Episode 51: Chanin Billings

From the Coach's Mouth · Mar 12, 2026 · 1h 10m · transcript

Chanin Billings, head coach at Maryville University in St. Louis, chats with Jay and Ken about her career as a four-year starter at the University of Kansas (as well as playing for the Mexican National Team), and her experiences coaching at the D1, D2, and D3 levels. She talks about how she became a turnaround specialist, helping teams that had been struggling find success, how what she teaches for hitting has changed from what she did as a high-level hitter herself, why she loves coaching at the D2 level, how she approaches tough conversations with her athletes, and what she looks for when…