X-Level Sports is proud to offer private lessons for all facets of the game from
hitting to pitching to catching, infield, outfield and the mental side of the game. Private lessons are
great for developing athletes because they allow for the player to be the sole focus of the coach.
At X-Level the emphasis is not only on the physical requirements of being a dominant player, but on
themental aspect of the game, also. We want the player to understand “why” we hit or pitch the way
we do, not just “how” to do it. The player is guided to be the complete package.
The instructors at X-Level have years of both collegiate and professional playing experience;
as well as many years of professional coaching at the collegiate and high school levels.

Jim Sammons
Jim is the General Manager of the X Level Pirates Baseball Academy and also the manager of the 11u and 13u Pirates. His baseball resume includes stops at University of San Francisco as Director of Baseball Operations and Camps, Chicago State University as Head Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator and Millikin University as Head Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator. Jim graduated from Millikin University in Decatur Illinois in 2002 where he participated in one year of baseball and football before becoming a student assistant coach for the baseball team. Jim has also served as an envoy coach for Major League Baseball in The Netherlands. Jim also holds collegiate summer league head coaching experience with the Galesburg Pioneers of the Central Illinois Collegiate League. Jim is available for hitting and fielding lessons at X Level Sports.

Vince Lendzion
Vince is currently the manager of our 14U Gold as well as an assistant for the 13U team. Vince also serves
as an assistant coach at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Coach Lendzion's previous coaching experience includes four years at Minot State University (Minot, ND) where he served at the pitching coach as
well as the outfield coach. During the summer of 2007 Coach Lendzion was the Head Coach of the Medicine
Hat Mavericks (Medicine Hat, Alberta) of the Western Major Baseball League. Vince was also the head JV coach at Aliso Niguel High School (Aliso Viejo, CA) in 2008. During his collegiate career Vince was a relief pitcher at Minot State University as well as Santa Ana College.

Derek Tate is currently the Head Coach of the Treasure Island 16U and 15U teams and also assists with the
14U teams. Derek helps various baseball groups through out the bay area. A few high schools,
Stuart Hall of San Francisco and Sir Francis Drake of San Rafael, along with the Stuart Hall School for
Boys and the Walnut Creek Nationals Baseball Club.

Before joining the TI Pirates Derek taught pitching and helped with the recruiting at both Florida Gulf Coast University along with the University of San Francisco. Between those two stints, he spent time coaching the LaCrosse Loggers, a summer colleigiate team in the highly talented Northwoods League in LaCroose Wisconsin. Before leaving USF he helped coach within the Junior Don baseball program and saw many great kids move on to be successful high school players.

As a player, Derek finished his career pitching three seasons in the Toronto Blue Jays Organization, where he was named Baseball America pitcher of the year in his first season. Before going pro he finished his college career at USF where he was a left-handed starter and graduated with a Political Science degree in 2005. Derek grew up in Kennewick, Washington and is available for private instruction at almost anytime.

Cole Stipovich
Cole serves as a Head Coach for our 11U Gold and 12U teams.
A pitcher for as long as he can remember, Cole has competed at almost every level of baseball - from Little League to AAU tournaments, to Division I and professional baseball. He spent the majority of his college career
as a left-handed reliever at the University of San Francisco. While there, he was an key contributor to the first
USF Dons team to ever compete in an NCAA Regional Tournament (2006). After graduating with honors and playing professionally for a summer in the Northern League, Cole returned to USF to serve as
Assistant Pitching Coach as well as Coordinator and Coach of the Junior Dons Baseball Academy.

Head Coach Adam Petke- Adam currently coaches at Lowell High School in San Francisco and also is the
Head Coach at Claire Lilienthal Elementary School in San Francisco. Adam played collegiately at Cal and
has vast experience in travel baseball in the Bay Area.