Ogunseye Joseph Oluwasola

WBSC-licensed coach, national umpire and National Technical Director of Baseball5, Nigeria

Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

Mr. Ogunseye Joseph Oluwasola hails from Igbaja in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. He had his secondary education at ECWA Secondary School, Igbaja; obtained the Grade II certificate at Christian Teachers’ College, Omu-Aran; the National Certificate in Education at Kwara State College of Education; and a B.Sc. in Physical Education at the University of Ilorin. For the past 30 years he has taught physical education in secondary schools alongside coaching baseball and softball. He is one of the pioneer players who represented Nigeria in Brandon, Canada, in 1991 at the World AAA Youth Tournament. A trained coach with a lot of experience, from little league to the coaching of senior teams, he is a WBSC-licensed coach and a trained Baseball5 instructor. He was instrumental in the grassroots development of baseball and softball in Kwara, Rivers, Bayelsa and Imo States. He has been a national umpire who officiated many national championships and the All Africa Games, and he is a WBSC Africa-certified Games Official for Baseball5. He co-founded Double T Baseball and Softball Club, Nigeria. He is currently the National Technical Director for Baseball5, a member of the NBSF and the NUGA Commission, Technical Director for Nigeria PONY, and a member of the WBSC Africa Games Officials Commission.