Coach Steve founded Southfork Sports Complex in 2015 with the idea of building a baseball, softball and training facility that could accomodate teams and players of all skill levels.  Steve is a 1994 graduate of Texas A&M, has over 20 years of  baseball coaching experience with his passion for the sport stamped in every aspect of Southfork Sports.

Steve is married to Nikki and has three children - Jake, Andie and Joey.

Coach Michael graduated from Wylie High School where he was a two year starter on the varsity football team. He earned two All-District selection's his junior and senior seasons and was named a team captain his senior season.

Coach Michael went on to play college football at Augustana University where he started 24 games, was named 2x All-Conference safety his junior and senior season, and was named a team captain his senior season. Coach Michael graduated from Augustana in 2019 with a bachelors degree in marketing.

Coach Bri has been a part of Southfork Sports as a softball instructor since 2017. She played for Northwestern State University where she earned all-conference first baseman honors, was named to the All-Louisiana First Team, and earned her degree in Psychology. Coach Bri is the DFW area coordinator and a coach for the Impact Gold Softball organization and has national teams at the 14u, 16u, and 18u levels.

Keith Furnish played college baseball, as a catcher, in Northern Illinois. His college coach told all players when they arrived on campus, “You didn’t get drafted out of high school, so you need learn the game as a coach if you want to stay in the game.” True statement during that period of time. Coach Furnish brings 35 years of coaching experience to Southfork. He has coached around the metroplex with youth organizations such as DBAT and the Dallas Mustangs, but now he focuses on passing his knowledge to the youth through his lessons. “My goal is to guide players to be as good as they would like to be.”

Coach Krystal played four years of Division I softball at Jacksonville State University. Was the starting left fielder and lead off hitter for three consecutive seasons. Won female athlete of the year award in senior season. One of the most productive hitters in JSU history. Still holds career records in the top 20 players for Hits, Doubles, and RBIs. Had a career batting average above. 300.

Played four years of varsity softball at Wylie High School as a pitcher/outfielder and power hitter. Lead the team as offensive player of the year during sophomore, junior and senior seasons. Had a career batting average of .377 and a posted a 31-19 record in the circle with 235 career strikeouts and a 1.88 ERA.
Played club softball for Texas Glory. 

Coach Darius attended Wylie High School where he was a 4 year starter on varsity and earned the honors of 2nd Team All-State as a Senior and 2nd Team All-District as a Junior. He went on to attend West Texas A&M and played in 120 games, 94 of those as a starter. WTAMU made the Regional rounds of playoffs all 4 years Coach Darius played, he ended his career with a .296 avg., a .779 OPS, and earned his Bachelor Degree in Marketing. 

Joey Schattle was an All-Conference player at Richland JC in 2012-2013 and was selected to the Junior College All-Star Game in 2013.  He played locally at Richardson High School from 2008-2011 where he was named  Newcomer of the Year and All-City Team in 2010, District 9-5A All-District Team in 2010-2011 and Richardson Offensive MVP in 2011.

Joey specializes in hitting, fielding and pitching.

Coach Nick is a Gilbert, AZ native in which he was a 4 year varsity letterman in baseball, who also played two years at Chandler-Gilbert CC. At CGCC, he was an everyday starter, his freshman and sophomore year he racked up a .350 avg and led the country in stolen bases his sophomore season with 57 in 55 games.

From there, he earned a scholarship to go play at Stephen F. Austin as a lead off hitter and CF.

Since playing, he has been coaching youth teams (ONE National) for over a year as well as giving lessons throughout the week.

Ben Long (Pitching Only)

Coached for 10 years in travel baseball as a head coach from ages 8u to 18u.  Coached for Mojo Baseball, Baseball Nation, Easton Elite, Dallas Mustangs and Dallas Tigers.  

Played Varsity at Irving Nimitz as a Freshman and was a 3 year letter at Grapevine High School.  Pitched for the 1996 and 1997 Connie Mack World Champion Dallas Mustangs under coaches Sam Carpenter and Jack Sharp.  

Played at Tulane University for a season before transferring to pitch at Texas Tech University for two years.  Graduated from The University of Texas at Arlington with a Bachelors’ Degree in Marketing. 

Worked under formed MLB instructor Ronnie Ortegon for the past two years helping organize player development programs for the Dallas Tigers.