Professional Baseball Coaches
Bill Cefaratti
Coach Cefaratti, a native of Syracuse, NY, became the Diablos Program Director in 2024. He is not new to the organization, having previously served as a coach for 13U and 15U Diablos teams (2011-17). Coach Cefaratti has coached multiple high school sports (baseball, basketball and football) throughout his career at Holy Innocents' (2011-18), Deerfield Windsor (2018-21), Eagles Landing Christian (2021-23) and Dunwoody High School (2023-present). He is married to Nikki and they are the proud parents to three young children.
Justin Cochran
Coach Cochran returns for his second season in the Diablos Baseball program. Originally from Snellville, Coach Cochran played baseball for Brookwood High School. In addition to the Diablos, he coaches the Dunwoody Blue team in the DSB Middle School League.
Kyle Smith
Coach Smith has been a Diablos coach since 2020. He is the Head Varsity Coach at Dunwoody High School. Previously, Coach Smith was a coach at Lambert High School. As a player, he was a pitcher and a member of the 2014 Lambert High School state and national championship team.
Demarcus Adams-England
Coach Adams-England has coached in the Diablos Baseball program since 2022. He was a standout player at Voorhees University, where he was named to the all-conference team his senior season. Coach Adams-England has coached baseball at Dunwoody High School since 2016.
Eric Esquilin
Coach Esquilin returns for his third year on the Diablos Baseball coaching staff for the 2024-25 season. He was a standout player for Southwest DeKalb High School, setting the school record with a .629 average in 2008. He went on to play college baseball at Gordon State College and Emmanuel College and one year of professional baseball for the Garden City Wind in the Peco League.
Archie Wanamaker
Coach Wanamaker will be the 16U coach for the 2024-25 season. Previously he was the 17U head coach (2023-24), 16U head coach (2022-23), 15U head coach (2021-22) and the 15U Pitching Coach (2019-20). Additionally, Coach Wanamaker was an Assistant Coach at Shorter University (2020-21), Head Coach for Georgia Scorpions 18U (2020-21), Pitching Coach for Fellowship Christian School (2019-20), Head Coach in the Sunbelt Baseball League Prospect Division (2018-19), and Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at Toccoa Falls College (2017-18). He grew up in Dunwoody, playing baseball at DSB and Murphey Candler.
Tom Bass
Coach Bass was the head coach at Dunwoody High School for 18 years, winning 359 games and leading he 2007 Wildcats to a state championship, the first in school history. He served as the pitching coach for Lambert High School for three seasons, including 2014 when the Longhorns won a state and national championship. Coach Bass played baseball at Georgetown University and set several records as a pitcher for the Hoyas, including two that still stand today (wins in a season and career wins). In 2014, he was inducted into the Georgetown Athletic Hall of Fame.
Steven Etcher
Coach Etcher returns for his eight season as a coach with the Diablos. He coached the Dunwoody Blue team in the DSB Middle School League for three seasons (2017-2019), winning a championship in 2018. Coach Etcher grew up in Dunwoody and played for the Diablos. He is a Dunwoody High School graduate, where he earned all-county honors.
Jah-Neel Warner
Coach Warner returns for his second year with the Diablos program for the 2024-25 season. Previously, he was a head coach for the Medlock Monarchs (2020-23), assistant coach for the Dunwoody Red Middle School team (2021), a head coach in the DSB fall and spring leagues (2019-20) and a head coach for the Virgin Islands Future Stars (2017-19). Coach Warner still plays baseball as a member of the Atlanta Cigars.
Tyler Cates
The 2024-25 season will be Coach Cates' third as the 15U head coach. Previously he was the pitching coach for the 17/18U Diablos. Coach Cates also is the assistant coach for the St. Pius X 8th Grade Team. During the 2021-22 season, he was the pitching and defensive coach for the Georgia Scorpions. He was a pitcher at Shorter University.
Chris Epps
Chris Epps joins the Diablos for the 2024 season. Coach Epps has 10 years experience coaching travel and high school baseball. Chris is a Dunwoody High School alumnus where he helped win a 2007 state championship and was named Georgia Dugout Club Player of the Year. He graduated from Clemson University where he played in the 2010 College World Series. He was drafted by the Houston Astros in 2011 and played four seasons in their organization.
Jalen Young
Coach Young returns for his second year with the Diablos for the 2024-25 season. A standout player at Brookwood High School, Young went on to play baseball at Florida Memorial University where he batted over .300 for his career, won Most Valuable Player in the 2023 Black College World Series and was named a Minority Baseball Prospects All-Star twice (2022 and 2023).
