RD Academy

Specialties

RD Academy was founded in 2011 by Dan O’Brien, head baseball coach at Santa Clara University. RD Academy provides high school showcases, youth camps, clinics, lessons, and group trainings, and travel teams at Santa Clara University throughout the school year and summer.

RD Academy places a strong emphasis on individual attention for each camper, so we provide one coach for every 8 campers. We separate players by age and skill levels so all players develop to their fullest potential and get the most out of camp.

RD Academy camps are held at Stephen Schott Stadium, located east of the majority of Santa Clara’s athletic facilities, at the intersection of El Camino Real and Campbell Avenue across from Santa Clara’s Leavey Center. The address for Schott Stadium is 443 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95 053.

Meet the Business Owner

Dan O.

Business Owner

A two-​time Division II National Coach of the Year, Santa Clara University announced Thurs., June 30 it has hired Dan O’Brien as the new Bronco head baseball coach. O’Brien spent 14 seasons as the head coach at UC San Diego, building that program into one of the premier programs at the NCAA Division II level. Dan O’Brien, the 36^th head coach in school history with a program that dates back to 1883, replaces Mark O’Brien after he stepped down in early June after 10 years at the Bronco helm.

Over eight seasons, O’Brien’s Tritons have qualified for five NCAA Division II West Regional showings, two NCAA National Championship Finals appearances and set a school record for wins four times. O’Brien, a 1995 graduate of UCSD, is easily the winningest coach in program history, holding a career record of 454−283−1 (.616) through the 2011. In 2011, starting pitchers Tim Shibuya and Guido Knudson became UCSD’s first Major League Baseball draft picks since 2003.