Jamie Mitchell - Technical Director and 18 and Head Coach
Coach Jamie has always had baseball as his passion baseball. His primary position was Catcher but he also pitched professionally and worked with a lot of college and professional pitchers. Jamie started playing when he was 5 years old and finished in 2016. During his time as a player he was fortunate enough to win the Bantam Canadian National Championship in 2004 as well as the Alberta summer games the same year. Coach Jamie also represented Alberta at the 2007 Canada Cup.
After high School Jamie went down to Lethbridge and played for the Prairie Baseball Academy for two years where he lead the league in batting average. He was also named All Canadian Catcher in both 2009 and 2010. In 2011 he played in the College World Series, and in 2012 he was Named GNAC conference Catcher of the Year and All Around Defensive Player of the year where he threw out over 65% or runners. Coach Jamie signed with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2014 and learned and played under catching guru Paul Hoover.
Jamie has been coaching every chance he has for the past 10 years and would love to pass on the knowledge that he has gained to simplify the hardest game as much as possible. In 2018 he started up JM Elite Baseball, winter skill development program to help aspiring baseball players in Calgary. Jamie also holds a degree in Kinesiology and is a certified personal trainer. Jamie understands how the body works and the proper technique it takes to reach its maximum potential. In 2017 and 2018 Jamie was the strength coach for Vauxhall Baseball Academy working alongside Jeff Krushell.
Duncan Sourisseau - 15U Director and Head Coach
Coach Duncan is originally from Winnipeg, MB where he grew up playing AAA baseball for the North Winnipeg Pirates. He was a member of the provincial team and helped Manitoba beat BC for the first time at the 05’ Canada Cup.
Duncan went on to play college baseball in both Canada and the United States at Valley City St, Prairie Baseball Academy, and LSU - Shreveport. Winning back-to-back league titles and a CCBC tournament with PBA ranks very high on his list of favourite college memories.
After his college career was over in ’09 Duncan began coaching with the Prairie Baseball Academy in Lethbridge, AB. Coaching the infielders as well as being the head JV coach he learned under Coach Hubka and Coach MacDonald. He also was a lead winter camp instructor for 3 years at the PBA winter camps for kids ages 10-18.
Following a move to Calgary, Duncan was the head coach for the 2014 Cochrane Crush mosquito team who won a provincial title. More important than the wins is that many of those kids are still playing baseball today, at Vauxhall Academy, Okotoks, and even with the Cubs 18U team. Duncan moved back to Lethbridge in 2015 where again was involved with the PBA winter camps while also coaching with the Jr. Academy program there. The program was developed to ensure that kids who played a short little league season could get more meaningful games and practices earlier in the year. Duncan coached with the Jr Academy until deciding to permanently relocate back to Calgary in 2019 where he joined the Cubs coaching staff as the Head Coach and Program Director for the 13U age group.
Coach Duncan’s knowledge, love for the game, and competing mixed with his energetic and positive demeanor lends itself well to the 13U age group where young players are learning the intricacies of this game. He is committed to teaching the skills needed to be successful at the next level, while trying to pass on his love for the game to next generation.He believes in coaching up his players and building their confidence as players by encouraging them to try to make plays and never punishing physical mistakes. Those will happen because we are young and should be looked at as learning tools. Duncan has a no swearing rule with his 13U group and you can expect your kid to hear “Aww Sugar” instead on the field this summer.
Other Baseball Calgary Cubs Coaches
Peter Hildebrand
Ben Hildebrand
Brad Doss
Peter Moumos
We have many more coaches helping throughout the year !