Whether it's at home with his twins or at home plate with the baseball team, Scott Foxhall's "kids" are his life.
"He has a way of comforting us," said Cory Luckie, pitcher and senior in biomedical sciences. "The way he talks to you lets you know that everything is going to be all right."
Foxhall, assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, said he has loved Auburn baseball since he played on the team in 1990.
After his sophomore year, Foxhall said he transferred to the College of Charleston to pursue more playing time.
After graduation, they offered him a job on the coaching staff.
"It was a quick transition for me--on the job training," Foxhall said. "I was just in an environment I was comfortable with because I had played there. It was a little bit easier transition, and I knew a lot of the guys that I was coaching that first year because I had played with them."
Then in the summer of 2008, Foxhall got an opportunity to be part of Auburn baseball again.
"I am definitely an Auburn person," Foxhall said. "I went to every home football game from the time I was 2 years old to the time I was a senior in high school."
Not only has Auburn been a big part of Foxhall's life, but so has baseball.
"Everybody says do what you love and the rest will take care of itself," Foxhall said.
When he first started coaching, Foxhall said he barely survived, but he didn't give up.
"I think the best advice that anyone has ever given me is, 'Whatever you love, choose that as your occupation, and you have a chance to be happy,'" Foxhall said. "That's what I did."
Luckie said Foxhall has a true understanding and passion for the game.
"I think he is very seasoned," Luckie said. "He's experienced and knows how to deal with every situation that comes up. He's very battle-tested."
When Foxhall isn't on the baseball field, he is at home with wife, Laura, and his twins, Kade and Kennedy.
Foxhall said his twins love to dance and sing. Kennedy loves princesses and Kade loves race cars.
When Foxhall gets an off-day, he said he likes to spend it with his family.
"We try to have an activity planned where the kids are with us," Foxhall said.
However, the moments together with his family are limited.
Besides assistant coach, Foxhall is also recruiting coordinator. When he isn't traveling with the baseball team, he is traveling to recruit new players.
"That is something he spends so much time on--recruiting and bringing us good players," said Slade Smith, pitcher and sophomore in public relations.
Foxhall said because of all his traveling, his wife has become like a single mom.
"She is a saint," Foxhall said." She has the children when I travel recruiting and when we travel with the team. She definitely has to do the bulk of keeping the family together because I am on the road so much."
Foxhall's time on the road and field has paid off. Last year, 11 Auburn players were drafted for Major League Baseball.
Even despite this achievement, Foxhall said their focus is to train the team for Auburn games, not the MLB.
"If they are successful here as an SEC player and a player at Auburn, then usually Major League Baseball is going to be interested in them," Foxhall said. "But we don't ever coach them or train them with it in mind."
Foxhall's coaching style plays a factor in the team's success.
He said he likes to remain positive.
"I am not a yeller or a screamer at all," Foxhall said. "My goal as a coach is for my player to be his own best coach."
Luckie said Foxhall understands the players.
"That is one quality you have to have as an assistant coach," Luckie said. "You really need to connect with your players and get inside their head."
Foxhall said he takes pride in seeing his players do well on and off the field.
"I've got guys that played for me that are no longer in baseball, but are doctors or lawyers," Foxhall said. "That's very satisfying personally for me to just have seen somebody and been with somebody in their formative years, when they're trying to figure out their life, maybe as a baseball player but also as a person."
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