professional baseball. In 2015, Coleman was an infield coach under head coach Ryan Beckman at St. Petersburg College in Clearwater before coaching under Steve Winterling for three years. Coleman has coached 17 players that have gone on to play professional baseball and many others who have played in independent leagues. Tyler Kinley with the Miami Marlins and Josh James with the Houston Astros are two of Coleman's former players that moved on to the Major leagues.

In 2015, Wilbur was the program coordinator for the USA Baseball 12U National Team. He was instrumental in creating a roster that led them to be the 2015 Gold Medalists at the WBSC World Cup in Taiwan.

A native of Keene, NH, Wilbur was a four-year player at Division 2 Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, NH. While a player at Franklin Pierce, the Ravens won two Northeast-10 Championships and two East Region Championships to send them to two Division 2 World Series. After graduating as a player, Wilbur began his coaching career with the Ravens as the Head Coach of the Junior Varsity team and an Assistant for the Varsity program under Head Coach Jayson King, now the Head Coach at the University of Dayton. While an assistant for Franklin Pierce, the Ravens won two more regular season championships and another East Region Championship to move on to the Division 2 World Series in Cary, NC.

Wilbur graduated from Franklin Pierce University in 2011 with a bachelor's degree in Sports and Recreation Management. He received his MBA in Business Leadership from Franklin Pierce University in 2015.

Prior to PHSC, Beets was a high school head baseball coach in Pasco County for 33 years. Three years at Gulf High School, two years at Hudson High School and 28 years at Ridgewood High School. In 2002, he led his Ridgewood team to defeat number one ranked Dunedin High School in the semi-finals of the 4-A State Championship, before falling to Jacksonville Bishop Kinney in the finals.

Beets, upon retirement, made Pasco County history as the high school coach with the most wins. He had 565 victories and was the first to record 500 wins. In 2007, Ridgewood High School named its baseball field after Beets, in recognition of his great accomplishments.

He grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee where he lettered in four sports before signing a baseball scholarship to Division 1 Austin Peay State University (Governors) in Clarksville, Tenn. In 1971, The Governors won their first Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) Baseball Championship, which ironically was the first OVC title in any sport. His last two years he had the honor of being co-captain.

Beets focuses on building positive relationships and the development of young men into society. He was fortunate to send over 100 players to extend their academics through baseball. In addition, he has been associated with seven former players drafted and signed to Major League Baseball contracts. One player, Mike Rabelo, played Major Leagues and is now coaching the Major Leagues as the assistant hitting instructor for the Pittsburg Pirates.

In 1995 he was selected as the teams MVP in Short-Season A, hitting .312 with 3 HR’s, 27 SB's, and 50 RBI's in 72 games. Peeples had several stand-out years throughout his career including a 20 home run, 20 stolen base season, while batting .280 in High A. He then followed that up with an 18 home run season in Double A while hitting .288 and a .300 season in Triple A with 19 HR's. Peeples retired from professional baseball in 2004. 

Since retiring from professional baseball, he has been an assistant coach at Sunlake High School for seven seasons and has trained some of the top talent in the Tampa Bay area.

This past summer, Holke coached with the Eau Claire Express in the Northwoods League. It was his second season with the Express and he served as the third base coach/recruiting coordinator under Manager Dale Varsho. In 2017, the Express won the Second Half Northwoods League North Division and led the Northwoods League in stolen bases. In 2016, Holke was head coach of the Northern Knights in the Chicago Metropolitan Baseball League. From 2011-15, Holke was an assistant coach with the Barrington Post 158 American Legion Team. During his time as an assistant coach, the team won the Illinois American Legion State Championship in 2014.

Holke started his collegiate coaching career in 2014 at Rockford University in Rockford, Illinois under Head Coach Bob Koopmann. Holke served the program as the catching coach and assisted with the hitters as well as recruiting efforts.

A native of Barrington, Ill., he played collegiately at Harper College, where he was a two-time NJCAA N4C All-Conference performer and a second team Region IV All-regional pick in 2011. In 2012, he spent one season at North Dakota State University and finished his playing career as a catcher at Rockford University in 2014. Holke graduated Cum Laude from Rockford University in 2014 with a bachelor’s degrees in history and political science. He completed his Master of Arts in Teaching from Rockford in 2016. He resides in Port Richey.