When longtime Lurleen B. Wallace Community College of Andalusia baseball coach Steve Helms wasn’t out on the waters fishing as a youth, he was playing sports.
“My family had a fishing business, so we were raised on the water, so I fished and played sports,” Helms said. “I was outside all of the time.”
People are also reading… “I was a left-handed pitcher, so that gave me a little bit of an advantage,” Helms said. “I was probably better in basketball, to be honest, but I’m a little short for basketball, so baseball was probably where I needed to go.” Helms spent one year as a graduate assistant at Huntingdon and then took a job as an assistant coach at LBW for a year before being elevated to head coach in 1990, where he’s been ever since.
Helms has been named the NJCAA Division II National Tournament Coach of the Year, the Alabama Community College Conference Coach of the Year, the Southern Division Coach of the Year and the Southeast District Coach of the Year during his career.“I would say I’m pretty aggressive with the kids,” Helms said. “I’m hard on the kids, and I do that because I think baseball is a way to teach them life skills.
Helms has also served as athletics director for the past 30 years, which has been challenging but rewarding. “And then the other reflection is my mistakes. Did some of my mistakes hurt or discourage a young man? I disappoint myself sometimes looking back at some of my mistakes if that makes sense. Which that is how you grow is through mistakes.”“Just set your standard and don’t let nobody change your standard and do everything with integrity,” Helms said. “If you do it right and do it with integrity, it’s all worth it at the end.
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Analysis | An ‘institution guy’ in the House, Steve Womack is fed up and might retireAnalysis: A seven-term congressman, Rep. Steve Womack has grown so frustrated with GOP leadership's kowtowing to a far-right faction that he's considering leaving the House.
Read more »
Last Night: The Steve Miller Band at The Woodlands PavilionHe’s the man with Classic Rock’s greatest identity crisis. Some people call him the Space Cowboy and some the Gangster of Love. He’s a Joker, Smoker and a Midnight Toker. He’s even known by the seemingly benign moniker of “Maurice.” But what Steve Miller is not is A Guy Who...
Read more »
This Mets surrender feels worse with Steve Cohen in chargeWasn’t this the exact dynamic Steve Cohen was supposed to change?
Read more »
Steve Miller Played All the Hits in His Hometown of DallasDid you know Steve Miller was from Dallas? We're feeling like The Joker now.
Read more »
We Actually Have George Lucas and Steve Jobs To Thank for PixarPixar is now a division of Disney, but it had two particularly famous owners before becoming what it is today.
Read more »