About
The EJ Sports Elite Baseball Program includes baseball development teams, travel teams, and year round baseball clinics and leagues. The program also offers clinics, in-season training and development programs for leagues and youth organizations, private groups, team and individual instruction, workshops and seminars, private lessons, international baseball opportunities, consulting for baseball organizations, and coaching clinic presentations. Coaching training is also provided for the San Francisco Giants Jr Giants Program.
• Ages: 11–18 years old
The EJ Sports Elite Baseball Program is founded on the core principles of College Baseball Development, and each team has a strategy to help each player strive to play college baseball. The program focuses on techniques and game situations needed to help earn promotion to the next level and includes a fitness component for all players to improve core strength, flexibility, and endurance. Each player focuses on strengths and works to address weaknesses so they do not hinder strengths in game play. The program emphasizes being a student athlete with a focus on academics and works with multiple resources to support a transition to the next level of academics and athletics, with goals that include improving athleticism, motivating continuation of academics, reducing injury, and increasing competitive edge in game situations.
EJ Sports, LLC was founded with the youth athlete in mind to help them reach their end goal and has six baseball club teams ranging from 6th grade to 12th grade. Erik and Suzette, co-founders and co-owners of EJ Sports, LLC, have traveled throughout Asia directing and coaching youth baseball teams through the EJ Sports Global Baseball Series. Erik has coached the EJ Sports Pacific Coast Stars since 1998, an international traveling baseball team in the 11–12 and 14–16 year old age groups. Their teams have traveled to Beijing, China for the International Youth and Boys Friendship Baseball Championships sponsored by the Beijing International Sports Exchange Center, and to Seoul, Korea and Australia to play in various baseball exhibitions. Erik has done over 1000 coaching clinic presentations for coaches from youth to professional levels, and the All Pro Baseball group, where he is Managing Partner, has been speaking to coaches throughout the USA for 28 years.
Erik Johnson is a Tri-Valley native who played Little League baseball in the San Ramon Valley area and played in the 1978 Little League World Series and the 1981 Senior League World Series for San Ramon Valley Little League. He lettered in baseball and basketball at De La Salle High School in Concord, California, and was selected for the first team of the All-CAL League, All East Bay, and All Northern California Baseball Teams during his senior year. He attended U.C. Santa Barbara on an athletic scholarship to play baseball while majoring in Business Economics, was chosen All-Pacific Coast Athletic Association from his sophomore through senior seasons, named All-District 3 his senior year, and named a Pre-Season All American Athlete before both his junior and senior seasons. During his sophomore season he was selected to play on Team USA, representing the United States in international competition.
Erik was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1986 MLB Baseball Draft and by the San Francisco Giants in the 18th round of the MLB Draft during the 1987 season. He played professional baseball for 10 years, including Major League play in 1993 and 1994 with the San Francisco Giants organization, and played in the Arizona Fall League for the Scottsdale Scorpions in the 1993 winter season. He also played professionally for the Texas Rangers and the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1995 season, was awarded “Minor League Player of the Month” in both April and May 1995 by the Pittsburgh Pirates Organization, and received the Topps Baseball Card Company “Minor League Player of the Month Award” in July 1995. In 1995 he made the National League Triple A All-Star team and was selected to start at shortstop. He played for the Florida Marlins organization as an infielder in his final professional season in 1996 and retired from professional baseball in 1997.
Erik was inducted into the University of California at Santa Barbara Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame in February 1998, the San Ramon Valley Little League Hall of Fame in March 1999, and the Tri-Valley Sports Hall of Fame in February 2002, and he was scheduled to be inducted into the De La Salle High School Hall of Fame in May 2007. He was named Volunteer of the Year for 2006 by the Town of Danville, California for contributions to youth development and community support. Erik is co-owner of EJ Sports, LLC and serves as President and General Manager, and he has been Managing Partner in All Pro Baseball since 1988. He is Head Coach for Northern California in the USA NTIS (National Team Identification Series) developmental program for 16u and 17u players and has been coaching in the USA NTIS Program since its inception in 2008. Erik also does all the coaching training for the San Francisco Giants Jr Giants Program, which has over 24,000 players throughout California, Oregon, and Nevada.
Last updated August 16, 2026.
• Ages: 11–18 years old
The EJ Sports Elite Baseball Program is founded on the core principles of College Baseball Development, and each team has a strategy to help each player strive to play college baseball. The program focuses on techniques and game situations needed to help earn promotion to the next level and includes a fitness component for all players to improve core strength, flexibility, and endurance. Each player focuses on strengths and works to address weaknesses so they do not hinder strengths in game play. The program emphasizes being a student athlete with a focus on academics and works with multiple resources to support a transition to the next level of academics and athletics, with goals that include improving athleticism, motivating continuation of academics, reducing injury, and increasing competitive edge in game situations.
EJ Sports, LLC was founded with the youth athlete in mind to help them reach their end goal and has six baseball club teams ranging from 6th grade to 12th grade. Erik and Suzette, co-founders and co-owners of EJ Sports, LLC, have traveled throughout Asia directing and coaching youth baseball teams through the EJ Sports Global Baseball Series. Erik has coached the EJ Sports Pacific Coast Stars since 1998, an international traveling baseball team in the 11–12 and 14–16 year old age groups. Their teams have traveled to Beijing, China for the International Youth and Boys Friendship Baseball Championships sponsored by the Beijing International Sports Exchange Center, and to Seoul, Korea and Australia to play in various baseball exhibitions. Erik has done over 1000 coaching clinic presentations for coaches from youth to professional levels, and the All Pro Baseball group, where he is Managing Partner, has been speaking to coaches throughout the USA for 28 years.
Erik Johnson is a Tri-Valley native who played Little League baseball in the San Ramon Valley area and played in the 1978 Little League World Series and the 1981 Senior League World Series for San Ramon Valley Little League. He lettered in baseball and basketball at De La Salle High School in Concord, California, and was selected for the first team of the All-CAL League, All East Bay, and All Northern California Baseball Teams during his senior year. He attended U.C. Santa Barbara on an athletic scholarship to play baseball while majoring in Business Economics, was chosen All-Pacific Coast Athletic Association from his sophomore through senior seasons, named All-District 3 his senior year, and named a Pre-Season All American Athlete before both his junior and senior seasons. During his sophomore season he was selected to play on Team USA, representing the United States in international competition.
Erik was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1986 MLB Baseball Draft and by the San Francisco Giants in the 18th round of the MLB Draft during the 1987 season. He played professional baseball for 10 years, including Major League play in 1993 and 1994 with the San Francisco Giants organization, and played in the Arizona Fall League for the Scottsdale Scorpions in the 1993 winter season. He also played professionally for the Texas Rangers and the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1995 season, was awarded “Minor League Player of the Month” in both April and May 1995 by the Pittsburgh Pirates Organization, and received the Topps Baseball Card Company “Minor League Player of the Month Award” in July 1995. In 1995 he made the National League Triple A All-Star team and was selected to start at shortstop. He played for the Florida Marlins organization as an infielder in his final professional season in 1996 and retired from professional baseball in 1997.
Erik was inducted into the University of California at Santa Barbara Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame in February 1998, the San Ramon Valley Little League Hall of Fame in March 1999, and the Tri-Valley Sports Hall of Fame in February 2002, and he was scheduled to be inducted into the De La Salle High School Hall of Fame in May 2007. He was named Volunteer of the Year for 2006 by the Town of Danville, California for contributions to youth development and community support. Erik is co-owner of EJ Sports, LLC and serves as President and General Manager, and he has been Managing Partner in All Pro Baseball since 1988. He is Head Coach for Northern California in the USA NTIS (National Team Identification Series) developmental program for 16u and 17u players and has been coaching in the USA NTIS Program since its inception in 2008. Erik also does all the coaching training for the San Francisco Giants Jr Giants Program, which has over 24,000 players throughout California, Oregon, and Nevada.
Last updated August 16, 2026.
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