Patrick Elias (Head Coach)

Coach Elias is beginning his third full year as the Attendance Counselor at Scioto High School, sixth as a coach at the school, and second as the Head Baseball Coach. Coach Elias is a former three-year All-Conference Selection from Warren G. Harding High School in Warren, OH where he also garnered All-County Honors as a senior in 2004. Coach Elias attended John Carroll University in University Heights, OH before ending his playing career due to injury. In 2005, Coach Elias transferred to The Ohio State University to pursue his degree in Psychology. From 2005-2007 Coach Elias worked at IMG Baseball Academy in Bradenton, Florida with Director Ken Bolek to work with their summer baseball program. Coach Elias has worked with various player development schools as a hitting coach, most recently One-Thru-Nine Performance in Niles, OH from 2008-2009 as their Director of Operations. With friend and mentor, Scott Marple, Coach Elias grew to understand and love education and its use on the ball field. Beginning in 2011, Coach Elias has continued to build upon the tradition of Irish Baseball, passed down from coaches Callaghan and Marple, while infusing his own beliefs about high effort and attitude taken from his roots in northeast Ohio.