Competitive Team Practice Ideas - Barry Rose, Rockwall HS

Barry Rose is the head baseball coach at Rockwall High School and has been coaching for 24 years (18 as a head coach) and has a career record of 371-217. Rose has led his teams to the playoffs for 11 consecutive years including 2 state final fours (2010, 2017), 4 regional finals, 6 regional semifinals, and 7 regional quarterfinals. Before coming to Rockwall, he was the head coach at Frisco Wakeland from 2009-2018 where he posted a 248-93 record in 9 years. Coach Rose also coached for DBAT in the summer from 2011-2020, and from 2008-2010 Rose coached the Coppell Copperheads in the Texas Collegiate League. Barry is a native of Coppell, TX, where he played 4 years under Coach Dave Curliss from 1989-1992. Following high school, Coach Rose played baseball at Lon Morris Junior College in Jacksonville, TX. After playing there he graduated from the University of North Texas ('97) in Denton. Coach Rose has been married to his beautiful wife Jessi for 21 years and has 2 sons, Barrett (19) who plays baseball at Northern Oklahoma College and Mac (16) who is a sophomore P/1B for Rockwall.