Head Coach Mark “Pudge” Gjormand is entering his 12th season at the helm of the James Madison High School baseball program, and his 21st season overall coaching high school baseball ... Under Gjormand, the Warhawks went 22-2 and won their fourth Liberty District tournament championship in five years in 2006 ... Madison also won the Hanihan Invitational Tournament (HIT) in Charleston, S.C., over Spring Break and made appearances in several national Top 25 polls ... Following the season, Gjormand swept the district, Northern Region and Group AAA state coach of the year honors, the second time he has accomplished that feat ... Gjormand enters the 2007 campaign having led the Warhawks to a 186-72 (.721) record in his 11 seasons, including a 135-36 (.789) record this decade, the best mark in the region over that span ... During Gjormand’s tenure, the Warhawks have won five district tournament championships, two region titles and the 2002 state crown ... Since he came to Madison in 1996, Gjormand has led teams to either a district regular season or tournament championship in seven of his 11 seasons ... Since 2001, Gjormand-coached teams have produced nine All-Met selections by The Washington Post, including players of the year J.J. Hollenbeck in 2002 and Matt Foley in 2003 ... In 2002, the Warhawks went 29-0 and finished ranked third nationally by ESPN and Student Sports Magazine and fourth by USAToday ... That team also finished as the top-ranked team in the metro area by The Washington Post ... Following the 2002 season, Gjormand was named the Washington, D.C. Home Plate Club’s high school coach of the year, the National Baseball Coaches Association (BCA) East Coast coach of the year, and a finalist for the BCA’s national coach of the year award ... In 2003, Madison finished ranked 48th nationally by Student Sports Magazine ... Prior to becoming Madison’s head coach, Gjormand served as an assistant at Langley in 1987 and as the top varsity assistant under longtime George C. Marshall High School head coach Dean Sissler from 1988-95 ... Gjormand has grown up in the coaching profession, learning from the likes of Mike Skinner - who is now on the Warhawks’ staff - as well as Neil Callahan, Pete Bendorf, Chuck Welsh and Scott Rowland ... During the offseason, Gjormand concentrates his efforts on co-directing the MVP Baseball School in Fairfax along with Rowland, and co-directing the Greater Vienna Sports Camps along with Skinner over the summer.

Gjormand resides in Herndon with his wife, Beth, a 1987 Madison graduate ... The Gjormands have three children, Samantha, 7, Josh, 6, and Trevor, 2 ... Beth and the three children are staples at each of the Warhawks’ games ... “I am married to the best Mom in the world,” Gjormand said. “I thank the Lord every day. I am truly blessed.” ... The Gjormands enjoy their weekends and summer vacations away at their beach home at Dewey Beach, Delaware.

Gjormand on the 2007 season: “The sky is the limit for this team. They are an incredible bunch of guys who show up to have fun and work hard every day. They deserve anything great that comes their way. Together, we can all overachieve!

 

Years Coaching at Madison: 12

Other schools previously coached at: Marshall and Langley

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