High School
Hegwood
Head Coach: Kirk Hegwood
Atlanta Flames Assistant Coach
Multiple seasons as coach for girls softball at Murphey Candler
MCGSA Board of Directors - 10U, 12U Director, 18U Assistant Director
MCGSA Cobras - Head and Assistant Coach multiple seasons
Assistant Coach: Rick Kosek
Player - U of Miami 1985 National Champions
Player - current - Men’s Baseball League
Coach - 2003 to 2012 Buckhead baseball
Coach - 2007 to 2012 NYO softball
Coach - 2009 to 2011 St Pius middle school softball
Coach - 2011 to 2012 Chastain Chill travel softball team
Coach - 2014 to current Atlanta Flames travel softball team
Assistant Coach: Neil Ketner
Neil Ketner was the co-head coach of one of the 2013-14 Flames 14U teams. Prior to that, he was a Flames assistant coach for 4 years for 10U, 12U and 14U teams. Neil also coached for Murphey Candler Girls Softball for 4 years. Neil played baseball and football in Charlotte, NC. After attending UNC, he played adult slow pitch softball for a number of years. Neil is the owner of Ketner Contracting LLC.
Assistant Coach: Dan Perez
Dan Perez has been involved in youth athletics for 25 years at the Marist School and Murphey Candler Park.
As a player and coach at Marist, he has been a part of 6 State Baseball Championships. In 1996, he was voted Assistant Baseball Coach-of-the-Year in Georgia. In 2002, the Atlanta Braves 400 Club selected Dan as Head Baseball Coach-of-the-Year in Georgia. Dan was a co-head coach of the one of the 2013-14 Flames 14U teams. During his 8 years of coaching softball for Murphey Candler, Dan’s teams won 5 league titles.