WARRIOR COACHING STAFF

Nate Fernley (Head Coach)

In Fernley’s first season at El Camino, the Warriors posted a 32-15 record on the way to their first conference championship in 19 years. The team received the 4 seed in the state playoffs and hosted the first round of competition. El Camino had 9 players selected to the All-Conference team and Fernley was named South Coast Conference Co-Coach of the year. The team’s success translated not only on the field but in the classroom. The team had ten players transfer to 4 year schools including Arizona, LMU, University of San Francisco, San Diego State, Indiana State and Delaware State. Shortstop Robi Estrada signed a professional contract with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and played his first season in West Virginia this summer.

Coach Fernley comes to El Camino after two years as recruiting coordinator and pitching coach at Long Beach City College. Fernley was an integral part of the Vikings 2006 State Championship team. Under Fernley’s direction the pitching staff ranked 1st in the South Coast Conference both years and 4th and 1st in the state of California respectively.

As a player Fernley played 2 years at Long Beach City College before transferring to BYU.  At BYU, Fernley was named a consensus All-American and led the NCAA in wins at 16. He later signed with the Cleveland Indians organization and played professional baseball for 3 years in the Indians and Chicago Cubs minor league systems. He graduated from BYU with a degree in Spanish and later from the United States Sports Academy with a masters degree in Sports Science. Coach Fernley is married to wife Dara and has three children Hallee, Jake and Baylee.

Assistant Coaches

Shane Schumaker

Shane Schumaker returns to El Camino where he both starred and coached. Schumaker will use his years of coaching experience at all levels to help guide the Warriors. His duties include overseeing the offense and infield defense. Shane began his baseball career at West Torrance high school where he helped the program win three Bay League titles.

Upon graduation Shane continued his career as a Warrior at El Camino Junior College. During his time at El Camino Shane was named to the All Conference Team and also the prestigious All State team. Schumaker was a first team All-South Coast Conference selection and an All–Southern California infielder at El Camino. He was in the Top-10 in hitting in the state of California (.457) while at El Camino and currently holds numerous hitting records for the Warriors.

Shane accepted an offer to play baseball at the University of North Carolina Greensboro where he was named a Pre-Season All American and an All Conference team member.  As an infielder for the Spartans from 2000-01, Schumaker was a two-year letter winner under head coach Mike Gaski. Schumaker led UNCG in 2001 with a .342 batting average, while hitting 10 home runs and driving in 52 runs en route to being named All-Southern Conference as well as an All-Tournament selection. In 2000, Schumaker batted .378, which led UNCG and was sixth best among SoCon hitters. Over his two-year career at UNCG, Schumaker led the Spartans in runs, hits, triples, stolen bases, RBI, on-base percentage, batting average and walks. He still ranks among the top-10 in career RBI, triples, home runs, stolen bases and batting average in just two seasons as a Spartan.  

Schumaker began his coaching career at El Camino Junior College in 2001 and was responsible for hitting and infield instruction along with assisting with recruiting. Schumaker then went on to coach at UNC Greensboro where he was the head assistant coach in charge of recruiting, hitting, offence and defense.  Shane has also coached at Loyola Marymount University where he was responsible for hitting and defense. Last year Shane was an assistant coach at Cal State Dominguez Hills where he helped with recruiting, infielders, outfielders, hitting, and base running. He helped guide Dominguez to the NCAA West Regional Tournament as well as the CCAA Championship Tournament.

  
Tony Asaro

Tony Asaro starts his first year as assistant coach for the Warriors. Asaro will coach first base, assist Coach Schumacker with the offense and work with the catchers and outfielders. He was a four year varsity letter winner at West Torrance High School winning 3 Bay League Championships and the El Segundo Tournament Championship. He was chosen as the El Segundo Tournament MVP, also making All Bay League for 4 years and All Area for 3 years.

In 2003 he was selected to the USA National Team Trials and also played for the American Samoa National team participating in the World Baseball Challenge in 2002 in Grand Forks British Colombia.  

In 2006 he played for Pepperdine University and went on to win the West Coast Conference Championship that year. In 2007 Asaro transferred to the University of California Irvine and played on the 2007 Austin Regional Championship and Wichita Super Regional Championship team that went on to participate in the College World Series in Omaha Nebraska.  

In 2008 he was a part of the Lincoln Regional Championship team, and went on to the Super Regionals at Louisiana State. Also in 2008 Asaro was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals but chose to return to school and finish his senior year. In the summer of 2008 Asaro played for the Anchorage Glacier Pilots and won the Alaska Baseball League and went on to play in the NBC World Series.  

In 2009 while playing for UC Irvine he won the Big West Conference Championship and went on to host a Regional that year. He finished his academics at UC Irvine with a degree in Sociology and a Minor in Education.

  
Bob Fernley

“Pops” enters his fourth year in the Warrior Program. He coaches third base and works with the infielders. A Torrance native, coach Fernley played at Torrance High School where he was League MVP and an All-CIF performer. He was a 5th round draft choice of the Houston Astros as a second basemen was teammates with former Tartars Fred Kendall and Bart Johnson. Pops now resides in Long Beach California and has 4 children; Nate, Emily, Sam and Jeff.

Bill Hood 

"Hoodie" enters his fourth season as assistant coach in the Warrior baseball program. Bill provides the Warriors with a wide array of support. He is found helping workouts run smoothly and provided the pictures for the program. Bill has been published for many of his nature and astronomical pictures in various magazines. He is a self defense instructor on campus and still actively competes in athletics.