SportsCity Academy offers group and private lessons in a variety of sports. Instructors working out of SportsCity Academy are listed below. We continue to expand and enhance our instructor team and are interested in individuals with outstanding credentials and a desire to work with young athletes.

SportsCity Academy Instructor Staff:
Pete Waterson, Baseball Instructor
Pete Waterson is an instructor for baseball at Sports City Academy. Pete has been involved in baseball for most of his life. Pete is a former Fox Valley High School 2 time All-Conference player and a collegiate Division III player at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Currently, Pete is the Assistant Varsity Baseball coach for Jacobs High School and also coaches the Woodstock Lightning 10U travel baseball club. Pete has a great deal of knowledge on hitting, catching, and pitching. He is available for lessons in any area of baseball. Pete has been an active instructor in Woodstock for the past 5 years. Pete will provide private and group instruction at Sports City Academy.
Todd Krennrich, Baseball Instructor
Todd Krennrich is an instructor for baseball at SportsCity Academy. Todd has a strong baseball background, he played 4 years at Stevenson High School, from there he went on to play at the collegiate level as a catcher for Augustana College. After completing his college career in Rock Island, he has coached several travel and feeder teams over the past 17 years.
Todd is the assistant varsity baseball coach at Johnsburg High
School. He is also Head of Baseball Operations and player development for the McHenry County Hurricanes which have had 5 players drafted out of high school in the past two seasons. Todd has extensive experience in working with players from the youth level thru high school to develop and train on throwing, fielding, catching, defense and base running.
Wally Warner, Softball Instructor
Wally Warner is a softball instructor at SportsCity. Wally
is an ASEP certified coach with over 25 years of coaching
experience. Wally is the varsity Softball Coach for Johnsburg
High School. Wally previously worked with the Northern Ice Travel
(Girls) Softball program where he lead multiple teams to high
national rankings. Wally trained numerous girls softball players who
have moved on to college NCAA Division 1, Division 2 and Division 3
programs. Wally is a Board member with the Northern Ice Fast Pitch
Travel softball league where he serves as their Tournament Director.
Wally has also played and coached football and baseball. Wally
will provide private and group softball instruction at SportsCity
Academy.
Kim “Hoss” Johnson, MCC Head Baseball Coach, Baseball
Instructor
Coach Johnson began coaching at MCC as
Head Baseball Coach from 1992 - 1996 and is now in his second stint
as Head Coach which began in 2001. In his MCC coaching career Coach
Johnson has recorded over 300 Fighting Scots wins with over 400
overall collegiate wins as a head coach. During his tenure he has
coached seven All-Americans and seen ten of his players sign
professional contracts. Over 40 of Coach Johnson’s players have
continued to play baseball at other colleges and universities after
MCC.
In addition to his accomplishments at MCC, Hoss has professional
baseball experience. Coach Johnson served as the pitching coach for
the Cook County Cheetahs Professional Baseball Club in 2002 and worked
as an Associate Scout for the Texas Rangers from 1988-1993. He also
has a plethora of international coaching experience. Hoss served as
the head coach of the United States and led his team to bronze medals
in both the Pacific Ocean Games in Colombia, South America in 1995 and
Mexico’s Olympic Festival in 1993. Coach Johnson served as the head
coach of the United States Team in the German Open European Cup in
2000 and as an assistant coach for the United States 15 year old
National Team in Chiba, Japan in 1996. Coach Johnson is an instructor
and trainer with SportsCity Academy.
Jim Herendeen, Baseball Instructor
Jim Herendeen offers individual baseball instruction at
SportsCity Academy. Jim is a long time baseball coach and
instructor in Woodstock Little League and Woodstock Lightning Travel
Baseball, and is an assistant coach with Marian Central High School. Jim is also a volunteer assisting Woodstock baseball
organizations with the maintenance on local baseball fields.
Jim has extensive experience in working with players to develop and
train on throwing, fielding, pitching, defense and base running.
Pete Riis, Softball Instructor
Pete Riis is a softball instructor at SportsCity Academy. Pete
has been a softball coach and instructor for over 10 years, and is a
board member, coach and instructor with the Woodstock Girls Softball
Association. Pete was a coach, instructor, and past President of the
Colleyville (TX) Girls Softball Association. He also has coached and
instructed boy’s baseball as well. Pete brings a wealth of softball
experience, instructional expertise and knowledge to private
instruction and camps/clinics at SportsCity Academy.
Dale Jandron, Basketball Instructor
Dale Jandron offers basketball camps, clinics and instruction at SportsCity Academy. Dale led the creation and development of Woodstock Youth Boys Basketball rec league and travel programs in Woodstock which serves over 400 Woodstock area boys. Dale is a former high school player and high school assistant coach at Woodstock High School. Dale has extensive experience working with youth programs at every level.
Dan Krauser, Basketball Instructor
Dan Krauser offers basketball camps, clinics and leagues has over
21 years of coaching experience at the youth, feeder, travel and
high school levels. He is the founder and owner of the World
Class Basketball Association which runs AAU travel teams, feedere
programs and basketball camps in the Northwest suburbs. Coach
Krauser's teams have won 30 or more games in 17 of the 21 seasons he
has coached. He coached the winning team at the 14U 2002 AYBT
National Championships as well as the 14U - 2005 National State
Games of America. Over 95% of the players who have played for
Coach Krauser have played high school basketball, and over 30% of
those players have played up on sophomore or varsity teams as
freshman.
Jennifer Koeser, Basketball Instructor
Jennifer Koeser offers basketball camps, clinics and instruction
at SportsCity Academy. Jennifer is currently the Woodstock
High School Assistant Varsity girls basketball coach under Marty
Hammond. She is a former high school varsity player at
Woodstock High School, and she played two years at the collegiate
level for McHenry County College. Jennifer is actively
involved with the Woodstock Girls Basketball Association.
Kyle Milborn, Volleyball Instructor
Kyle has been involved in volleyball for over 13 years. He played club level performance volleyball and mad the U.S. high performance program as a setter. His team experience includes two top 10 finishes at the USA Volleyball National Championships. Kyle is now involved with the Club Fusion volleyball program that trains out of SportsCity Academy. |