Chase Hetzel joined the Valpo baseball program prior to the 2026 season to serve as the team's hitting coach.
Hetzel arrived at Valpo after having served as the Director of Hitting for X2 Baseball, a player development and training facility in North Carolina, since 2022. He managed all hitting operations and player communication for athletes ranging from high school to professional. He developed and implemented programming including hitting prep and swing design while organizing and running scout days and youth camps. Hetzel trained over 200 high school athletes, 80 collegiate athletes (35 Division-I) and 15 professional players (two first-round picks) during his time at X2.
Hetzel served as the hitting coach for the Asheboro Copperheads of the Coastal Plain League in 2021 as the team finished third in the league in runs per game and second in home runs, on-base plus slugging (OPS) and total bases. From 2021 to 2022, he served as the Director of Scouting/Baseball Operations at Combine Academy, where he hosted recruits and families on visits, successfully committing 10 players in his first year. He assisted the hitting coach in the daily development of hitters on the postgrad team.
A native of Holly Springs, N.C., Hetzel graduated from Queens University of Charlotte in Charlotte, N.C. in 2021 with a bachelor’s in sport management.
