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Chicagoland's Elite Baseball / Softball Instruction & Personal Training Staff
Tony Feo
President, Founder
Baseball Pitching & Hitting Instructor
RightView Pro Video Analyst
Before forming Go Hardball, LLC in 2007, Tony served as Head Coach of the Chicago Gems Women's Baseball Club from 2005-2007. During his tenure with the Gems, Tony helped to form the nation's first women's baseball division within an all-men's amateur baseball league in 2007.
Tony played his high school baseball at Schaumburg High School (1994-1997), and graduated from Northern Illinois University with a degree in Computer Science in 2001. Since 1999, Tony has played and managed in the Midwest Suburban League, during which time he has recorded 5 All-Star appearances as an outfielder and pitcher, an MSL Championship in 2004, and managed the Chicago Redhawks to it's first MABL World Series Championship in 2008.
Tony's passion for technology and baseball led him to discover the power of video capture technology and the benefits it has to aid in teaching proper hitting mechanics, pitching mechanics, and injury prevention. Tony has performed thousands of lessons, and has experience coaching all ages and levels including managing men's amateur baseball teams both locally and nationally.
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 Kate Mitchum
Vice President, Founder
Combine360 Certified Level 3 Trainer
ACE Certified Personal Trainer
Until co-founding Go Hardball, LLC in 2007, Kate had served as Director of Facilities for the Chicago Gems Women's Baseball Club from 2003-2007. Kate is currently certified with Combine360, the American Council on Fitness (ACE), and holds a CPR/AED certification with the American Heart Association.
Kate's passion for sports and fitness began over 20 years ago while watching her dad train for power lifting events and football games. Although always active, Kate spent much of her early adult years overweight. In order to pursue her passion of baseball, Kate knew she needed to get in better shape to be able to make it through a nine inning game. After losing 70 pounds Kate is proud to be the only female player in the men's Midwest Suburban Baseball League. Kate knows as well as anyone how hard it can be to lose weight, she was determined to reach her goals, and through dedication and hard work she did.
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 Allie Micucci
Softball Pitching & Hitting Instructor
IHSA Certified Coach
Before joining the Go Hardball staff, Allie played four years of varsity softball for Stevenson High School. She received all-conference and all-area honors her junior and senior year for the Patriots. She is currently attending Trinity International University, majoring in P.E. k-12, where she was a team leader in both hitting and pitching as a freshman.
With over 5 years of giving hitting and pitching lessons, Allie has established a real passion for helping young girls succeed. Allie currently serves as assistant coach at Warren High School, and has been involved with LCFSA (Lake County Fastpitch Softball Association), and LZBSA through clinics and assistant coaching.
Allie is a firm believer that "Softball is a quick game that relies on proper mechanics, execution and strategy in order to succeed." She looks forward to seeing the success of her students on the softball diamond.
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 Kris Musselman
Baseball Hitting & Pitching Instructor
Northwestern University Alum
Growing up in Cincinnati, Kris played for 5 consecutive amateur baseball national championships, and was a 3 year starter for Fairfield High School, 1992 National Champions. Kris then accepted a scholarship to Northwestern University where he was a four year starter as an outfielder committing only 2 errors in his career there.
Following his career in the Big 10, Kris went on to work as an instructor with four different major league teams, including the Cubs, Reds, Brewers, and the 2001 World Series Champion Diamondbacks. Through camps and clinics, but mostly on a one-on-one basis, Kris has worked with over 10,000 players, helping many of them make their summer teams, high school teams, and receive scholarships to colleges in both baseball and softball.
As a coach, Kris has won multiple tournaments, a league championship, and fell just short of winning a national championship. With Kris being a part of baseball for over 30 years, he has been able to help thousands of players improve their skills in hitting, pitching, catching, infield, and outfield. Kris also teaches the mental approach needed to be successful in every part of the game and helps players gain an understanding of game situations and how to think on a baseball field.
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 Zach Hofer
Baseball Hitting & Pitching Instructor
Elmhurst College Alum
Before joining the Go Hardball team, Zach served as an assistant coach for the Glenview Blaze 12U travel organization from 2010-2012. During the 2013 season, he will be helping out with the Hampshire High School pitching staff.
As a high school athlete, Zach was a three-year letter winner and team captain at Jacobs High School, earning all-conference and all-area recognition as a junior, and all-area honorable mention recognition as a senior.
Zach attended Elmhurst College where he received a degree in Supply Chain Management and Logistics and played 4 seasons for the Elmhurst Baseball team. A two-time all-conference selection and the CCIW's Player of the Year in 2009, Hofer has earned all-region honors three times and picked up the first Gold Glove honor of his career by committing just five errors in 91 chances to finish the 2012 season with a .945 fielding percentage at third base. Zach closed out his Elmhurst career ranked among the College's career leaders including: second in career doubles (43), third in RBI (122), fourth in extra base hits (63), fifth in total bases (276), seventh in career batting average (.381), runs scored (111), and hits (178), and ninth in home runs (15) and slugging percentage (.591).
"I am very passionate about the game of baseball and love being able to inspire that passion in the players I coach. To quote one of my heroes, Babe Ruth once said, 'Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.' and I truly believe that."
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 Mike McGlauchlin
Baseball Hitting & Catching Instructor
Before joining the Go Hardball team, Mike was a two sport athlete at Lake Zurich High School in baseball and football. He played two years at LZHS with his co-instructor, Tim Nolan, where they were part of two conference championship teams. In football, Mike was part of three conference championship teams, including the 2006 state runner-up team and the first Lake Zurich High School State Champion team in 2007.
Mike's passion for sports continued after high school which led him to play in a Men's slow pitch softball league. Mike first started playing on a team in Waukegan where he was offered to play on a travel tournament team called Xtreme Softball. The team qualified to play in three tournaments, state, nationals and a world series. The team took 7th at state, but due to uncooperative weather, nationals, was rained out. They traveled to Orlando, Florida for the United States Specialty Sports Association (USSSA) class E Men's Softball World Series where they placed 47th out of 250 teams.
Due to his undying love for teaching young athletes, Mike volunteers at the Foglia YMCA, where he coaches a flag football team and also works the summer sport camps. He also umpires little league baseball and softball games for the Lake Zurich Baseball/Softball Association, as a certified IHSA umpire. Mike is a graduate of the College of Lake County with an associate’s degree in Fire Science Technology. While attending CLC, Mike received his certification as an Emergency Medical Technician – Basic. His strong dedication to baseball, health, and fitness contributes to the positive and inspiring atmosphere at Go Hardball Training Academy.
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 Tim Nolan
Baseball Hitting & Catching Instructor
Elmhurst College Alum
Prior to joining Go Hardball, Tim was a member of the coaching staff for the Lake Zurich High School summer baseball camps, and now serves as an assistant coach for the 13U Lake Zurich Cougars travel baseball team. Tim brings excitement and passion for baseball to the Go Hardball team, and is eager to share the knowledge he has accumulated throughout his baseball career.
As a high school athlete, Tim played 4 years at Lake Zurich High School where he was awarded the North Suburban All Conference honor in 2008. Tim was invited to participate in the 2007 Stevenson Junior All Star Invitational Showcase and was part of 1 Fox Valley Conference Championship team, 2 North Suburban Conference Championship Teams, and 1 North Suburban Conference Lakes Division Championship Team, recording 113 wins and 21 losses as the winning-est 4 year baseball team in Lake Zurich High School history.
Tim is a 2012 graduate of Elmhurst College with a degree in Exercise Science, where he played 3 seasons as a catcher and accumulated a .300 career batting average at the Division III level. Tim currently plays with the Chicago Redhawks in the Midwest Suburban League where as a rookie, earned both the all-star MVP award and league MVP honors in 2011 after posting a team record .517 batting average.
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 Scott Eidle
Baseball Hitting Instructor
Former Pro, Houston Astros Organization
Yale University Alum
Before joining Go Hardball in 2007, Scott attended Yale University from 1989-1993, where he was a four year starter and earned four varsity letters. Scott was the first Yale player to hit over .300 for four consecutive seasons.
In 1993, Scott was drafted by the Houston Astros Organization. He played for one season with the Quad City River Bandits (Single A, Houston), and in 1994 for the Duluth Superior Dukes (Independent).
Scott has had the privilege of instructing at many camps and clinics beginning with the Boyertown American Legion, in his home town of Boyertown, PA. Scott's passion is hitting, and hitting techniques. He loves studying and implementing different theories reflected in some of his favorite players including Ted Williams and Charlie Lau.
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 Karl Falkstrom
Baseball Hitting Instructor
IIT Alum
Karl Falkstrom joined Go Hardball as a baseball hitting instructor in 2008. The 40+ year-old is currently playing in his 12th season with the Chicago Redhawks in the Midwest Suburban League at the 18 year-old & over level. For the past 7 seasons, his cumulative batting average is .400+.
Karl managed the Redhawks from 2006-2008. Under his supervision, he led the team to a final four and a finals appearance in a national amateur tournament in Arizona. The Chicagoland native also played for 13 years with the Chicago Typos in the Union Printers International Baseball League, the oldest amateur baseball tournament in the world. There he was only the 10th player in the history of the Chicago Typo's to be inducted into the UPIBL Hall of Fame, where he was recognized as a "five-tooled" player.
Prior to joining Go Hardball, the Illinois Institute of Technology graduate was an all conference high school baseball player as well as a member of the IIT baseball team. Karl and his wife, Christine, have a daughter, Karina and a son, Kyle. They currently reside in the Northwest Suburbs where Karl is actively coaching in the Vernon Hills Stingers Girls Fast Pitch Softball Organization.
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