Matthew Herrin

General Manager

Matthew handles many of the operations of the club. Matthew has been coaching baseball for over a decade and he also handles the media and website for the Athletics.

parker cuddihee

Club Director

As the Club Director for the Adidas A’s, Cuddihee is one of the main decision makers within the organization and oversees responsibilities such as scheduling, operations, and customer service. He is also the primary contact for players within the high school program, and players wanting to join the A’s. 

He has coached dozens of 1 players, typically coaching a youth team in the spring and one of the club’s national teams during the Summer. Cuddihee primarily works with A’s pitchers as a trainer for ABA – ARMS Pitching Development. He is also one of club’s main evaluators during tryouts, and helps evaluate in house talent as well.

Cuddihee played baseball at STLCC as a pitcher from 2016-2019. 

Connor Cline

Pitching Coordinator & Head of Player Development

Cline oversees pitching development for the club, serving as the lead pitching instructor for both ABA and ARMS South County. Cline pitched 3 seasons at the D1 level at both Louisiana-Monroe and Indiana State, graduating from ISU in 2021. Cline was the Missouri Valley Pitcher of the Week at Indiana State in 2020 after beating the university of Tennessee, and was ISU’s starting pitcher in their 2021 regional game. Cline is an A’s alumni, playing for the club from 2012-2017. Cline is one of the club’s primary decision makers in both player development and player evaluation.

JESS LAFENTRES

Director of Baseball Ops

Jess LaFentres has been coaching in the St. Louis area for a long time, and at one point ran his own high school team/club called the River City Hawks. LaFentres works to help young players overcome adversity and be winners when it comes to the mental side of baseball. LaFentres believes youth baseball should be used to teach life-lesson.  These life-lessons teach young players to deal with their emotions appropriately and that player development and improvement is more important than winning. LaFentres is a retired Army Veteran, Warrant Officer.

luke lampros

Defensive Coordinator

Lampros serves as the defense coordinator for the program and is also one of the club’s main coaches, acting as head coach for one of the club’s top high school teams each season. Lampros specializes in developing A’s players defensively, specifically infielders. However, he also works with outfielders and catchers, and teaches base running as well. Lampros played five years of college baseball at Harris-Stowe State, playing literally all 9 positions on the field before graduating in 2021. Lampros is also an alumni of the A’s program, playing for the club from 2014-2017.

MATT TABOR

Hitting Coordinator

Coach Tabor has been coaching with the organization since 2015 and has developed a passion for an individualized approach to hitting instruction, working with players of all ages and skill levels including several Division 1 hitters. As a Rapsodo and Blast Motion Certified coach, Tabor utilizes advanced analytics to tailor training programs that produce measurable results. 

Since 2020, he has served as the Head JV Coach at De Smet Jesuit High School, where he demands a high standard from young players to prepare them for the Varsity level and beyond. 

As of 2025 Tabor serves as the Director of Communication and Operations for Adidas A’s Illinois. 

Andrew perry

Director of Communications

As club director Andrew Perry handles many of the day to day operations. Andrew specializes on youth baseball and also coaches high school basketball.

mickey smith

Recruiting Coordinator

Smith is one of the club’s primary coaches, typically coaching one of the better 17u or 18u teams. Smith primarily works with pitchers during the off-season in ACE pitching development. An alumni of club, Smith has coached with the club for 9 seasons. Smith played at and graduated from North Central College, and is the JV Baseball Hear Coach at his Alma mater Webster Groves High School, where he was an all conference player at.

MATT BELL

Youth Coordinator

Bell, a LHP and Paducah, KY native, began his career at Bellarmine University. From there, he had stints at Dyersburg State CC and University of Tennessee-Martin, before pitching at Harris-Stowe State, where he graduated. Bell serves as the club’s head of youth development, and is head coach of several youth teams in the organization. He has worked as a pitching instructor in years past, and loves developing a passion for the game in young players.

Karsten turek

Facility & Quality Control

Turek is one of the longest standing employees of the club and is recognizable to most from his hours spent at the front desk at ABA St. Louis. Help with various tasks and operations within the club and coaches a team within the youth program. Main caretaker of ABA St. Louis

NICK FERRARO

Kansas City Director

Ferraro serves as director of baseball operations for our KC branch. Ferraro is a graduate of park hill south in 2012 and from here he played JUCO baseball at Hesston college in 2012- 2014 where they won their region in back to back years and then he finished out his career at Harris Stowe State University 2015-2018 where he posted a career best era his senior year of 1.81 and was a part of 2 of the only 3 30+ win seasons in Harris Stowe history.
After earning his bachelors degree from HSSU he went on to coach at STLCC Mermec as assistant pitching coach and then served as head pitching coach at HSSU for 2 seasons.
Ferraro has coached every age group from 9u to 18u for the A’s and he most recently coached one of the top adidas athletics 18U teams to a 25+ win season