Coaching Staff

Head Coach-Misha Dworken

Misha currently serves as the head JV coach and assistant Varsity Coach for Sarasota (FL) Sailors 

High School baseball program.  SHS is a national high school baseball power.  Perennially a Top 5 

program, SHS has produced 1st round talent such as Casey Kelly (San Diego Padres), Bobby Seay (Detroit 

Tigers/Tampa Bay Rays), and Ian Desmond (Washington Nationals) among many others. 

He also currently serves as a manager/lead instructor at the Extra Innings Baseball Facility in 

Sarasota, working with some of the best young professional and collegiate talent in Florida’s Southwest 

Coast. 

Misha helped guide the Sarasota Sailors win the 1996 Florida High School State Championship. 

After High School, Misha twice received All-American honors; first as a 2nd team NAIA All-American 

(1998) and 1st team NAIA All-American (2000).  He was also given the prestigious honor of Junior College 

Southeast player of the year at Brewton-Parker College (Ga).  

 In 2001, He signed a free agent contract with the Houston Astros and went on to play 2002 

through 2008 at a myriad of stops including (New Jersey Jackals, St. Paul Saints, Atlantic City Surf, and 

New Haven Ravens).  Misha earned a nod as an All-Star of the Northeast League in 2002.