Ep. 65: Minor League Hitting Coach for the New York Yankees, Rachel Balkovec: How She Overcame Adversity on Her Way to Make History - a podcast by Grit Player Services

How the f**k did Rachel Balkovec go from making $30 a day as a strength and conditioning coach in Arizona to making history as the first woman hired to be a full-time hitting coach for a Major League Baseball team? Rachel received her B.A. in Kinesiology from New Mexico University in 2009, where she played Division I softball. From there, she went on to become a Graduate Assistant Strength and Conditioning coach and earn her Masters in Sports Administration at Louisiana State University. Since then, Rachel has been a Strength and Conditioning coach with Arizona State University, and Major League Baseball organizations like the Chicago White Sox, the St. Louis Cardinals, and the Houston Astros as well as a skill acquisition coach for Dutch National Baseball and Softball. Along the way, she picked up a second Masters degree from a university in Amsterdam. In January, Rachel became the first woman hired as a full time hitting coach in Major League Baseball history. Today she is still a minor league hitting coach for the New York Yankees. So how did she overcome such adversity in a male-dominated field? And how the heck do you pronounce Mike Matheny’s name?

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