If Brad Madden had any interest in coaching soccer, his time would spill over onto the margins of his calendar.
Madden has the Green Mountain Rams working on defending their Class 4A state high school baseball championship. When the high school season is over, he moves right into coaching American Legion baseball. From there, the 38-year-old teacher-coach moves to football as an assistant coach on brother Jay Madden’s staff at Pomona High School.
He’s not done yet. When the football season ends, it’s on to basketball to help coach his 9-year-old son, Logan, and his team. Then it’s back to baseball again.
“I love to coach,” Madden said before a recent Green Mountain practice. “I don’t know of anything else I’d rather do. My dad (Jerry Madden) is a coach, and I wanted to be a coach as long as I can remember.”
Madden has made his biggest mark in baseball. He has the distinction of playing shortstop on a state championship team at Arvada West in 1994. He’s in his 14th season as a coach, starting his sixth season at Green Mountain after eight at Golden. He won his first state championship as a coach at Golden in 2003. Last week, he won his 200th high school game.
“I didn’t know I was even close to 200 until somebody asked me how it felt to have won 200 games,” Madden said. “Every win is good. No. 16 can be pretty good, too. Some years down the road, I might look at it as a great accomplishment, but right now I’m just thinking about the next game.”
Madden’s players believe in him.
“He’s always there for us,” pitcher-first baseman Josh Ramirez said. “He can be tough, and it might take a while to get used to him. But he motivates you to be the best you can be.”
“Coach pushes you to your limits,” said shortstop Cole Shetterly. “He doesn’t let you slack off. He might be more vocal than some coaches, but we understand what he’s doing. He’s one of the best coaches in Colorado.”
Both played on last year’s state championship team.
Madden said he likes coaching high school players and his mission is to see them develop.
“I see me doing this a long time,” he said. “I’d love to do this another 20, 30 years if they let me.”
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