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2008 Lowndes Baseball Varsity Coaches

 

 

Danny Redshaw – Head Coach

Danny has been the head coach at Lowndes since the 1998 season and also serves as the Vikings varsity football receivers coach. He has been named Region 1-AAAAA Coach of the Year 7 different times, including the past 3 years. His 2000 Viking team finished 34-4 and Georgia AAAA champions and was voted the #2 high school team in the country by Baseball America. In 2000, Redshaw was named Georgia coach of the year, Baseball America’s District III coach of the year, and was one of 8 finalists for national coach of the year. In Redshaw’s 10 seasons at Lowndes, the Vikings have a state title, a state runner-up in 2001, 5 Final Four appearances, and 9 Elite Eight appearances in the state playoffs as well as 7 region titles, including 2007, 2006, and 2005. Coach Redshaw is on the Board of Directors and has served as a coach for Team Georgia. In 2004, Coach Redshaw was an assistant for the USA Baseball team in the Tournament of Stars in Joplin, Missouri. He is married to the former Lisa Bentley and they have 2 children – Caroline and Joshua.

 



Joe Mederos – Assistant Head Coach

Six years ago Joe Mederos came to Lowndes High School from Coffee County where he spent the last 8 years teaching Health and Physical Education and coaching Varsity Baseball and Football. Coach Mederos attended VSU from 1979 to 1981 where he was College All American in 1979-80, All Conference 1979-81 and won MVP, Offensive and Defensive Awards for that year. He is married to the former Kathy Smith and they have 3 children, David (25), Brittany (22), and Chris (20). 

 

 



Ryan Page - Varsity Coach

Ryan attended Middleburg High School in Middleburg FL, Graduated in 1997.  Attended FCCJ on a baseball scholarship for two years, where he was first team all conference both years.  Came to VSU on a baseball scholarship in 2000 and was captain for the blazers in 2001. Ryan graduated with his B.A. in Criminal Justice.  2001-2003 Ryan was the Graduate assistant with the blazers where he was in charge of infielders, hitters and conditioning. Those two years VSU led  the conference in fielding percentage.  Ryan earned his Masters degree while coaching at VSU.  A former Junior Olympic player, Ryan is now  in his 4th year with the vikings.  He is married to the former Ms. Kathleen Coleman of Jacksonville, Fl and they have a 9 month old son Carson.

Rusty Redshaw – Varsity Coach

Coach Rusty Redshaw is a graduate of Valdosta State University (1985, 1997). He has coached middle school football for 21 years, including 8 as a head coach.  Other coaching experience includes basketball, track, and 15 years of high school baseball, with 3 of those years as a head varsity coach. Redshaw is currently teaching physical education at Hahira Middle. Rusty is married to Angie and they have 3 children: Meredith, Tori, and Rhett.

 

 

 

 

Philip Pieplow M.Ed ATC/L
Athletic Trainer

Coach Pieplow is in his twelfth year as Head Athletic Trainer for Lowndes High School. He teaches in the Health and Physical Education Department. 

Philip is a native of Valdosta. He graduated from Valdosta High School in 1992. In 1996 he graduated Cum Laude from Valdosta State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Sports Medicine. He received his Master’s in Health & Physical Education in 2001.  

He is certified as an athletic trainer by the National Athletic Trainers Association Board of Certification, and he is licensed by the Georgia Board of Athletic Trainers to practice athletic training in the state. He is currently a member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association and the Georgia Athletic Trainers’ Association. 

Coach Pieplow’s wife, Libby, is a physician’s assistant for the Affinity Health Group in Tifton. They have a six year old daughter named Bailey. The Pieplow family is a member of the Messiah Lutheran Church of Valdosta. 


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