15U Coach Jacob Serrato is a former professional baseball player with over a decade of experience competing in MiLB (Chicago Cubs, Tampa Bay Devil Rays), the Mexican League (Monterrey Sultanes), Puerto Rico’s LBSDA, and multiple independent leagues. A standout at Mather High School and Truman College, he earned All-Conference, All-City, All-State, and All-Region honors before turning pro.

Since 2010, he has built a successful coaching career at both the high school and travel levels, leading programs at Holy Trinity and Lane Tech in Chicago and serving as a bullpen/catchers coach with the Windy City Thunderbolts. As a travel coach, he has guided teams such as the Windy City Wildcats, Chicago Mudcats, 29ers, Upper Deck, and Plainfield Tornadoes, capturing two Perfect Game National Championships (15u WWBA in Georgia, 17u WWBA in Iowa).

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11U Coach Mike Sexton has coached his children’s teams at PAC over the past five years, focusing on player development and fostering a love for the game. He has been coaching this Tornadoes team for the last 4 seasons.  He is dedicated to teaching baseball fundamentals while promoting teamwork, respect, and good sportsmanship.

Meet Rob Passarelli, head coach of the 2026 10U Plainfield Tornadoes and assistant coach of the 8U Tornadoes.  He has been coaching in the Tornadoes program for 4 years, and overall for almost 10.  Baseball is a very big part of his and his families life, and being able to share that with the community has been very fulfilling.  He does his best to instill confidence, teamwork, a strong work ethic and having fun learning the game of baseball to all players that he coaches.  If you ever have any questions about the Tornadoes program or baseball in general, please feel free to reach out.