Baseball Teams

Paul Coppes

Experience:

Azusa Pacific University – 2-time All-Conference, NAIA All-American 1st Team

Paul Coppes had a solid playing career behind the plate which began at Rowland High School (Rowland Heights, CA) and continued at Azusa Pacific University (Azusa, CA), where he was a 2-time All-Conference and 1st Team All-American catcher.  During his Junior Year, Paul committed zero errors while hitting .415, to earn 1st Team All-America Catcher. His Senior year he hit .449 while leading his team in extra base hits and RBI’s and earning 2nd Team All – American.

Paul’s coaching career began at Chaffey Community College. After Chaffey, Paul spent 3 years coaching at Azusa Pacific. In the summers of 1999 and 2000, Paul was the pitching coach for the Chatman A’s (now Chatman Anglers) under Cape Cod League Hall of Fame manager, John Schiffner. For those two seasons, Paul’s pitching staff led the Cape Cod League in ERA, Strikeouts, walks allowed and Saves. He was blessed to work with many future big leaguers and in both 1999 and 2000, he had the “Cape Cod League Pitcher of the Year”.

Paul is now a full time special education teacher in Capistrano Unified School District. In 2012, he earned Capistrano Unified School District Middle School Teacher of the Year and was a Semi-Finalist for Orange County Teacher of the Year. For the past 18 years, Paul has been a director of the Mark Creese School of Baseball. He is currently the Director of the South Orange County site. He also currently is serving as the Director of Next Level Catching Academy (NLCA) Orange County Division.

David Ayala

Assistant Coach

Experience:

Azusa Pacific University

David grew up in the San Gabriel Valley were he played travel baseball winning a world series title.  David attended Rowland High School where he was a three year letterman receiving 1st team all league each year as a switch hitting shortstop.  Prior to entering his freshman year of college, David won Pacific Coast Collegiate League Rookie of the Year.  David attended the number one nationally ranked Rancho Santiago Junior College in Santa Ana, California.  David then attended Azusa Pacific University on athletic scholarship in 1999 and 2000 where he graduated with a degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting.  Following his senior season David had the opportunity to continue his baseball career but chose an internship with a federal agency instead.

Fifteen years later, David retired from the same federal agency. He then took a position with Kaiser Permanent where he is currently employed.  Throughout his professional career, David has worked with multiple high school baseball programs and travel club organizations around the Southern California area. He has also worked at numerous baseball camps at all levels and privately with athletes to help young men develop not only their athletic skills and techniques but also their mental game and approach.

David is married to his wife, Holly and has two sons Ryder 13, Brayden 6, and one daughter Breana 2.

Joey Magro

Assistant Coach

Experience:

Biola University

​Joey Magro was born and raised in Redlands, California. He played his collegiate baseball at Biola University and was a starter for his last three years. He was All-PacWest First Team selection as a utility player in 2019, Joey slashed .327/.409/.468 with 5 Home Runs, 36 Runs, 34 RBI and was 7-7 stealing bases. He starting 33 games at third base and 11 games between second base and shortstop. He had a career batting avg. of over .300 and combined to start over 150 games for Biola in 4 years. He graduated in the Spring of 2019 with a business degree and looks to pursue a sales job this coming fall. Has had experience coaching this summer for FCA as well Mark Cresse Camps.

“I am very passionate about the game of baseball and look forward to sharing my knowledge with the team and help better them for their future anyway I can.”