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In 2024, Ballance guided Good Counsel to a 20-11 record and helped the team capture the Calvert Cup championship. Under his leadership, the Falcons have posted an overall record of 57-28, with over 15 wins against ranked opponents. The program has finished in the top 10 of the Xposure Baseball private school rankings in the past three seasons, earned consecutive top-four WCAC regular season finishes, and produced 14 All-WCAC selections. Eleven players have continued to play college baseball.

“We are excited to have Steve as the leader of our baseball program,” Good Counsel Athletic Director Steve Howes ‘91 said at his hiring. “His passion and love for the game stood out during our search process, as did his desire to be at Good Counsel. His teams are known to get the most out of their ability. Those who have played for him rave about his knowledge of and ability to teach the game.”

Ballance and Will Frazier are co-founders and co-owners of Dig In Baseball, a Gaithersburg, Md.-based training and development organization featuring teams for athletes ages 8 to 22. Ballance’s former players have gone on to compete at schools such as Maryland, NC State, Virginia, Duke, Xavier, Towson, Wake Forest, South Carolina, Penn, and the Naval Academy. More than 100 of his players have played Minor League Baseball, with three — Bruce Zimmermann, Ryan Meisinger, and Josh Hader — reaching the Major Leagues.

He led an 18U Dig In team to a national title at the 2021 WWBA Upperclass Fall Nationals in Fort Pierce, Fla., a roster that included five 2022 Good Counsel graduates.

Ballance’s coaching background includes a state title and Coach of the Year honor at Anne Arundel Community College (2009), three state championships with the Baltimore Waves 19U (2006–08), and key roles at Centennial, Glenelg, Frederick, and Archbishop Curley high schools. He began his coaching career in 2002 with the Yankee Rebels 17U and served as an associate scout for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2010.

A Sparrows Point (MD.) High School graduate, Ballance was a four-time All-Division baseball honoree and team MVP in his final three seasons. His playing career was cut short by injury at Essex Community College, now CCBC Essex, where he earned his associate’s degree in business management.

Ballance was born in Baltimore to Patricia and the late Kenneth Ballance, who started the softball program at Villa Julie College (now Stevenson University) and is a member of its Hall of Fame. Steve and his wife, Stephanie, live in Baltimore with their daughters, Brooke and Skylar.