Meet the Coaches
Jeff Lightfoot
Assistant Director & Head Baseball Coach
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817-598-0412
 In 13 years as a college head coach, Jeff Lightfoot has built an impressive resume of winning at a high level of competition.
Through the 2010 season, Lightfoot has amassed a 415-291 overall record, including four years at Eastfield College in Mesquite and nine years at Weatherford College.
His Eastfield team won the Division III Junior College World Series championship in 2001, a year after advancing to the title game in 2000. The Harvesters were ranked first in every NJCAA poll during their championship season.
In his four years as head coach at Eastfield, Lightfoot posted a 272-217 record. He is a two-time winner of each of the following awards: Texas-New Mexico Division III Coach of the Year, the Louisville Slugger Award for excellence in coaching, the Diamond Sports Company Region V Coach of the Year, and the Division III College World Series coaching award. In 2001, he earned National Coach of the Year honors from the NJCAA.
Moving up to the NJCAA Division I level as Weatherford College's first baseball coach, Lightfoot's squads have posted a 236-196 record. 2004 proved to be a breakout year for the new program, surprising the college baseball community with a conference championship and regional finals appearance. In 2008, 2010, and 2011, the Coyotes advanced to the fourth round of the regional tournament.
In nine years, 37 Coyotes have made the NTJCAC All-Conference team under Lightfoot's tutelage, and 42 WC players have moved on to play at the NCAA Division I level. Twenty-one players have been drafted by Major League Baseball franchises, and 17 former Coyotes have played professional base-
ball.
Lightfoot was also the head coach of the Weatherford Wranglers during the team's four years in the Texas Collegiate League. The Wranglers made two trips to the postseason during that time and hosted the 2006 TCL All-Star Game at Williams Ballpark.
A 1988 graduate of Weatherford High School, Lightfoot holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Arlington and a master's degree from Texas A&M-Commerce. In addition to his coaching duties, he teaches physical education at WC.
Lightfoot is married to the former Misti Morris, also of Weatherford. The Lightfoots have three young children: Cole, Grayson, and Canon; and attend North Side Baptist Church in Weatherford.
Flint Wallace
Assistant Baseball Coach
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817-598-0398
The former Weatherford High School head coach and WHS alumnus Flint Wallace is responsible for the Coyote pitching staff.
Wallace most recently served as director of baseball operations at TCU.
He coached at WHS from 1999 to 2006, serving as head coach during the 2005 and 2006 seasons. Wallace's team went four rounds deep in the playoffs in '05 and three rounds deep in '06.
Wallace was an All-State pitcher as a senior in 1992 under WHS head coach David Walden. He played at San Jacinto College one season and then moved on to TCU, where he helped the Horned Frogs win the Southwest Conference in 1994.
He was drafted by the Oakland A's in the 27th round and spent four years in the minor leagues, working his way up to the Double-A Huntsville Stars.
"Working at Weatherford College is a great opportunity for me," Wallace said. "Weatherford is the community we've chosen to make our home-it's a great place to raise a family. It's a win-win situation for me as a coach and for our family."
Wallace and his wife, Anna, have one son, Cade.
Chris Flanagan
Assistant Baseball Coach
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817-598-0399
Chris Flanagan joined the WC coaching staff in the fall of 2011.
The Buna, Texas native pitched for Lamar University from 1997 to 2001. He then spent the next five years playing in professional independent leagues, including stints in Sioux City, Iowa in the Northern League; Chillicothe, Ohio in the Frontier League; and in the Central League with San Angelo and El Paso.
Flanagan coached as a high school varsity assistant and spent several summers with the Dallas Stars Baseball Club. He has also served as an associate scout for the Cincinnati Reds for the last three years.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in Applied Arts and Sciences in 2001 and a master’s degree in Education in 2010, both from Lamar. He is married to the former Casey Morgan, and the couple has two children, Cayden and Carter.
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