Last Tuesday, Park City High School announced that longtime head baseball coach David Feasler would be stepping down from his post.
A Park City alumnus, Feasler led the Miners for 10 seasons. His teams won three region championships, including back-to-back titles in the 2024 and 2025 seasons.
Feasler has decided to stay on as an assistant coach on new head coach Jamie Sheetz’s staff. He will also remain with the school as a business and economics teacher.
Sheetz is the athletic director at Park City, a role he will retain while coaching. He was an assistant coach on Feasler’s staff this season.
“It was a really hard decision,” Feasler said. “And one that was really bittersweet. I feel like most of my adult life, I’ve been that coach here at Park City. Just decided it was time to take a step back, focus on some other things in my life.”
Feasler is excited to still be a part of the program moving forward.
“It’s meant the world to me,” Feasler said. “It’s been the honor of my life to do it. … The parents, community members and mostly the players here made this job really special for me.”
Feasler said highlights of his time as head coach were the regional titles, seeing players improve during their time with the program and having back former players as coaches.
“Winning and losing is part of the deal for sure,” Feasler said. “But it’s certainly not the whole deal. I’m so proud of all the kids that have come out of the program.”
Feasler is confident Sheetz will be able to balance his responsibilities moving forward and lead the team into the future. All of Feasler’s staff will be returning under Sheetz, and Sheetz wouldn’t have it any other way.
Sheetz has coached baseball dating back to 1993 at the high school, college and summer elite collegiate league levels. He was a Swiss Army knife of sorts this season, on Feasler’s staff, helping where needed.
“My background was as a baseball coach,” Sheetz said. “Right before I got the athletic director job in 2013. … It’s kind of always been in my blood.”
Sheetz said the logistics with his athletic director job and coaching baseball didn’t work out until this season. He said he had a blast helping out this spring.
“Probably a lot less sleep,” Sheetz said about balancing the two jobs moving forward. “We’ve got such a great team at the high school in terms of everybody involved in athletics, and that makes it easier. … I don’t think I’d be able to even consider doing this without the great coaches that we have.”
Sheetz said he’ll do an annual review of his performance to make sure he’s properly leading the baseball and other spring sports teams. His priority is making sure that every spring sports team is prospering.
Sheetz believes the program is in great shape with many players and the staff returning, and the addition of new facilities next spring. He hopes to be a steward for the program’s progress.
“All the feedback has been positive,” Sheetz said. “We’re celebrating coach Feasler and his 10 years in the program, what he’s done for the program and invested in it. All we want to do is build on that, we don’t want to change it or make it any different.”
The Miners will work on player development over the summer, before getting into team activities in the fall.
Following those two-straight regional titles, Park City went 11-16 this season, with the season ending in a first-round playoff series loss to Cedar.