Coach Guinn enters his second season at Solano. Brian brings a wealth of collegiate and professional playing experience, and college coaching to his role as CEO and Director of Baseball Training at SSM Athletics. His professional career as a shortstop/middle infielder started in the minor league affiliates of the Oakland A’s and continued with the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox. As an undergraduate at UC Berkeley in Sociology, Brian played varsity baseball and basketball (one year). In June 1983, he was drafted in the 5th round by the Oakland A’s (he had been drafted twice previously and not signed). Guinn’s minor league highlights included three All-Star team selections, a Caribbean League All-Star team selection (Dominican Republic), Topps Player of the Month, four Association Player of the Week honors, and three league championships. 

In 1995, Guinn accepted a position with the expansion Arizona Diamondbacks as a Area Scouting Supervisor where he worked for 5 years evaluating amateur talent at over 250 high schools and colleges in Northern California and did pro coverage of minor league affiliates. He received his Masters Degree in Sports and Fitness Management from the University of San Francisco in 1996 and was subsequently hired as the Head Baseball Coach of Academy of Art University in 2009. During his five-year tenure at AAU, Brian had 5 players drafted to pro baseball. In 2015, Brian assumed the head coaching position at Contra Costa College. His leadership has enabled more than 20 of his players to land scholarships at four-year collegiate institutions. He also had one CCC player drafted to pro baseball. Brian is a current Board Member and past Vice President of Big C at Cal.