ALLEN PAVATTE Varsity Baseball Head Coach
Allen Pavatte is entering his eleventh year as a head baseball coach at Madison Ridgeland Academy. He has led the Patriot Baseball teams to two State Championships (2012,2016) and four state runner-ups (2013, 2014, 2015, 2019). He also teaches World History and is the school sponsor for FCA. Allen previously served as Head Varsity Baseball Coach at Briarcrest Christian School, Covington High School, and Sky View Academy. He also served as assistant coach at University of Memphis and Arlington High
School. He is 618-316 in 27 years as a head baseball coach. Allen graduated from the University of Memphis with a B.S. in History and a Master of Arts in Teaching. Under his leadership as head baseball coach at Sky View, Covington, Briarcrest, and MRA, his teams have won eleven district championships, three region titles, made eleven State Championship appearances, a third-place finish in the state, four State Runner-ups and three State Championships. During this career numerous honors have been earned: 8 district Coach of the Year, a Commercial Appeal BOP Coach of the Year, three-time Covington Leader “Best of the West” Coach of the Year, the 1999 TBCA State Coach of the Year and two-time MAIS Coach of the Year. Allen also served as president of the Tennessee Baseball Coaches Association from 2009-11. He also worked as a grounds crew member at the 2009 SEC Tournament in Hoover, AL. He has worked in numerous baseball camps and spoken at several baseball clinics. In 2011, he was inducted into the inaugural Sunbelt Classic Hall of Fame at the Sports Hall of Fame in Oklahoma. In January 2013, he was inducted into the Tennessee Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. He received the 2016 Bill Buckner FCA Influence Award. Allen has been married to Karen for 33 years. They have three sons: Mason and wife Erin and daughter Harper, Reece and wife Shelby, and Jake Ross. The Pavatte’s are members of Broadmoor Baptist Church. CHAD LIPSCOMB Varsity Baseball Assistant Coach
Chad Lipscomb is a 1994 graduate of Natchez Cathedral and a 1998 graduate of Delta State University. Coach Lipscomb was a team member of the Delta State Baseball program for three years, including 1996 when they won the Gulf South Conference and reached the Division II World Series. This will be his 13th year at MRA and his 23rd overall teaching /coaching. He began his career as a high school football assistant at Trinity Episcopal in Natchez. He then coached two years at
Adams County Christian School in Natchez, where he was the head junior high football coach and head varsity baseball coach. From 2000-2008, he coached at Manchester Academy in Yazoo City, where he started out being the head junior high football and head baseball coach. He later became the Athletic Director and head football coach. While at MRA, Lipscomb has served as head junior high football, assist in high school, and serve as assistant in baseball, who he helped lead to the Division I AAA State Championship in 2010, 2012 and 2016. Entering his 13th year at MRA, Coach Lipscomb will be serving as an assistant for the junior high football, as well as assisting in baseball. He has 2 children: Kaleb (16) - 10th grade and Sarah Glen (13) - 8th grade. They are members of Broadmoor Baptist Church in Madison. CHRIS SNOPEK Varsity Baseball Assistant Coach Chris Snopek enters his 6th year at MRA as an Assistant Baseball Coach. Snopek’s primary role on Coach Pavatte’s Staff is working with hitters and game strategy. Chris is an Owner/ Director at P360 Performance Sports, a baseball instruction, competitive team and event management business located in Jackson. He grew up in Cynthiana, KY, went to Ole Miss where he was an All American baseball player. Played 10 years of Professional Baseball, 3 in the Major Leagues. Playing with multiple organizations, but mostly with the Chicago White Sox. Chris is married to Carla and they have 4 children: Kate Russell, Christopher, Lydia, and John Whit. They attend Highlands Presbyterian Church in Ridgeland. COLE PAGE
Cole Page Graduated from Madison Ridgeland Academy in 2010. He played baseball at Copiah Lincoln Community College from 2011-2013. Then he went on to graduate from the University of Mississippi in 2015. He spent his first two years out of College working in Birmingham, Al then he moved back to Mississippi to go coach at Central Holmes Christian School, where he was the head Jr high football coach and the head varsity baseball coach. At MRA he will be coaching Jr high football and Baseball. He will also be teaching 9th grade Mississippi history. Cole will be entering his third year at MRA. Cole is married to Audrey Hartman Page.
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