Speaking

On August 19,1973 Claudio attended his first Major League baseball game at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pa. as an 8 year old boy. He left that day with a dream and goal in his heart. That dream was to work in Professional baseball. Claudio is in his 42nd year working in Baseball and 20th year as the Head Baseball Coach at Carnegie Mellon University. He has led the team to 2 Conference Championships and is the All time leader in baseball coaching wins at CMU. Claudio has been a Professional baseball scout with the Global Scouting Bureau as a scout & General Manager for 24 years and has signed numerous players to professional contracts all over the world. In 1990 was the Head coach at Penn State Beaver winning a college Championship.

His media work includes being the host of the globally watched TV show, “The Boxing Authorities” for 11 years, as well as a boxing color analyst. Claudio is the host of “The Claudio Reilsono Show” Where he interviews sports legends such as Mario Andretti, Ken Griffey Sr., Rocky Bleier, Dick Vermeil as well as many Boxing Champions, World Series Winners and Super Bowl Champions, and he talks with friends about sports and life. He is also the host of “The PA Basketball Coaches Association Podcast”, “Co Host of Real baseball Talk” and the co host of 2 Pittsburgh based TV shows, “Steel City Sports World” and “Steelers Pre-Snap Show” and in 2024 will co host “Sports Corner” Radio show. He has written for several magazines and is a guest on many radio and television shows throughout the country. In 2020 he authored a Leadership book “Lead from the Heart up, Not the neck up” How to create a positive, winning culture on the field and in the office. He has also represented several companies doing commercials, voice overs and personal appearances.

In 2011 he was given the “Willie Stargell Lifetime achievement award” and was inducted into the CMU baseball Hall of Fame. 2014 Claudio received the Steel City Sports Hall of Fame award and in 2016 was voted as the National Italian American Coach of the Year (Pittsburgh Chapter). Reilsono’s inspirational story was included in Vince Papale’s book, “You can be Invincible” as well as several other books.

As a Speaker, Claudio lives his topics everyday. Leadership, Motivation and Team Building. He will share his life experiences both on the field and off to deliver his heartfelt message. He will talk about how he was able to over come obstacles, adversity and was able to make his childhood dreams come true. He wants to help YOU go from where you ARE to where you want to BE in life and in business.

Connect with Claudio at reilsono16@msn.com

Areas of Expertise:

Leadership
Motivation
Sports/Athletics
Teamwork/Teambuilding

Location:

Pennsylvania

Claudio’s Most Requested Programs:

Leadership–How to lead..and just as important..How not to lead. How ” Not to let the game pass you by”

Team Building–The 5 Pillars of a winning team. Build your team to a CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM

Motivation– How to get from where you are to where you want to be..

Sports and Athletics

Testimonials:

“Claudio is a very inspiring speaker that has appeared at many of our functions. I would highly recommend Claudio to anyone because he speaks from the heart and once you hear him you will feel that you too, can achieve all of your hearts desires.”
N. Scott Grinder—President-Christian Sports International

“I was able to hear Claudio speak to the Professional Athletes and administration of the South Easter Professional baseball League on the topic of Leadership. Not only did Claudio teach us and give us examples on improving our roles as leaders, but with his life experiences had the room laughing one minute and in tears the next! You will definitely enjoy having Claudio as your speaker!”
James L. Gamble—Commissioner- South Eastern professional Baseball League

“We invited Claudio to speak at the Beaver County Business Connection’s annual Spring Banquet. Claudio was humorous, enlightening, and shared from his heart the topics on Leadership, change, and going after your dreams. His experience as a baseball coach and a Professional baseball Scout and life inself provided us with insight on team building and maintaining a positive environment in the workplace. I heartily recommend Claudio Reilsono as your next speaker!”
Michael Oravitz—Beaver County Business Connection

“Claudio, I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed your presentation. It had just the right mix of serious advice coupled with entertaining commentary. Not only did your speech instill in me the fact that I was on the right track in looking for a career that used my “ passion” but it also drove home the point that I have remained true to my moral convictions thru my job search. Thank you for your advice on everything…including life”
Frank Cherup—Pappen South Group

Your team is very fortunate to have you as their leader and we were fortunate to have you as our speaker. Several people came up to me after the event was over full of optimism! What a compliment to you!
Natalie Lustig—Business program Coordinator—Carnegie Library