Batley is also a former player, who played with the Buffalo Bandits, Syracuse Smash, and Pittsburgh CrosseFire.
[4] A year later, Batley was hired by the expansion Chicago Shamrox to be their first-ever coach and general manager.
After the season, Mike Kloepfer resigned as Director of Lacrosse Operations of the Rock, and Batley applied for the job but was turned down.
After Terry Sanderson was announced as the new GM, Batley was informed that he would not be returning as head coach of the Rock.
[8] In March 2016, Batley replaced Dan Perreault as head coach of the Vancouver Stealth, he left the team in 2018.