Miami Dade Hires new baseball coach

Hector D. Gonzalez
MDCC Baseball Coach Danny Price

Miami Dade College has hired a new baseball coach Danny Price on May 27th.
The former FIU skipper replaces longtime coach Steve Hertz who coached Miami Dade’s baseball team for 26 seasons and accomplished 945 wins in his career.
“It’s been a great 25 years at Miami Dade, a privilege and an honor,” Hertz said, “But it is time to step back.”
Price, comes from a program at FIU where he coached 28 seasons from 1980 to 2007 posting an overall record of 165-130 wins to losses (.559) and 62-63 overall in the Sunbelt Conference. He also played as a player for FIU from 1973-1974 in the first baseball team the university had according to Price.
“I was one of the first players on the first baseball team, first to get a hit and first to be a team captain,” Price said.
Still Price stated no matter what is on his resume he won’t be able to replace longtime coach Steve Hertz and looks forward to the challenge leading the college’s baseball team.
“You don’t replace him, I have tremendous respect for Hertz and this program,” Hertz said, “It’s exciting and challenging I look forward to it.”
When asked how different would it be coming from a four year school where he coached some well known name players now in the Major leagues such as : Mike Lowell ( Red Sox, Marlins), Brad Eldred ( Rockies) and Josh Banks ( Padres), Mark Worrell ( Cardinals) to a two year college he had this to say ;
“Well if you look at the history of Miami Dade College there is a lot of people who graduated from this institution and had great careers on and off the baseball field,” Price said, “It’s not just baseball.”
The former skipper also said that although he hasn’t gotten to know the players on his new team he expects to keep it simple for the upcoming season.
“ Keep it simple, take it one day at a time, I’ am not going to reinvent the wheel here,” Price said, “ I want the players to have fun and get the education, I want to teach them to be great human beings as well.”