Meet our Ranch Hands

Ron Wolforth – Co-Founder and CEO

 

Coach Ron Wolforth is the founder of Ron Wolforth’s Texas Baseball Ranch, LLC and Pitching Central. Since 2003, 142 of Coach Wolforth’s clients have been drafted, including the 2011 Golden Spikes Award winner and #3 overall draft pick, Trevor Bauer. In that same time period, 674 of Coach Wolforth’s pitchers have broken the 90mph barrier. Coach Wolforth is considered the world’s leading expert on the objective measurement of pitcher’s performance and movement patterns. No one in the world today has developed more 90mph arms in a single location since 2003.

Coach Wolforth consults for numerous MLB organizations and dozens of NCAA programs. Coach Wolforth and the Texas Baseball Ranch have been featured in ESPN, Sports Illustrated, 60 Minutes Sports, Men’s Journal, The New York Times, as well as Perfect Game.

His 30+ year passion for uncovering possible constraints and limitations to baseball performance as well as identifying the keys to accelerated growth and development stems form the fact that he was very dissatisfied with the level of his own performance as a college player and vowed to help other athletes avoid his mistakes and instead maximize their God-given potential. Hundreds of elite athletes from all over the world come to Montgomery, TX to work with Coach Wolforth. Some of his clients include Justin Verlander, Trevor Bauer, Scott Kazmir, Raul Ibanez, CJ Wilson, Barry Zito, Lance McCullers, Tyson Ross and Dallas Keuchel.

Coach Wolforth is considered a master teacher by many in the baseball community and he has been referred to as “America’s Pitching Coach” because of his practical, self-effacing and innovative approach to common performance issues.

Our Other Team Members

Jill Wolforth

Former Academic All-American Softball Player, University of Nebraska, Softball Pitching Instructor, Texas Baseball Ranch Instructor

Garrett Wolforth

Texas Baseball Ranch Instructor, Former Minor League Baseball Player

Jonathan Massey

Texas Baseball Ranch Instructor, Former College Baseball Player

Carson Ellis

Texas Baseball Ranch Instructor, Former College Baseball Player, Former High School Pitching Coach

Pierce Jones

Texas Baseball Ranch Instructor, Former College Baseball Player

Isaiah Trevino

Texas Baseball Ranch Instructor, Former College Baseball Player

Anna Dugger

Joined the TBR staff in 2018 after 25+ years as a teacher.  She provides a unique perspective as she is the mother of Major League pitcher Robert Dugger who started training with Coach Wolforth at 10.

Alexa Wolforth

Graduated from Dallas Baptist University with a degree in Psychology and minor in Marketing. Former Division 1 & 2 Collegiate Volleyball Player

Rae Nell Thompson