With over 35 years of combined experience, DNA Sports has trained over 1000 players, many of whom have gone on to play college and professional baseball or softball.
We believe that with the right training and mentoring any athlete can maximize their innate talents.
Andy Pohl
Andy Pohl specializes in all facets of hitting and college recruitment for elite high school athletes.
Prior to founding DNA Sports, Andy worked as a talent evaluator and college recruiting advisor for a major athletic scouting firm, and was a baseball/softball consultant for Drive Performance, a large indoor training facility in the Northwest Suburbs of Chicago. While at Drive Performance, Andy served as the director of the company’s patented vision training system, the same system utilized by Major League Baseball, the U.S.A Olympic Softball Team, and various collegiate baseball and softball programs.
Andy was the Head Varsity Baseball Coach at Walter Payton College Prep in Chicago from 2009-2011. In that three year span, Andy directed the program to three consecutive Class 3A Regional Championships, as well as a City Semi-Finalist appearance in 2010.
Andy played his collegiate baseball at Franklin & Marshall College (Lancaster PA), earning his B.A. in 1999. Andy also has a M.A. in Secondary Education from DePaul University (Chicago IL), and he is an Illinois State Licensed Educator and certified athletic coach through the American Sport Education Society.
Dave Rosene
Dave Rosene leads DNA Sports’ skills training and coaching clinics services. He has achieved and maintained a proficiency as an athletic specialist for over 25 years by his ability to apply various teaching and coaching methods to athletes according to their skill level and body type, identifying and correcting errors in skill technique, and effectively communicating fundamental and advanced philosophies to athletes with disparate backgrounds and personalities to produce their best performances in game settings while stressing team play.
His emphasis on skill work has succeeded at a high level, developing several professional players, multiple college athletes, and three high school players of the year in baseball.
Dave has won Baseball Coach of the Year honors in 1994 from the Chicago Catholic League and in 2004 in District B from the Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association. In 2008 he was named Outstanding Baseball Coach of the Year by the Chicago Public League. In 2009 the Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association named Dave the Class 3A Baseball Coach of the Year. As Head Coach of Jones College Prep (Chicago), Dave lead his team to the 2011 IHSA 3A supersectionals for the third time in four years. In July 2011, he was named to the IHSA Baseball Advisory Committee.
Dave is a 1974 graduate of MacMurray College(Illinois) with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education and in 1990 was certified as a coach by the American Coaching Effectiveness Program.
He has also authored an instructional book The Do’s and Don’ts of Basketball Shooting featuring an animated character demonstrating the right and wrong ways to shoot a basketball.
Kirk Gustafson
Kirk Gustafson leads our online marketing efforts, including the development of our website and Facebook page. In addition to writing content for the website, he manages several projects designed to extend the reach of DNA Sports’ baseball training, softball training, and college recruitment guidance services.
Kirk is a graduate of Millikin University and received a MFA from Rochester Institute of Technology. He is currently employed at SapientNitro, one of the world’s largest multi-channel marketing agencies. Some of his professional work can be found on his personal portfolio website.