frank martinez director / coaches coordinator / coach
Frank Martinez has been around the Montreal Baseball Academy for years. It started in 2013 when he coached the MBA 12U fallball team, the Montreal Giants. The following years, Frank helped out Ray Callari for winter baseball clinics but wasn't as involved in the program as he is today.
In 2020, Frank ran an independant baseball program, affiliated with Little League, the Tri-Lake Monsters. The program hired Ray Callari to host baseball clinics during summer to their players. The following year, the Tri-Lake Monsters wanted to be taken as a more serious program and approached Ray for his knowledge to help develop the young players in the program.
For fall 2021, the Tri-Lake Monsters became the first year-round MBA team. Frank was the head coach for this team.
During the winter of 2022, Frank worked very hard with Ray Callari and Patrick McKenna to build a top tier baseball program. Setting up a training program, building a schedule of games (league, tournaments, exhibitions), finding qualified coaches and trainers, preparing budgets, finding sponsors, etc. are all tasks that Frank has masterfully managed with his two partners.
Frank has a motto he borrowed from Lionel Geller of NDG and uses constantly, "It's all about the kids" and all he does for the MBA program is geared towards that. He's always trying to find ways to give the best opportunity for the players in the program. He puts in countless hours ensuring that MBA delivers the best baseball program possible.
coaching before mba
Frank coached at multiple levels in his hometown of Montreal for the NDG Lynx. During these years, his teams won multiple time the Little League Provincial Championship and represented the province of Quebec at the Little League Canadian championships. In 2015, his team even represented Canada in the Intermediate 50/70 World Series in Livermore, California. During these years, Frank was also responsible of the offseason baseball development for the NDG Lynx program.
- 2011 and 2012 - Little League Minor (10U) Provincial Champion with the NDG Lynx (no Canadian championship in Minor)
- 2013 - Little League Major (12U) Provincial Champion with the NDG Lynx
- 2013 - Represented the Province of Quebec in the Major Little League Canadian Championship in Glace Bay NS (lost in semi-finals)
- 2014 - Little League Major (12U) Provincial Champion with the NDG Lynx
- 2014 - Represented the Province of Quebec in the Major Little League Canadian Championship in Valleyfield QC (lost in semi-finals)
- 2015 - Little League Intermediate (13U) Provincial Champion with the NDG Lynx
- 2015 - Little League Intermediate (13U) Canadian Champion in St-John NB
- 2015 - Represented Canada in the Intermediate 50/70 World Series in Livermore California (finished with a 1-2 record)
- 2015 to 2019 - Assistant-coach with the Axion Baseball Academy and CBB Little League
From 2019 to 2021, running the Tri-Lake Monsters / MBA program wasn't enough for Frank. That's why he was elected as President of Little League Quebec for that period. He worked hard, alongside the LLQ board of directors, to restore Little League Quebec to its former glory.
During his coaching years with NDG Baseball and CBB Little League, Frank's hard work as a volunteer and dedication to the sport of baseball was recognize as he won multiple awards:
- District Volunteer of the Year award (Quebec District 3) for Little League Canada (2017)
- Competive Coaching staff of the year for NDG Baseball (2013, 2014, 2015)
- Lionel Geller Award of Excellence for NDG Baseball (2012)
- Volunteer of the Year for NDG Baseball (2009)
