Steve Sabins - Volunteer Assistant Coach - Cowboy Baseball Coaches

Steve Sabins

Title:
Volunteer Assistant Coach
Email:
sabins@okstate.edu

Steve Sabins is in his fifth year working on the OSU baseball staff and is beginning his second as the Cowboys' volunteer assistant coach. A native of Austin, Texas, Sabins spent last season as OSU's first base coach and outfield coach. Sabins was relied upon for assisting in recruiting and creating opponent scouting reports. Sabins also assisted with hitting and base running. The outfield core posted a .990 FDP% and all three primary outfielders were named as All-Big 12 Performers. The Cowboys made their third consecutive NCAA Regional and hosted a Regional for the second time in three years. Although coaching outfielders and assisting with the recruitment of future Cowboys, Sabins also acted as the Director of OSU Baseball Camps and was responsible for summer placement.

Before stepping into the coaching ranks, Sabins was the program’s player development coordinator, working directly with the strength, marketing, fundraising, and academic departments. As the Cowboy’s player development coordinator, Sabins saw eight players named to the Big 12 All-Academic Team. The 2014 team also posted a cumulative team GPA of 3.06, the highest cumulative GPA since 1998. Sabins was also responsible for the program’s summer bridge program. During Sabins’ tenure as player development coordinator, no player was ineligible to compete. Sabins also handled on-campus recruiting, video analysis, and was the Director of the Dugout Club.

Sabins’ first two seasons in black and orange were spent as the team’s graduate assistant. Sabins created and managed an academic accountability system to monitor and improve individual academic performance and team GPA. He operated the Right View Pro video analysis system and scouted and analyzed both game and practice footage. He provided footage with analysis for hitters, infielders, and pitchers. Sabins also handled scouting reports, Dugout Club events, and served as the team’s first base coach in 2012.

During his time as graduate assistant, Sabins served as the general manager for the Charles Town Cannons in their inaugural season in the Valley Baseball League in 2013. Under his direction, the Cannons became the only expansion team in league history to make the playoffs in their first year of play. He was responsible for building a team from scratch. Sabins led collegiate player recruitment for the 2013 team. He was responsible for recruiting, interviewing and hiring Charles Town Cannons coaching staff, creating coaching contracts which included services, salaries, incentive plans, and worked collaboratively with the housing coordinator, marketing coordinator, and city officials of Charles Town.

Sabins also served as a successful head coach for the VBL's Winchester Royals (2012) and the Leesburg Thunder of the Futures Wood Bat League. Sabins’ Royals broke the team and league homerun and RBI records set in 1987 with 84 and 350, respectively. Sabins’ Thunder team won the regular season championship and World Series Championship.

As a collegiate player, Sabins began his career at Angelina Community College, then attended Daytona Beach Community College. He was then recruited to Oklahoma State where he took a medical redshirt with the Cowboys before transferring to Embry-Riddle to finish his career. He was named the Sun Conference Player of the Year and an NAIA All American at third base as a senior.

Sabins earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Embry-Riddle in 2011 and completed his Masters of Science degree in Educational Leadership-Higher Education at Oklahoma State University. He is married to the former Tabitha Tucker.