Longtime varsity baseball coach David Glassey is to be inducted into the California Baseball Coaches’ Association (CBCA) Hall of Honorees. He will be recognized at a special ceremony this Saturday, June 16 during the annual North South baseball series at the University of California, San Diego.

Glassey has coached varsity baseball at Parker for nearly 40 years, winning a number of CIF championships and sending many of his athletes to play at the collegiate and professional levels. He has a career record of over 600 wins and has won nine CIF championships and been named a CIF runner-up seven times throughout his career.

In his final season as Parker’s varsity baseball coach, Glassey’s team finished 22-10 and played in the CIF Division 2 Championship game. Glassey will retire this year after 38 years as coach.

“I enjoy the challenge that comes with coaching and watching the players come together as a team,” says Glassey. “Coaching gives me the opportunity to help them learn how to deal with failure. Baseball is a game of failure; you fail more than you succeed. I love seeing the dedication of players and seeing them learn many of life’s lessons.”
In the last few years, Glassey has watched several of his former players move on to play professionally, including Nick Allen ’17, who was drafted by the Oakland A’s in 2017, and Jonah Davis ’15, who was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates earlier this month. Other players include Nick Noonan ’07 and Jose Vizcaino Jr. ’12, both of whom were drafted by the San Francisco Giants, and Kyle Dowdy ’11, who was drafted by the Detroit Tigers.
Glassey will be recognized as a 2018 Honoree this Saturday at 5 pm at UCSD’s baseball stadium. The ceremony will be held during the North South series, an annual, two-day series hosted by CBCA that invites select high school players from Northern and Southern California to compete. Parker’s Michael Campagna Jr., Class of 2019, is slated to play for the south team this weekend.

“Coaching gives me the opportunity to help them learn how to deal with failure. Baseball is a game of failure; you fail more than you succeed. I love seeing the dedication of players and seeing them learn many of life’s lessons.”

Coach David Glassey