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Northview Chiefs Name New Head Baseball Coach
October 8, 2012
Northview High School has named a new head baseball coach for the upcoming season.
Martin “Marty” Lister will bring an extensive baseball background to the field for the Chiefs, replacing Sid Wheatley who stepped down from the baseball program.
Lister was drafted in the seventh round by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1992 MLB June Amateur Draft from Jefferson Davis Community College in Brewton. He has pitched for the Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros and Arizona Diamondbacks organizations.
Lister taught at Escambia High School in Pensacola for five years before coming to Northview to teach drafting and construction technology. He coached varsity baseball for four years at Escambia, along with freshmen football, running back coach for varsity football and boys weightlifting. He also was an assistant baseball and pitching coach at Pensacola State College.
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7 Responses to “Northview Chiefs Name New Head Baseball Coach”
Congrats Marty !!!!!!! Northveiw now has a great coach and a great role model for the young people. He will do a great job and help get his players to the next level with the contacks he has !!!!
Congrats bud!!!
This is great news for the Chiefs. Maybe there want be “politic” playing this year. It has been so disgusting to see the talent that has come thru that school in the last several years wasted because their parents didn”t brown nose certain people.
Looking forward to the baseball season. I am in agreement with the others, this should have happened sooner. GO CHIEFS!!!!!!
Our boys have needed instruction and not just sent to the batting cage without a coach. Also, hopefully our boys will practice pitching now as well. Oh yeah and don’t forget the field needs work, you know the drainage problem we have had forever! I don’t think Coach Wheatley is a bad coach, he just needed more help. I want to thank NHS and Coach Wheatley for recognizing this. Welcome Coach Lister! We are ready for baseball!
I totally feel the same way that “Thank Goodness” feels! I was so frustrated as a mom knowing that my son worked hard and earned playing time but because of politics he sit the bench alot of the season. I believe it should be an equal opportunity for all the children and let it come down to working hard and earning your spot not just because of who you are. Our program needed this change.
This is exciting news to hear. I’ve seen so many talented young boys in the past years at Northview that have been put on the beach, when they should have been on the field playing. I mean some of the best players! It has been so many favorites played instead of placing the ones who deserved to be played. We had so many opportunites to win, yet because of placement of players we never had a chance. (Politics) This should have happened sooner!
Praise the Lord….now maybe we can get OUR NHS BASEBALL PROGRAM up and running the way its meant to be!!! I hope he gives a 100% for our boys that love baseball and maybe people will come and support out Chiefs this Spring!!!