(Spearfish, SD) – The Spearfish Sasquatch of Independence League Baseball announce Justus Scott as the new head coach for the 2024 season. 

“When I learned former head coach, Jarrett Hunt, was stepping down for the upcoming season, I immediately started a nationwide search to find a replacement. Fortunately, Spearfish is a very attractive place for a coach to spend their summer, so we had several applicants. We’re going to miss Coach Hunt in the dugout, but I’m very confident in Justus’ ability to step in and lead this team to great things in 2024.”

Eric Schmidt – Sasquatch Owner/GM

Coach Scott played collegiate baseball at Mississippi Gulf Coast JC and the University of Memphis followed by one year with the Will County Indians of the Heartland League. Before becoming the head coach of Cerro Coso Community College in Southern California, Scott served stints as an assistant coach at the University of Memphis, Middle Tennessee University, Jackson State JC, Lincoln Memorial University, and Murray State University.

Scott also has experience in the summer collegiate circuit, coaching two summers with the Florence RedWolves in the Coastal Plains League and the Champion Hornell Dodgers of the New York Collegiate League. Coach Scott has spent the past nine seasons as the head coach of Cerro Coso CC where the program has seen the 2^nd largest win-loss turnaround in the country, back-to-back playoff berths, numerous All-Conference, All-State and All-American selections, and over seventy four-year college signees.

“I am extremely honored and excited for the opportunity to be the head coach of the Spearfish Sasquatch Baseball Club. We have been fortunate to have a few Cerro Coso baseball players on the Sasquatch roster over the past few summers and all of them had a great experience. I am looking forward to meeting everyone and working towards bringing a championship to Spearfish!”
Justus Scott – Sasquatch Head Coach

“Coach Scott, Cerro Coso CC, and the Sasquatch have a history. We’ve had both players and assistant coaches from their program here in Spearfish for several summers now. That familiarity between us made it very clear, Coach Scott was going to be a great fit for our organization. I’m excited to get him started, add some assistant coaches in the coming weeks, introduce him to the players, and watch this team do great things on and off the field this summer.”
Eric Schmidt – Sasquatch Owner/GM

The Spearfish Sasquatch and Independence League Baseball begin their 2024 campaign on May 23^rd. For information on Independence League Baseball visit www.independenceleague.com and for more information on the Sasquatch visit www.spearfishsasquatch.com.

Spearfish Sasquatch Baseball Club

1940 North Ave – Unit 1

Spearfish, SD 57783

Phone: 605-559-0214