Coaching Staff

Head Coach - Cameron Dodd
cdodd@wtc.edu
325-574-7697

Cameron Dodd enters his 2nd season at WTC and first as head baseball coach.  Coach Dodd spent last season as an assistant at WTC, with his responsibilities including assisting with hitting, position coach for infielders and developing and implementing conditioning programs for the position players.  Prior to arriving at WTC, Coach Dodd spent time working at his alma mater Northwest Missouri State University.  As a graduate assistant Dodd worked with the corner infielders and during his first season that group posted a .984 fielding percentage.   Before returning to his alma mater, Dodd spent one season as an assistant at Peru State College in Nebraska.  During his one season as hitting & infielders coach and recruiting coordinator, the Bobcats were able to advance to the conference tournament, had one player earn all-conference honors and improved significantly as an offensive unit.

Coach Dodd started his coaching career as a student assistant with Northwest Missouri State University.  After finishing his degree in Business Management, he moved back home to California and worked at East Union High School in his hometown of Manteca, CA.  Two players from that team went on to sign D1 scholarships and eventually pro contracts.  The past two summers, Coach Dodd has worked with the St. Joe Mustangs of the collegiate wood bat MINK League.  The Mustangs inaugural season saw the team lead the MINK in hitting and in 2010 finished 4th in the NBC World Series in Wichita, KS.  Dodd worked with players from all over the country including players from the SEC, Missouri Valley, WCC and Big XII conferences.  His one other summer coaching stint was with the Nebraska Sluggers of the prestigious Premier Baseball high school summer league.

Dodd’s college playing career began at San Joaquin Delta Community College where he received academic honor roll and honorable mention following his sophomore campaign.  After finishing at Delta, Dodd transferred to NCAA D2 Northwest Missouri State where he helped in setting team records in BB, hits, RBIs and run scored in a season. 

Dodd received his Bachelor of Science in Business Management and his Masters of Science in Health & Physical Education from Northwest Missouri State University. 

Assistant Coach - Ben Stedronsky
bstedronsky@wtc.edu
325-574-7987

A native of Lincoln, NE, Ben Stedronsky graduated from Lincoln Southwest High School in 2005 where he went on to play at Northwest Missouri State University from 2007-2010. He pitched out of the bullpen for the Bearcats and tallied 53 career appearances, which was 2nd in school history. He graduated from Northwest in the Spring of 2010 with a degree in Corporate Recreation and Wellness.

This past spring he was a volunteer assistant back at Lincoln Southwest where his team went 18-2 and won the city title.  He was also the bullpen coach for the St. Joseph Mustangs of the M.I.N.K. league this summer.  The team finished 42-12, won their league and went 2-2 in the NBC World Series. 

Assistant Coach - Frank James
fjames@wtc.edu
325-574-7987

Entering his first year of coaching at the collegiate level, former Navarro Bulldog and UT Pan American Bronc, Frank James resides in Elgin, Tx.  He graduated from Elgin High School in 1998 and began his collegiate playing career at Navarro Junior College in 1999 as a LHP.  Frank was drafted in the 38th round of the 1999 MLB draft  by the Oakland Athletics and was named to the NJCAA All-Star Team in 2000.  While at UTPA he received NCAA  D-1 All-Independent honors in 2002.  Coach James has been playing Independent Minor League Baseball for the past 10 years, and is a 3 time All-Star. 

Frank has spent his off seasons substitute teaching, guiding hunts and giving baseball lessons.  James received his Bachelor of Science in Anthropology in December of 2009 from University of Texas Pan American.