Erasmo Ramirez, Varsity Head Coach

Coach Erasmo Ramirez is in his 15th year as the Varsity Head Coach at Segerstrom High School. Born and raised in Santa Ana, he attended John Adams Elementary, Carr Intermediate, and Saddleback High School. He graduated from Saddleback in 1994 and began a successful collegiate career that took him from Cal State Northridge and on to national powerhouse Cal State Fullerton.

After being All-Seaview League for Bob Mangram at Saddleback, Coach Ramirez earned an athletic scholarship to Cal State Northridge.  Playing for Bill Kernen, Mike Batesole, and Dan Cowgill, he developed into one of the best collegiate pitchers in the nation. Named to the prestigious All-American teams in both 1996 and 1997, he was also part of the All-Western Athletic Conference and All-West Region teams while compiling a 25-7 record. Transferring to Cal State Fullerton as a senior, Coach Ramirez now had the opportunity to pitch for coaches George Horton and Dave Serrano. He quickly grabbed a hold of a spot in the starting rotation and earned All-Big West honors while compiling an 11-5 record in his lone season as a Titan pitcher.            

Drafted in the 11th round of the 1998 draft by the San Francisco Giants, Coach Ramirez began his career as a professional baseball player. In 2001, while in Double-A with the Giants, he was traded to the Texas Rangers. Two years later, on April 30, 2003, Coach Ramirez made his Major League debut for the Rangers in a win against the Toronto Blue Jays. As a rookie, he was 3-1 with a 3.86 ERA that included a stretch of 15.2 consecutive scoreless innings (the longest span by a Ranger in 2003). His first Major League victory was against his hometown Anaheim Angels on July 23, 2003. Coach Ramirez would go on to post an 8-4 record with a 3.95 ERA in his Major League career. As a Minor Leaguer, he put up a career 3.46 ERA with a record of 36-23. In his professional career, Coach Ramirez had the opportunity to pitch for many great coaches, including Dave Righetti, Dusty Baker, Buck Showalter, and Orel Hershiser.            

Coach Ramirez has led Segerstrom to 3 Golden West League championships and 10 CIF playoff berths. He has been selected twice to coach in the Orange County All-Star game. Besides having his number retired at Saddleback, he was also inducted into the Santa Ana Unified School District Athletics Wall of Fame. Coach Ramirez is part of the Special Education faculty at Segerstrom. He and his wife, Veronica, have 3 daughters, Liliana, Arianna, and Olivia.

Rolando Ramirez

George Jimenez

​Coach George Jimenez was born and raised in Paramount, CA. He attended Paramount HS, playing Varsity baseball as a pitcher and third basemen. Upon graduating, he attended Long Beach City College and as a sophomore was selected second team All-Conference in 2001. Coach George received a scholarship to both pitch and play 3B for Point Loma Nazarene where he earned a Bachelors degree in Physical Education in 2004.
His coaching experience stems back to 2007 when he coached at LBCC. From 2011-2017, he managed the Santa Ana Storm baseball club and then joined the Santa Ana HS program from 2015-18. In 2020, he transitioned to the Segerstrom HS Varsity program where he’s been since.
Coach George is married to Karina and they have 3 amazing kids; Kaleb (22) Sofia (16) Adrian (11) He still has a strong passion for the game and it brings him great joy to watch his players develop and prepare to play at the next level. He is looking forward to a spectacular season filled with growth and success.

Elias Landeros

​Elias Landeros has coached various levels of baseball over the last 15 years. Coach Lico started his coaching career at Century High school as an assistant varsity coach. He has coached different levels of baseball at Northeast Little League, Santa Ana Pony and various levels of Travel Ball. He was born and raised in Santa Ana and attended Tustin High School. He then played at Golden West Community College and continued his baseball career in Mexico. Coach Lico is a valuable asset to the Jaguars program.

Gary Mendoza


A Saddleback High School graduate of 1976 where he played baseball and basketball. He has over 45 years of coaching youth baseball teams at various age levels. In 1980, he founded an adult baseball league associated with the National Baseball Congress (NBC), where he also managed a team for 15 years. With prior coaching experience at Saddleback High School and now entering his third year at Segerstrom High School.
A Saddleback High School graduate of 1976 where he played baseball and basketball. He has over 45 years of coaching youth baseball teams at various age levels. In 1980, he founded an adult baseball league associated with the National Baseball Congress (NBC), where he also managed a team for 15 years. With prior coaching experience at Saddleback High School and now entering his third year at Segerstrom High School.

Mike Penrod

Mike Penrod grew up in Northern California and played baseball through high school before joining the United States Marine Corps. After the military Coach Penrod worked in the video game industry working on titles such as Guitar Hero and Call of Duty, even making it into the Guinness Book of World Records for his work on the latter. Coach Penrod has 4 children ages 6, 8 year old twins and a 13 year old. He has coached them all for the last 9 years from t-ball to 12U, currently coaching for Lake Forest Little League and a ZT Prospects travel team in addition to his Segerstrom commitment. He loves the sport and is passionate about helping kids become better and stronger players.

Mike Ashcraft

​Coach Mike is a native of Orange County where he attended and played baseball at Orange High School. Mike has over 23 years of baseball experience including 13 years as a player and 10 as a Coach/Manager. Mike has coach/managed at all youth levels including several All-Star and Select teams. Mike's love for the game is the reason for his service as a Board Member at Santa Ana Pony Baseball along side his wife and Player Agent Valerie.

​Coach Mike enjoys spending time with family doing everything baseball/softball, watching Angel's Baseball, Rams and USC Footall and camping whenever possible. Favorite candy Skittles.