About Us

Coach Bennis is in his third year as the baseball program director at The Episcopal School of Dallas. Prior to arriving in Texas, he was a head coach at the collegiate level (Broward College). Bennis spent 6 years coaching collegiately before taking over ESD coming out of the Pandemic. He has years of experience both in recruiting as well as placing student-athletes at colleges and universities across the country. His coaching style can be described as honest and fair with the "big picture" at the forefront of every decision made. Develop the person, develop the player, and sustained success will follow. Prior to his coaching career, Coach Bennis was a two way player at Florida Atlantic University.

Coach Lopez, an aeronautical engineer by choice and a baseball man by calling, has been a part of the ESD staff for a decade. He brings a wealth of pitching knowledge as well as being an unbelievable mentor and example for our young men.

Coach Merrell is a local product. He graduated from Pearce in 2017 and then attended Lamar community college in 2020-21. Coach Merrell has trained with Tread Athletics and Kova sports over a two year period. He is currently a private instructor at D-Bat Addison and is aan assistant coach at ESD. He also recently received a Driveline certification in pitching.