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 has been with the Diablos Baseball program since 2024. 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 an assistant 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 fourth year on the Diablos Baseball coaching staff for the 2025-26 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.
Brad Thomas III
Coach Thomas joins Diablos Baseball for the 2025-26 season. He was a standout player at McNair High School, where he earned All-County honors for four consecutive years. A gifted two-sport athlete, he went on to Tuskegee University and earned All-SIAC honors in both football and baseball his junior and senior years. He went on to play professional baseball for the Santa Fe Fuego (Pecos League), Sugar Land Skeeters (Atlantic League) and Rockland Boulders (Frontier League).
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. In 2026, Coach Bass will be inducted into the Georgia Dugout Club Hall of Fame.
Steven Etcher
Coach Etcher has been a coach for the Diablos since 2017. 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.
Archie Wanamaker
The 2025-26 season will be Coach Wanamaker's 6th with the Diablos Baseball program. His coaching experience includes: Head Coach in Diablos program (2021-present), Assistant Coach at Shorter University (2020-21), Pitching Coach for Fellowship Christian (2019-20), Assistant Coach for 15U Diablos (2019-20), Head Coach in the Sunbelt Baseball League Prospect Division (2018-19) and Assistant Coach & Recruiting Coordinator at Toccoa Falls College (2017-18). He grew up in Dunwoody, playing baseball at DSB and Murphey Candler.
Matthew Burdick
The 2025-26 season is Coach Burdick's first with Diablos Baseball. He has been an assistant coach for the St. Pius X Gold Middle School team since 2025. In college, he pitched for John Carroll University and Bryan College.
Chris Epps
Chris Epps joined the Diablos Baseball coaching staff in 2024. He has over a decade of experience coaching travel and high school baseball. Coach Epps is a Dunwoody High School alumnus where he was a member of the 2007 state championship team 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.
