Jim Schurr - Head Coach

Coach Schurr is entering his twenty-first year coaching on the high school diamond. This is coach Schurr's twelfth year at LHS and ninth as the head coach. Coach Schurr's coaching career began at Elk Grove High School for four years where he served as head baseball coach and assistant in football and basketball. Coach Schurr went on to Niles North High School for the next five years of his teaching / coaching career serving as the varsity assistant in baseball and the head football coach for two years. Coach Schurr was a junior college All-American shortstop earning him a division I scholarship to Western Kentucky University. Coach Schurr's greatest joy in baseball is to see his student / athletes continue to play at the next level. A joy that's seen four players to pro ball and over two-dozen to the division I level. Coach Schurr holds an MS in Exercise Science and an MA in Educational Administration. Coach Schurr is the physical welfare teacher at LHS and also coaches the quarterbacks and receivers on the varsity football staff.

Email: jim.schurr@d128.org
Phone: 847/327-7070

Dan Gooris - Assistant Coach/Pitching Coach

This is Coach Gooris’ fifth year teaching and coaching at Libertyville High School. Coach Gooris played his college baseball at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. At Creighton Gooris was part of two regional teams in 1999 and 2000, and was a two-time Honorable Mention All-Conference Player in the Missouri Valley Conference during those years. Gooris left Creighton in the schools top ten in several pitching categories including: career wins, single season wins, career strikeouts, single season strike outs, games started, and single season winning percentage. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 8th round of the 2000 MLB draft but decided to return to Creighton. After graduating Creighton with a degree in marketing, Gooris was signed as a free agent by the San Diego Padres and played one year in their minor league system reaching the AA level. After his playing career, Gooris went back to school at North Park University to earn his teaching certificate. While at North Park Gooris was the assistant coach for North Park’s baseball team. Coach Gooris teaches physical education at LHS, and will be working with the pitching staff.

Email: Dan.Gooris@d128.org
Phone: 847/327-8073 (Voice Mail)

Tom Carlucci - Assistant Coach

Volunteer Assistant Varsity Coach Tom Carlucci is entering his ninth year coaching at LHS. Coach Carlucci played shortstop for four years at Illinois State University before entering the business world. Currently, Coach Carlucci owns a print distributorship in Lincolnshire, IL – Integra Print and Data Services, Inc. Coach Carlucci is actively involved in Little League and Boys Travel baseball in Libertyville assisting in the development of future LHS players. Coach Carlucci lives in Libertyville with his wife Danette and three sons, Nick, Luke and Joey.

Michael Gluskin - Assistant Coach

Assistant Coach Michael Gluskin is entering his third year at LHS and as a member of the Varsity Baseball coaching staff. Coach Gluskin studied journalism at the University of Maryland, where he completed two internships with MLB.com. He spent one summer in Denver, writing about the Colorado Rockies, and another summer in Baltimore with the Orioles. Coach Gluskin also had internships with USA Today and the Baltimore Sun. Following college, Coach Gluskin worked as a high school sportswriter for a newspaper in Northwest Indiana. He then went back to school to earn his teaching certification; Coach Gluskin teaches English at LHS and is the school newspaper sponsor.