About Eastern High School Baseball

Meet the Coaches

Head Coach - TJ Graves

TJ joined the Eastern Baseball coaching staff as the assistant coach in 2008, returning as the head coach in 2016.

Interest & Hobbies: Hunting, Golf, and Grilling

Family: Wife (Lindsey), Sons (Cannon 12 and Lincoln 10), Daughter (Sutton 6), and Dog (Walter)

Fun Facts: Proud member of the 2022 Men's League Golf Championship Team at Owl Creek Country Club

Assistant Varsity Coach (Hitting / Catchers) - Kyle Carden

Kyle joined the Eastern Baseball coaching staff in 2015.

Interest & Hobbies: Golfing, cooking, and watching his kids participate in extracurricular activities

Family: Wife (Carrie) who is a Eastern alumni class of '03 who also holds the field hockey points leader at Eastern, and a Miss Eastern, they have been married for 14 years and have 3 children: Jace, Blakely, and Claire

Fun Facts: Kyle is from California and would get free In N Out burgers when his Uncle worked at the corporate office

Assistant Varsity Coach (Infield) - Matt Timbario

Matt joined the Eastern Baseball coaching staff in 2022.

Interest & Hobbies: If it ain't baseball it's either golf, horse racing, bourbon collecting or anything UK!

Family: Girlfriend (Alexandra), daughter Layla (6)

Fun Facts: Matt's last AB in college was a game winning HR to win the conference championship. He broke his leg rounding the bases...

Assistant Varsity Coach - Kam Mason

Kam joined the Eastern Baseball coaching staff in 2017.

Interest & Hobbies: playing adult intramural sports and MLB The Show

Family: Wife (Brittany)

Fun Facts: Semi fluent in Spanish, former state champion in racquetball.

Junior Varsity Head Coach - Ryan Spugnardi

Ryan joined the Eastern Baseball coaching staff in .

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Junior Varsity Assistant Coach - Bear Bryant

Bear joined the Eastern Baseball coaching staff in 2017.

Interest & Hobbies: Movies, shopping, sports, and playing cards

Family: Father (Tom), Step Mom (Joyce) and younger sister (Brittany)

Fun Facts: 2x kidney transplant recipient. Coached in a 18u Babe Ruth World Series and a NABR College World Series tournament.

Freshman Head Coach - Chris Thomas

Chris joined the Eastern Baseball coaching staff in 2022.

Interest & Hobbies: Spending as much time with family and vacationing

Family: Wife (Wendy), 3 children: Erika, Emylie, and Chase (Eastern Baseball Alumni) and a 5 year old granddaughter, Noelle

Fun Facts: US Navy Veteran serving in Operation Desert Shield

Freshman Assistant Coach - Scott Tomb

Scott joined the Eastern Baseball coaching staff in 2020.

Interest & Hobbies: weight lifting

Family: Wife (Sherri), 2 boys: Austin (12) and Alex (20)

Fun Facts: bigfoot is his thang