The American Baseball Coaches Association conference will be January 8-11, 2026, at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio.

This is my second year creating a version of the schedule you can give to your coaching staff that the can fit in their pocket to decide which sessions to attend. The subject to modification, but this is the current compiled version. This is likely most useful if you’re bouncing between session types, but it can also be useful just to keep track of your own schedule. I find something useful in each type of session. If you’re not an ABCA member and want to join, click here!

How it’s organized:

All sessions – main stage, expo stage, youth sessions, panels, FCA events, and diversity workshops – are all listed on the 4-page spreadsheet. They are sorted by start time. Sessions are not all the same length. There is a column at the right, so that you can mark down who on your staff is going to which session.

What I did:

I used ChatGPT to build the spreadsheet, with guidance and editing by me. It was much easier than last year’s cut-and-paste.

Here it is as a PDF you could print:

As a spreadsheet you can edit:

ABCA Trade Show

This year, you also get easy access to the Trade Show floorplan. I highly recommend making your list of vendors to visit — you can print a list from the floorplan — and make sure you allocate plenty of time to walk the Trade Show floor to see what’s on offer and meet old & new friends.

Vendors, there are still spots available! Reach out to Juahn Clark, ABCA Trade Show Director
at (336) 821-3143 or jclark@abca.org, pictured here with small vendor Michael Dobre who sells a great breaking ball trainer (https://dobrebreakingballtrainer.com/)