As manager Derek Lee Shelton (born July 30, 1970) is an American former minor league catcher and first baseman and professional baseball coach.
Shelton's father Ron coached baseball and freshman basketball while serving as an associate principal at Warren Township High School after his own professional playing career within the Baltimore Orioles organization ended.
[1][2][3] Derek Shelton received his first set of catcher's equipment at the age of three,[1] and later graduated from Warren, where he played for his father's baseball teams.
[1] After graduating from high school, Shelton attended Southern Illinois University where he played college baseball for the Salukis.
In his sophomore year (1990), the Salukis won 49 games and the Missouri Valley Conference championship, and played in the NCAA Tournament.
Shelton led the Missouri Valley Conference in 1991, his junior year, by throwing out 43% of opposing baserunners attempting to steal.