17u Head Coach - Jason Smith
Jason is a 1993 graduate of Marissa High School.  After high school, Jason went on to play at Southeast Missouri State for one year before transferring to BAC (now known as SWIC).  After graduating from BAC, Jason started his coaching career in the now defunct Southwest Baseball Association. In 2002, he was named the varsity coach at his alma mater, Marissa High.  In his 11 years as the head coach at MHS, he compiled a record of 223-118. His teams won 6 regional titles in those 11 years, and reached the IHSA state tournament twice. His 2008 and 2009 teams both ended the year as state runner's up.  He was awarded the Belleville News-Democrat Coach of the Year award 3 times, named Southern Illinois Coaches Association Coach of the Year twice, and named IHSBCA Area Coach of the Year in 2008 and 2009.  Jason started the Gateway Bruins in 2018.

15u Head Coach - Mark Vogel
Mark is a 1986 graduate of Waterloo High School where he was a 4-year starter on the varsity team.  He then attended Kaskaskia College and played for 2 years before transferring to Northern Iowa University for his final 2 years of baseball eligibility.   After his playing career concluded, he started his coaching career by becoming an assistant at Northern Iowa for one year before coming home to Waterloo to take over the junior high baseball program.  Since 1991, Mark has amassed over 500 wins at the junior high level to go along with 17 conference championships, 12 regional championships, and 3 SIJHSAA state championships.  In 1993, Mark became the high school varsity coach at Waterloo as well and has had equally great success. In his stint as the varsity head coach, he amassed over 600 wins...including 7 conference championships, 5 regional titles, and 2 state tournament appearances...claiming 3rd place in both 2011 and 2019.  He was named Belleville News Democrat Coach of the Year numerous times and has been IHSBCA area Coach of the Year twice.  Coach Vogel is a member of the Mon-Clair League Hall of Fame, Greater St. Louis Amatuer Baseball Hall of Fame, and was just elected to the Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame.

15U Head Coach - Brett Isaacs
​Brett is a 1988 graduate of Pinckneyville High School where he was a multi-sport standout.  He then continued his baseball career, first at BAC (now SWIC) from 1988-90 and then at Murray State in 1990-1992.  Brett began his coaching career with the Pinckneyville Legion team from 1991-1994.  He also coached JV baseball at Nashville High School in 1994 and 1995 before being hired as the head baseball coach at Althoff High School.  Brett coached Althoff from 1996-2015, amassing 376 wins.  He produced 9 twenty-win seasons, won 5 regional titles, and had 49 kids go on to play college baseball.  He has also been a volunteer assistant coach at Freeburg Junior High for the past 8 years and coached his son's select teams for a total of 9 years.  Brett is the director of the locally renowned Mike Kelley Foundation baseball camp.

16u Head Coach - Jordan Yates
Jordan enters his 2nd year in the Bruins organization.

18U Head Coach - Dan Lehman
Dan is a 1992 graduate of Gibault High School where he was a 3-sport standout.  After high school, Dan continued his baseball career at McKendree University before going into teaching and coaching.  He coached baseball at Martinsville High School and Marshall High School, where he coached AAA pitcher Derek Eitel.  Dan has also had success coaching golf and basketball at the high school level.  For 7 years Dan coached one of the elite youth teams in the STL area and he has led his Bruins group to 8 tournament championships since he started with us at 15u.  

Bruins Collegiate Head Coach - Don Eddy
Don is in his fifth year with the Bruins and will be coaching our new collegiate team.  Don played at Belleville East High School and graduated in 1998.  After that, he went on to McKendree University and graduated with a business degree. He started his coaching career at Marissa from 1999-2002.  Don became the head coach at Mascoutah High School in 2005 and has been there since.  In his 22 seasons, he has amassed 474 wins, 3 MVC titles, 10 regional championships, & 2 sectional championships.  He was awarded IHSBCA Coach of the Year and BND Coach of the Year in 2014.  

17 Head Coach - Troy Hart

15 Head Coach - Pat Gartland

Coach Pat enters his 2nd season with the Bruins.  

16u Head Coach - Mark Tampow
​Mark begins his 2nd season with the Bruins.