Harvard-Westlake baseball program head Matt LaCour has announced the promotion of assistant coach Alex Kocol to associate head coach.

“Coach Kocol has been an integral part of our program for the last two years and I am excited to announce his promotion. His ability to work with and teach our players is second to none”, LaCour said.

Kocol joined the Harvard-Westlake staff in 2007 after a one-year stint as the head baseball coach at University High School in Santa Monica. In his only year at his alma mater, Kocol returned the Wildcats to the playoffs for the first time in 3 years.

“Alex has really done a tremendous job of getting to know our school and the kids that we work with in each level of our program. The amount of time and energy that he puts into us becoming an elite program has earned him the distinction of being associate head coach”, LaCour