Club Staff Members

Contact Information:

 - Phone: 608-334-7714
 - Email: troyl1@hotmail.com

Duties: Coach Larson oversees the development and training of all Stix pitchers. Coach Larson has many years of experience as a high-level pitcher in Men’s Fastpitch. After his playing days
concluded he began teaching and coaching pitchers. Currently he works with all the club’s pitchers with a high amount of expertise in base fundamentals and managing the game. He also
acts as the U14 Age Group Director and is also the Head Coach of the U14-Larson team.

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Bio: Troy Larson is a lifetime student, teacher, player, manager and coach of fastpitch softball.  Being from a fastpitch family, Troy started his playing career in men's leagues at 13 years old.  His success in the men's league got him recruited to play on organized youth fastpitch which then, like now, was very much a niche sport.  He played both fastpitch softball and baseball through high school where he was an all-conference baseball player.  In college Troy earned a minor in coaching while playing fastpitch and coaching baseball.  Following college Troy focused exclusively on playing fastpitch while he and his teams expanded their range from local to state and then national tournament circuits.  As a player Troy was recognized by ASA (now USA) for his infield play and NAFA for his pitching at the state level.  Troy is probably one of very few players to have both caught and pitched in games in the final four of a national tournament.  Troy also managed his most successful team that boasted state championships and a national final four.  When one of his teammates took the head coaching job at Juda High school, Troy agreed to help build an off-season pitching program.  This program helped the program produce all conference pitchers for 10 consecutive years while winning multiple conference, regional, sectional championships and one state title.  Troy then became involved with the local Evansville Angels community program starting as the clinics coordinator before becoming the president.  While President the program grew, nearly doubling in size.  Troy is currently a mentor for pitchers within the Rock River Stix organization. Over the years Troy has worked with hundreds of pitchers including many that have pitched in college and a WI State Player of the year. Troy considers himself a pitching mentor as he likes to take a holistic approach to developing pitchers including not only mechanics but also mental toughness, situational awareness and leadership from the pitching position.