Fullerton Replaces Rhoades as Moorpark Baseball Coach

Moorpark High has hired former Musketeer assistant Scott Fullerton as its baseball coach. Fullerton will replace David Rhoades, who accepted an assistant coaching position at Pepperdine in August.

Moorpark Athletic Director Rich Uphoff said Fullerton is just what he was looking for--a coach cut from the same cloth as Rhoades.

“He’s very similar to David Rhoades in that he preaches discipline, conditioning and fundamentals,” Uphoff said. “He’s detail oriented, very methodical.”

And equally successful as Rhoades, Uphoff hopes. Rhoades led Moorpark to three consecutive league championships and a 69-41-1 record over five seasons. The 1994 season, in which the Musketeers finished 20-5, was Moorpark’s finest under Rhoades. It included a 9-5 victory over Simi Valley, then ranked No. 1 in The Times’ Valley poll.

“We’re very similar,” Fullerton said of his comparison to Rhoades. “We try to play a classy type of baseball. We don’t rag on other teams and we don’t buy into other teams ragging us. We play high school baseball the way it should be played.”

Fullerton, 30, was an assistant under Rhoades in 1991. In 1992 and ‘93, he compiled a 31-3-1 record as coach of the Musketeers’ junior varsity, which won back-to-back league championships (Tri-Valley League in 1992, Frontier League in ‘93).