Coach Todd Fitz-Gerald is entering his 22nd season with The Original Florida Pokers as he spent 10 years as the top assistant to program founder Mike Roberts. He will be the Director of Baseball and the 16u Head Coach in 2022.
Currently, Coach Fitz-Gerald is entering his 29th season coaching high school baseball, his 21st as Head Coach. Fall 2021 marks his 11th season as Head Coach at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, prior to which he served as Head Coach for 10 seasons at his alma mater, American Heritage in Plantation, FL.
He has been named: “Coach of the Year” nine times in the past 13 years, National High School Baseball Coach of the Year in 2008, 2016 and 2021 by the ABCA, Baseball America, and USA Today.
He has produced 32 Players that have been drafted in the professional baseball most notable players including 1st baseman for the San Diego Padres Eric Hosmer; pitcher for the Miami Marlins Jesús Luzardo; 3rd baseman for the Colorado Rockies Colton Welker; and shortstop for the Miami Marlins Deven Marrero.
Coach Fitz-Gerald’s baseball teams have:
A longtime resident of Broward County, Coach Fitz-Gerald and his wife, Colleen, have been married for 24 years and have two sons, Hunter 20 and Devin 16, both of whom have earned notable achievements as MSD Eagles baseball players. In 2019, Hunter’s home-run record earned him “Player of the Year” by the Sun-Sentinel, after which he was drafted by the Colorado Rockies, but elected to play college baseball as a 3rd baseman at Florida Southern. Devin currently plays shortstop for the Varsity team at Marjory Stoneman Douglas.
Coach Fitz-Gerald also has a notable history playing baseball. As a left-handed pitcher in high school at American Heritage, he went on to play at Lincoln Memorial University in Tennessee, where he earned a degree in Education and was recently inducted into the College’s Athlete’s Hall of Fame.