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Baseball Coach

Steve Janousek

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Coach Steve Janousek is in his fifteenth at the helm of the ABAC Baseball Program. The Stallions have amassed 347 wins and finish in the upper half of Region XVII (GJCAA). The Stallions perpetually play one of the toughest schedules in the Region playing many of the top teams from Florida, Alabama, Illinois, Michigan and New Jersey, as well as, the always tough Conference (GJCAA) opponents.
Janousek came to Tifton after a very successful collegiate playing career and secondary level coaching career. Janousek played on two NJCAA National Championship Baseball Teams at Middle Georgia College (1980 and 1982). While a freshman at Middle Georgia, Janousek was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the seventh round of the 1980 Free Agent Draft. From Cochran, Janousek went on to play his final two years at Georgia College in Milledgeville, Georgia. As a senior and Captain, Janousek and the Colonials participated in the 1984 NAIA World Series. Janousek Compiled a 19 – 7 ( .731 winning percentage ) record in his two years as a Colonial.
In 1985 – 86 Janousek Stayed on at Georgia College as a Graduate Teaching Assistant and Assistant Baseball Coach. Once again, the Colonials returned to Lewiston, Idaho to participate in the 1985 NAIA World Series.
In 1986 Janousek began his high school coaching career. Janousek came to Tifton from Toombs County High School in Lyons Georgia. While in Lyons, Janouseks’ teams accumulated a three year record of 74 – 29 (.719 winning percentage). In 1996 the Bulldogs captured the State Championship while amassing a 30 -7 record. Coach Steve Janousek is very happily married to the former Lori Hunnicutt of Fort Valley, Georgia. Lori and Steve have two children, Haley (age 22) a senior at Valdosta State and Cole (age 18) a Senior at Tift County High School.

Jeff Kilgore

Assistant Coach

Coach Kilgore is entering his 2nd season as Assistant Coach with the Stallions Baseball Program.  Kilgore comes to ABAC from Gainesville, GA where he attended Johnson High School.  After High School he accepted a scholarship to play baseball at Emmanuel College in Northeast Georgia.  While at Emmanuel he helped lead the team to 3 GACC conference tournament appearances, 3 NCCAA regional tournaments, and one trip to the NCCAA World Series.  In his Junior season Kilgore was named to the All Conference team batting .394 with 14 HR’s and 20 stolen bases.  Coach Kilgore is entering his 4th year in coaching.  He spent one year at West Hall High School and two years as an Assistant Coach at Emmanuel.  During the past two summers he has been the Head Coach of the Athens Pirates (Great South League).  In his first season Coach Kilgore will be responsible for working with hitters and infielders as well as the strength training programs.

In 2004 he graduated from Emmanuel with a B.S. in Business Administration and in 2008 received his Master's of Education in HPE from North Georgia College and State University. He is married to the former Meredith Milford from Franklin Co. and they reside in Tifton.