DBAT SELECT TEAMS

Coach Rusty Greer

Rusty was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 10th (271st player) round of the 1990 amateur draft and made his Major League debut on May16, 1994 against the Oakland A’s going 3/6, 1 HR and 3 RBI. Greer was the Rangers Rookie of the Year in 1994 when he hit .314 in 80 games and 277 at-bats in the strike-shortened season. His best years were in 1996-99, a four-year period in which he hit .315 and averaged 105 runs, 20 home runs and 99 RBIs while helping the Rangers win three division championships. He is the first member of the 1996 team to be elected to the Rangers Hall of Fame. That was the first Rangers team to win a division title and is still the most revered team in franchise history. He would spend all fifteen years of his professional baseball career in the Rangers organization, a feat that had become a rarity among professional ballplayers thanks to free agency.

Coach Cory Thornton

Cory graduated from Lewisville High School and was a member of Paris JC and Stephen F Austin University baseball teams. Coach Thornton is in his 12th season at Brookhaven College and his third as head coach. Coach Thornton is in his 4th year as a coach with DBAT. Prior to coaching with DBAT Coach Thornton coached the highly successful Dallas Knights which he started in 1996. The Knights joined with DBAT in 2003 and he has been instrumental with DBAT’s success as back to back participants in the Connie Mack World Series in Farmington, New Mexico. He has coached Connie Mack baseball for 14 seasons.

Coach Alan McDougal

Alan was born in Sherman, Texas. He graduated from Sherman High School in 1992 where he was a 3-year varsity letterman for the Bearcats. McDougal went to Baylor University and was a member of the Baylor Baseball team for 2 years and graduated from Baylor in 1996 with a BA in History and a minor in Math. Coach McDougal is currently in his 11th year in coaching and his third as a head coach at Colleyville Heritage. Coach McDougal is in his first year as a coach with DBAT.