Corey eckstein
PRESIDENT/director of player PERSONNEL
hometown: abbotsford, British Columbia
VErnon college ('04)
Corey Eckstein joined the Ontario Blue Jays in the Summer of 2020 making the move from Abbotsford, BC to the Greater Toronto Area.
Prior to joining OBJ, Corey helped build the Abbotsford Cardinals Baseball Program of the BC Premier Baseball league but also at the grassroots level with his Sandlot Baseball Program, training players of all ages and growing the game of baseball in his hometown. Over the course of his 15-year tenure, he grew the Yale Secondary Sport Baseball Academy from conception to completion while also helping grow a local collegiate team at the University of the Fraser Valley. During his time with the Cardinals, they took home the League Championship in 2008, 2009, 2016 and the Provincial Championship in 2016 and 2018. In his first year with the University Program, they also took home the CCBC Championship Trophy.
His dedication to coaching and professionalism has taken him all over the world including spending 4.5 years with the Canadian Junior National Team which included being apart of two Silver Medal wins at the World Qualifier in Cartagena, Columbia (2011) and Seoul, South Korea (2012). They did not finish at the podium in Taiwan (2013). In addition, Corey has served as an Assistant Coach at numerous showcase events across Canada and the United States including five years at Tournament 12 hosted by the Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Academy and two years at the New Balance International Series held in Houston and Boston. In his first two years of scouting with the Kansas City Royals, he was fortunate enough to receive both an American League Championship & World Series Ring for his part-time efforts with the club. Corey was recently named to the Top 100 Most Influential Canadians in Baseball List in 2022.
Corey and his wife Kourtni have 3 kids, Kohen (8) Hudson (6) Parker (3) and currently reside in Ancaster, Ontario.
Experience
- Dir. of Player Development & Baseball Operations - Abbotsford Cardinals (2005-2020)
- Owner of Sandlot Baseball Academy (2008-2020)
- Dir. of Sport Academy - Yale Secondary School (2009-2020)
- Assistant Coach - University of the Fraser Valley (2018-2020)
- Assistant Coach - Canadian Junior National Team (2010-2013)
- Kansas City Royals (2013-2020) - AL Championship & World Series Rings
- Head Coach - Tournament 12 by Toronto Blue Jays (2015-2019)
- Bench Coach - New Balance Future Stars International Series (2015)
- Third Base Coach - New Balance Future Stars International Series (2016)
- Baseball BC Provincial Coach (Western Canada Games, Canada Cup, Canada Games)
- Played on Canadian Junior National Team in 2003
- Attended Vernon Junior College (TX) in 2004 before suffer career ending injury
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